You Have to Go to School You′re the Teacher!: 200 Tips to Make Your Job Easier and More Fun - Hardcover
Synopsis
"On target! A bull′s-eye view of the classroom experience with strategies that empower both teachers and students. A must for staff developers and professional libraries." Linda Goldberg, Teacher Trainer/Staff Developer, New York "My primary aim has been to create a school that was a happy, productive center of learning and creativeness. Renee Rosenblum-Lowden has given us a blueprint for creating such a school, one classroom at a time." Pearl Sloane, Retired Principal Marine Park Junior High, Brooklyn, New York Shows how to use humor and wit to develop rapport with students and manage everyday school problems. Offers more than 200 concise, "classroom-tested" strategies to help every teacher. Your teachers can learn to: * Empower students through responsibility * Show they′re "on the same team" as the students * Avoid confrontations and showdowns * Build students′ confidence and self-esteem * Enlist support of parents and school staff Includes commonsense tips and innovative, unconventional techniques. Here is a "mentor-in-a-book" that teachers can use from their first day on.
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About the Author
Renee Rosenblum-Lowden has taught children and adolescents for more than 25 years in the New York City school system. Currently, she is sharing her love for teaching by presenting seminars and keynote speeches to new and veteran teachers throughout the country, as well as student teachers at various universities. She uses a sense of humor while arming them with great strategies for making classrooms safe and fun―while always being in control. She has developed a curriculum called Prejudice Awareness, using consciousness-raising techniques and incorporating her training in conflict resolution. She was selected by the NYC Board of Education to train teachers in this subject.
Ms. Rosenblum-Lowden has conducted workshops for improving communication with children and adolescents, using non-confrontational strategies for parents and teachers. Having taught family living and sex education classes, she has unique insights into the needs of her students. Ms. Rosenblum-Lowden did her undergraduate work at Long Island University and studied at The New School for Social Research and New York University. She continues to be a social activist. She is a transplanted New Yorker who is now living in Columbia, Maryland, with her husband Michael and their dog, Susie B. Anthony.
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