One-Minute Discipline: Classroom Management Strategies That Work

For classroom teachers at all levels, here is a unique collection of practical, proven-effective techniques and ready-to-use tools for managing classroom behavior and creating the positive environment that students and teachers need to promote learning.

Each classroom-tested strategy is presented in a simple-to-use format for quick reference that shows: What the technique or idea is, Why you need it, and How to make it work. Plus, the techniques are complemented by support ideas, time-saving reproducible forms, lively illustrations, and interesting, reproducible quote about teaching.

For easy to use, it s all printed in a big, 8-1/2 x 11 lay-flat format for easy photocopying and its organized into 10 sections:

• PHILOSOPHY provides a philosophical framework for the strategies presented in the book, such as The Three C s of Teaching.
  
• KNOW YOU CLIENTS features activities and surveys, including Icebreaker: Backpack Introductions and the student Survey, to help you learn about your students and their needs.
  
• HOME AND SCHOOL gives you support ideas and reproducible forms for improving the home school connection, such as Newsletters and Parent Homework Letter.
  
• THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL offers tops and ready-to-use tools for getting the school year off to a positive start, including Classroom Rules Checklist and Classroom Welcome Sign.
  
• VOCABULARY presents effective techniques for modifying student behavior, such as Grandma s Law, which motivates students with a payoff (desert) for completing a task.
  
• TECHNIQUE, STRATEGIES, AND GOOD IDEAS is packed with easy-to-use ideas, including Noise Level Control and One-Minute Correction, for solving discipline problems.
  
• TEACHING SKILLS provides practical procedures that enhance your teaching and decrease disruptive behavior, such as Transition Time to reduce the time spent between activities and a Teacher Self-Assessment to help you evaluate and improve your teaching techniques.
  
• GREAT LITTLE GEMS offers a variety of helpful discipline and teaching strategies. For example, Token Economies shows you how to use a pint system to reward good behavior.
  
• SURVIVAL SKILLS gives you invaluable ideas for conserving energy and relieving stress, such as Crisis Management and the 24-Hour Rule for handling difficult situations.
  
• FORMS features time-saving, reproducible forms, including Substitute Teacher Form, Office Discipline Ticket, and Student/Teacher/Parent Action Contract.

In short, One-Minute Discipline is a practical guide providing effective, easy-to-implement approaches to the many classroom management and discipline challenges that teaches face every day.

Author: Arnie Bianco
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 10/04/2002
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780130452986
ISBN10: 013045298X
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Classroom Management
- Education | Behavioral Management
- Education | Curricula

About the Author
Arnie Bianco (B.S., S.U.N.Y. - Geneseo; M.Ed., University of Arizona, Tucson) taught for nine years at several different grade levels and was a school principal for 24 years. He currently own and directs a theater for children and teens in Tucson, Arizona and has been an adjunct instructor and student teacher supervisor at Chapman University for the past 15 years. He also conducts One-Minute Discipline workshops for teachers.

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