Class Acts: Every Teacher's Guide To Activate Learning

Written like a novel about real people in classroom situations, this guide offers teachers (and administrators) tips and techniques to engage students effectively to improve engagement and learning. Page-by-page, the book interweaves experiences of real teachers in actual situations with concrete, transferable classroom management skill. The book addresses a national focus on improving student learning by enhancing teacher effectiveness in their classrooms. Handily, the book focuses on The Big 8 engagement skills that every teacher needs to activate student engagement and learning.

Class Acts is so valuable that I want all my teachers and para-professionals who work with children to have this book. Janice R. Flanagan, Principal Cooper Hills Elementary School Magna, Utah --Written to publisher

The authors deliver concrete classroom management skills along with examples, checklists, how-to's, self-tests, strategies, and other useful techniques for the first-time teacher or seasoned educator to engage students in focused, active, and productive learning. Laura Goldstein, teacher Pelham Middle School Pelham, New York --Written to publisher

A truly wonderful book, one of the more remarkable resources I've used. Kenneth Hopkins 2009 Huntsman Award: Teacher of the Year Salt Lake City, Utah --Written to publisher