Re: best books?
I just finished The Superior Educator. It's a very good book
filled with lots of stories. The book focuses on the self-
improvement of the educator first to improve classroom
management. It also focus on working with large groups and
developing a team. Good read.
On 6/28/09, Tricia wrote:
> Okay Bonnie,
> I have already read through or skimmed through 7 books on
> classroom management and organization.
> My favorite are in order
> Setting Limits In The Classroom by Robert MacKenzie
> First Year Teacher's Survival Kit by Julia Thompson
> The Organized Teacher by Steve Springer, Brandy Alexnder, etc.
>
> Setting Limits teaches use how to use effective discipline
> and not give tons of warnings where the kids walk over you.
> The other two have good ideas about what you need and how to
> set up your classroom and reproducibles. I would definitely
> recommend all three of these--the first two for sure.
>
> I think teach gave me a website that had ideas I could use
> also and this was good also:
> http://www.newmanagement.com/
>
> Now that I have discpline and organization in my mind,
> curriculum is next.
>
> Hope this helps you.
> Tricia:)
The Superior Educator, A Calm and Assertive Approach to Classroom Management and Large Group Motivation