Discipline in the Secondary Classroom: A Positive Approach to Behavior Management - Softcover

Sprick, Randall S., Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470422262 ISBN 13: 9780470422267

Verlag: Jossey Bass Wiley, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

A teacher's success throughout the school year is largely determined by the events of the first few weeks of school. In his highly successful book Discipline in the Secondary Classroom (more than 100,000 copies sold), classroom management guru Randall Sprick offers practical strategies for beginning the school year, organizing the classroom for success, and establishing rules and behavior expectations for students. He also provides scores of helpful tips gathered from successful classroom teachers or gleaned from the latest educational research.

Discipline in the Secondary Classroom is a treasure-trove of practical advice, tips, checklists, reproducibles, posters, and ready-to-use activities that will save teachers time and help them become more effective educators.

Both new and seasoned teachers will find this book invaluable for designing a management plan that prevents problems, motivates students, and teaches them to behave responsibly. Discipline in the Secondary Classroom includes nine chapters that cover everything from creating a vision for classroom behavior to modifying a student behavior plan as the school year progresses. Also included is a DVD featuring Dr. Sprick teaching two core topics from within the book:

• How to finalize your classroom management plan and communicate it to students
• How to reinforce positive behavior in students rather than react to negative behavior

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Randall S. Sprick, Ph.D., is the director of Safe & Civil Schools, providing teacher and school-improvement services to schools, districts, service centers, and state departments of education.

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DISCIPLINE IN THESECONDARY CLASSROOM

SECOND EDITION WITH DVD

Discipline and lack of motivation are two of the most vexing problems facing teachers today. This book from classroom management and discipline expert Randall S. Sprick gives high school teachers step-by-step guidance for designing a behavior management plan that helps prevent misbehavior and increases student motivation. This hands-on resource contains easy-to-implement strategies distilled from a research-based approach that is proactive, instructional, positive, and effective.

Discipline in the Secondary Classroom, Second Edition is equally useful to new and seasoned teachers and contains helpful forms, samples, and evaluation tools that allow educators to continually fine-tune their management plan to reach more students. The book includes nine chapters covering everything from creating a vision for classroom behavior to responding to misbehavior calmly and consistently.

• Vision: Understand Key Concepts about ManagingStudent Behavior

• Grading: Design Instruction and Evaluation Systems

• Organization: Prepare Routines and Procedures

• Expectations: Plan to Teach Students How toBe Successful

• Rules and Consequences: Plan to RespondConsistently to Student Misbehavior

• Motivation: Enhance Students' Desire to Succeed

• Preparation and Launch: Pull It All Together forthe First Day

• Implementation: Monitor and Adjust Your PlanThroughout the Year

• Proactive Planning for Chronic Misbehavior

Using these tested methods of behavior management, teachers will learn how to offer meaningful, constructive feedback and build positive relationships without losing any level of authority.

THE COMPANION DVD includes video lessons from Dr. Sprick on how to reinforce positive behavior and finalize your classroom management plan. Also included are scores of downloadable forms, checklists, and self-assessments.

PRAISE FORDISCIPLINE IN THE SECONDARY CLASSROOM

"With practical and proactive strategies for motivating reluctant students, preventing potential classroom disruptions, and managing challenging behavior, this is an invaluable tool for both beginning and 'seasoned' high school teachers."
?Carolyn Novelly, resource teacher and behavior coach, Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida

"An extraordinary resource?This readable book is written with passion, vivid examples, and countless practical suggestions that can be readily implemented."
?From the Foreword by Donald D. Deshler, director, University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey Bass Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0470422262
• ISBN 13: 9780470422267
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 286
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar