Teaching with Love & Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom

by Jim Fay & David Funk (1995, Love & Logic Press, 17.95)
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The exercises and tips contained in this book will help teachers orient students toward being internalized in their discipline rather than depending upon external controls—resulting in easier classroom management and more quality teaching time. For teachers in grades K-12. [6” x 9”...399 pages]

25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make & How to Avoid Them: Second Edition

by Carolyn Orange (2008, Corwin Press, 36.95)
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This book includes newly updated scenarios containing real student voices and teacher vignettes, as well as the author's prescriptions for better solutions. Drawn from many years of teaching experience, each prescription is aligned with sound educational theory and provides a dash of humor to help the solution stick. The book is organized into six sections, covering: Discipline Teacher-student relations Classroom policy and practices Classroom management and instruction Personality and professionalism Teaching style and behavior. Excellent for staff development workshops and seminars, preservice and inservice teachers, and teacher leaders and mentors, this book's real-life examples offer valuable professional lessons while helping teachers better understand the responses and feelings of their students. [7” x 10”...268 pages]

Learning to Teach...Not Just for Beginners: The Essential Guide for All Teachers

by Linda Shalaway (2005, Teaching Resource, 26.99)
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This virtual encyclopedia of teaching combines research-based findings into practical information contributed by hundreds of educators working in many settings from coast to coast. Included are reproducible forms, certificates, checklists, questionnaires, resource lists, and much more. Grades K-8. [8.5” x 11”...336 pages]

Teaching Effective Classroom Routines

by Deborah Diffily & Charlotte Sassman (2004, Scholastic, 17.99)
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Establishing clear and effective classroom routines is the key to optimal learning for kids. Experienced early childhood educators share their classroom-tested tips and strategies for teaching and reinforcing routines, and guiding children's behavior on the first day of school, the first week, the first month, and beyond. Includes vignettes from real classrooms and more! [8.5” x 11”...128 pages]

What Successful Teachers Do: 91 Research-Based Classroom Strategies for New & Veteran Teachers

by Neal Glasgow & Cathy Hicks (2003, Corwin Press, 32.95)
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This practical handbook offers research-based strategies to improve classroom teaching, support professional development, and strengthen relationships with students, parents, and colleagues. [7.5” x 10”...232 pages]

The Best Advice Ever for Teachers

by Charles McGuire & Diana Abitz (2001, Andrews McMeel, 12.95/hardback)
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Offers a collection of the best thoughts, ideas, methods, and aphorisms from the past and present for today's teachers. This book blends the observations of contemporary educators with words of wisdom from teachers of the past in a collection that is sure to engage and inspire anyone involved in schools, and more! [5” x 8”...178 pages]

Hot Tips for Teachers: 30 Steps to Student Engagement

by Rob Abernathy & Mark Reardon (2002, Zephyr Press, 16.95)
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Shows how to reclaim students' attention and, in the process, help them absorb information and stay on task.The 30+ tips are practical, not always obvious, and very well tested. The easy-to-use format allows you to browse through the tips to find those you need, or to move through the book as a program. [7” x 10”...152 pages]

Hot Tips for Speakers: 25 Surefire Ways to Engage and Captivate Any Group or Audience

by Rob Abernathy & Mark Reardon (2002, Zephyr Press, 16.95)
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These tips will help anyone who leads classes, workshops, corporate meetings, or group presentations get the maximum attention and involvement from an audience. Each technique is presented in a manner that allows one to understand, experiment with, evaluate, refine, and take ownership of a valuable new skill. [7” x 10”...112 pages]

Lesson One: The ABCs of Life…the Skills We All Need But Were Never Taught

by Jon Oliver (2004, Fireside, 14.00)
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Following the logical progression of a child's development, this book uses upbeat activities and games that adults and children can share to ground themselves in Lesson One skills for use in everyday life. You'll find it offers much-needed answers to major problems gripping our culture. If you live or work with children, here is a book you will treasure. Oliver draws on inspirational stories from his own life and 30 years of teaching experience to show how they can put his program to work to begin helping children navigate through life. [5.5” x 8.5”...308 pages]

More Quick Hits: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers

Edited by Holly Stocking, et al. (1998, Indiana Univ. Press, 10.95)
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Learning used to be taken for granted by teachers. No more. Growing numbers of teachers realize that teaching does not always promote learning. This book offers simple but successful strategies that award-winning teachers have found promote learning. Included among these strategies are tips for designing courses and environments that promote learning, and advice on creating learning communities — communities where not only students learn, but teachers do too. [8.5” x 11”...144 pages]

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