Review\nA must-read for classroom teachers, for teacher leaders/mentors, for teachers–intraining, and for teachers’ instructors. All great teachers know that there are five essential things that they need to know and do to create a dynamic classroom. This book answers the five "big questions." In our current environment, teachers are asking for help creating a dynamic classroom. There isn’t another book on the market like it. This book is the answer to how to create a dynamic classroom that is student-centered, engaging, relationship-building, goal-oriented, and lively. -- Edward DeRoche ― Director, Character Education Resource Center Department of Learning & Teaching, University of San Diego\nSerena Pariser and Victoria Lentfer offer us exemplary classroom practices, teacher wisdom, and a healthy dose of optimism. They encourage us to "take a deep breath" and intentionally choose our next small step. The answers in this book can minimize stress, help teachers avoid burnout, and improve teacher retention. -- Carol Pelletier Radford ― Author of Teaching With Light, Mentoring in Action, and The First Years Matter\nSerena Pariser and Victoria Lentfer’s Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Creating a Dynamic Classroom provides newer teachers with answers to common questions that linger in the brain of a newer teacher. As a newer teacher myself, I wish a book like this existed when I started out. This book is engaging, informative, and so much more. If you know a new teacher, work with a new teacher, or are a new teacher, this book is absolutely for you and will make the perfect gift for a new teacher in your life. Each section includes helpful tips and is easily organized and accessible. This book is truly an amazing guide for newer teachers, and I highly recommend it as it will form the perfect basis for that exciting and powerful start of a new journey. Teaching can be many things, but this book is truly a game changer for anyone starting out. -- Susan Jachymiak ― Teacher, Leader, and Author\nAnswers to Your Biggest Questions About Creating a Dynamic Classroom embraces the need for engagement of both the student and the teacher. It’s a book that not only helps a student to thrive as a learner but also helps a teacher to thrive as a coach, a guide, and a facilitator. Each chapter launches with an "Imagine This" scenario, and then breaks down and deconstructs what makes that moment in the classroom engaging and successful. The suggestions nod to what we all feel in the moment of classroom stress and give alternate solutions that are efficient and doable. This is a book that shares strategies for Monday, not someday. -- Heather Wolpert-Gawron ― Author of Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement\nThis indispensable guide to establishing a vibrant, thriving classroom is a lifeline of practical support for teachers, providing actionable answers to pressing questions at the moment you most need them.

Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Creating a Dynamic Classroom: Five to Thrive [series] (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Education & Teaching

Pariser, Serena

Lentfer, Victoria S.

Schools & Teaching

Corwin

Everything you need to feel confident -- and for your students to feel valued -- in your classroom When we think of classroom management, we traditionally think of ways to keep students quiet, well behaved, and on task. Times have changed, though, and our classroom management practices need to change, too. Since the first edition of this book was written in 2018, the world has changed - a lot. This second edition walks teachers through how to keep and even stay one step ahead of our ever changing world. To prepare students for today's and even tomorrow's world, we need to consider classroom management as guiding students to work collaboratively, communicate with each other, and ultimately feel a sense of belonging. This is when learners thrive. In Real Talk About Classroom Management, Second Edition, award-winning teacher Serena Pariser tells it like it is -- teacher to teacher -- with her relatable writing style and by sharing authentic personal accounts of failures and successes. Serena paves the way for teachers to develop classroom management practices that honor students while helping teachers to feel confident, prepared, and able to face challenges with grace. With updated research and strategies, this edition includes <ul> <li>Reflection on the changes educators have faced over the past five years, particularly ways that the COVID-19 pandemic and sociocultural concerns have affected students and teachers</li> <li>More emphasis on the importance of developing teamwork, communication, curiosity, and conflict resolution skills in students</li> <li>Enhanced focus on social-emotional skills and how they relate to classroom management</li> <li>Deeper exploration of best practices in instructional design, behavior management, and building relationships with colleagues and caregivers -- as well as topics rarely covered in teacher preparation courses such as how to navigate colleague conflict in schools</li> <li>Practical suggestions for avoiding burnout -- and knowing when to ask for help</li> </ul> This thorough how-to book is packed with actionable classroom management practices for new and experienced teachers who want to create a lively, engaging classroom that students and teachers feel excited to enter each morning.

Real Talk About Classroom Management: 57 Best Practices That Work and Show You Believe in Your Students (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

It Starts in the Classroom: Character Education for a Better Tomorrow

Few character education books published in the 21st century have addressed the resource needs of P-12 teachers. It Starts in the Classroom: Character Education for a Better Tomorrow is a "character education tool kit" that enables P-12 teachers, teachers-in-training, counselors, administrators, and coaches to see themselves as the "key" character educators in their schools, classrooms, and community. This book helps bring humanity, student engagement, and other life skills into the classroom that have been proven to increase student academic achievement. Ultimately, It Starts in the Classroom helps teachers see that they are, in fact, really changing the world for the better. This book shows them how to do this not only with their students but with themselves. With the current state of our world, character education is needed now more than ever. Things can get better, but it starts in the classrooms--with the teachers and the students.

DeRoche, Edward F.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

This guide offers 50 proven best practices for managing today’s classroom, complete with just-in-time tools and relatable teacher-to-teacher anecdotes and advice. Culled from years of real-world classroom experience, this book will give you the tips and tricks you need to succeed all school year long, including 
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<li>Making the pivotal first weeks of school count </li> <li>Forming positive relationships with your students </li> <li>Inspiring creativity and maintaining discipline through curriculum and instruction </li> <li>Utilizing other adults (parents, teachers, and administrators) as resources </li> <li>Wowing your students with "spins" and making a lasting emotional impact</li> <li>Keeping yourself sane, from maintaining work-life balance to managing professional relationships</li> </ul>

Real Talk About Classroom Management: 50 Best Practices That Work and Show You Believe in Your Students (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Gain more productive time in each day! Real talk about managing time, reducing stress, and avoiding teacher burnout. Effective time management skills transform teacher confidence and morale, energize and engage students, and improve the learning climate of a classroom―for both you and your students. Weaving wellness research with classroom-tested tips, Real Talk About Time Management helps you improve your classroom learning environment and your mental health. It includes · 35 practical, teacher-proven strategies for saving time and setting personal boundaries · Stories from educators about proactive time management adjustments that worked · "Your Turn" questions that invite personal reflection and strategic planning

Real Talk About Time Management: 35 Best Practices for Educators (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

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