50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior: Simple Solutions to Complex Challenges »

This Book is a Must-Read reference for teachers, both new and experienced. Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker, two of the field's most highly respected authors and presenters, share 50 simple, straightforward techniques for improving student behavior. Each practical, well-defined strategy can be in classrooms of all grade-levels and subjects. This book will help you increase student cooperation, participation, and achievement.

Meet the Authors iv

What This Book Will Do for You vi

Preface xi

1 Meet and Greet 1

2 A Letter of Introduction 4

3 Tools for Rules and Procedures 7

4 Are You All Right? 11

5 Stay Near, Dear 14

6 Believe in Them! 16

7 Meting Out the Seating 19

8 Happy Notes to Parents 22

9 Their Own Notes to Parents 24

10 Make Them Responsible 27

11 Stress Success, Not Duress 29

12 Enthusiasm Breeds Enthusiasm 32

13 Pry for Why 34

14 A Laugh is Half 36

15 Student or Teaching Problem? 39

16 Learn What to Overlook 43

17 If You Sweat, They Win 45

18 Defuse the Bully 48

19 Hold Private Practice Sessions 51

20 Speak Awfully Softly 53

21 Teaching in Small Bites Makes Them Hungrier 56

22 Saving "Gotcha" for Behaving 59

23 Find the Gleaming and Redeeming 62

24 Join the Ranks of Thanks 64

25 Humiliation Breeds Retaliation 67

26 Beware the 90/10 Rule 70

27 We Care About Those Who Care About Us 73

28 As Nice, Polite, and Motivated as YOU? 75

29 Unmask the Mask 77

30 Don't Let the Mood Brood 79

31 Who's the Most Positive? 81

32 Become Interested in Their Interests 83

33 A Favor as a Lifesaver 86

34 Admit Your Mistakes 89

35 Seeing Eye to Eye 91

36 Bell-to-Bell Teaching 93

37 Smile, Smile, Smile! 96

38 Teaching with Urgency 98

39 Make it Doable and Chewable 100

40 Brag About Them to Others 102

41 The Diversion Excursion 104

42 Change the Way They Think 106

43 Nip It in the Bud 108

44 Discover the Beams of Their Dreams 110

45 Work that Body Language! 112

46 No Rest for the Weary 115

47 A Little Guilt Trip Goes a Long Way 117

48 Teach Them to Cope or They'll Create a Way! 120

49 Listen, Listen, Listen! 123

50 Only aFool Loses His Cool 126

Conclusion 129

An Invitation for Your Comments 130