Well-managed Schools Text Book: Stategies to Create a Productive and Cooperative Social Climate in Your Learning Community

Well-Managed Schools offers a structured approach to school-wide behavior management, giving you effective strategies for empowering students with emotional regulation and self-management skills while building positive relationships. This manual includes new information on the importance of using multi-tiered support systems to address disruptive behavior, making it an even more valuable tool for improving your classroom environment and the learning climate of your whole school, building a true school "community."

The authors describe the Boys Town Education Model(R), a school-based intervention strategy that emphasizes behavior-management practices, relationship-building techniques, and social skills instruction. They provide step-by-step instructions and examples for proven teaching interactions that encourage positive behavior, reduce or prevent inappropriate behaviors, and correct misbehavior. 258 pages.

Michele Hensley, M.S., has 17 years of teaching experience at the high school and middle school levels in San Antonio, Texas, and Omaha, Nebraska. For nine years, she worked with teachers and school administrators as a consultant and trainer for Boys Town. Hensley is a co-author of Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School, and is a science instructor at Boys Town High School.

Walter Powell previously was the Assistant Director of Education Services for Boys Town. He has been instrumental in the direction, development, and delivery of training and consultation services based on the Boys Town Education Model(R). Powell has provided staff development training to teachers, support staff, and administrators, as well as conducted on-site school-wide assessments and consultation services in more than 100 school districts throughout the United States. He also has authored numerous articles for professional journals.

Susan Lamke, M.S., is Director of Boys Town's National Training. She provides consultation services and support to school systems across the country that implement the Boys Town Education Model. She has conducted hundreds of workshops, including Well-Managed Schools and Specialized Classroom Management, for teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, and guidance counselors. Lamke has also taught at the elementary level for Omaha Public Schools.

Scott A. Hartman, M.S., is Director of National Support Services at Boys Town. An educator with more than 20 years of experience working with and on behalf of youth, he has a master's degree in human service administration. He taught school in Indiana before becoming a Family- Teacher in Boys Town's Family Home ProgramSM. Hartman has held a variety of positions in direct care, training, and administration at Boys Town. He is also president of his local Home and School Association.

Erin Green, M.S. is Director, Boys Town Press, in Boys Town's Youth Care Division. In her tenure with Boys Town she has overseen the publication of dozens of trade publications, activity guides and children's books. Erin's experience includes working with youth in general and special education settings, and providing support to parents and educators working with children with special needs, mental health diagnoses or emotional/behavioral disorders. Erin speaks at conferences, and is a national trainer and author. Erin and her husband live in Omaha, NE with their two children.