When you’re facing off-task behavior in the classroom, it helps to have teacher-tested, research-based strategies you can easily implement to address the specific challenge at hand. You’ll find a wealth of tools in Classroom Dynamics by Glen Pearsall. Drawing from experience, Pearsall covers a variety of nuanced responses to difficult behaviors, as well as how to strengthen student engagement and maintain positive relationships.
This book is ideal for K–12 teachers looking to:- Benefit from numerous strategies for dealing with and even avoiding off-task behavior
- Receive concrete tips to try immediately in classrooms
- Survey the best research about student behavior and engagement
- Learn how to quickly get to the heart of issues that might be affecting student learning
- Understand the reasons behind disruptive behavior to better differentiate strategies for individual students
Contents:Introduction
Part 1: Practical Strategies for Dealing With Off-Task BehaviorsChapter 1: Low-Key Interventions
Chapter 2: Giving Explicit Instructions
Chapter 3: Pivoting
Chapter 4: Talking It Out
Chapter 5: Seeking Support
Part 2: Understanding Entrenched Off-Task BehaviorChapter 6: What Is the Purpose of Off-Task Behavior?
Chapter 7: Tailoring Interventions for Individual Student Needs
Part 3: Avoiding Off-Task BehaviorChapter 8: Transitions and Procedures
Chapter 9: Establishing Student Engagement
Chapter 10: Enhancing Student Engagement
Conclusion
Appendix: Break Glass in Case of Emergency Learning Games
References and Resources
Index
Glen Pearsall is a former teacher leader at Eltham High School in Victoria, Australia, and board member of the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority. He works throughout the world as an educational expert, specializing in engaging instructional practice, positive classrooms, and workload reduction for teachers.
He has been a Cambridge Education associate, a master-class presenter for Teacher Training Australia (TTA), and a research fellow at the Centre for Youth Research at the University of Melbourne. Glen has a long association with the Teacher Learning Network and was the founding presenter of the widely popular PD in the Pub series. He is also co-creator of Toon Teach, an animated series on managing challenging off-task behavior.
Glen is the author of several bestselling books, including And Gladly Teach: A Classroom Handbook (2010), Fast and Effective Assessment: How to Reduce Your Workload and Improve Student Learning (2018), and The Literature Toolbox: An English Teacher’s Handbook (2020), and he is coauthor of Literature for Life: Enhancing Social and Emotional Literacy Through the English Curriculum (2005) and Tilting Your Teaching: Seven Shifts That Can Substantially Improve Student Learning (2020). His eBook on questioning, The Top Ten Strategic Questions for Teachers (2013), was translated into Khmer for Cambodian teachers.
