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Author: Todd Whitaker
For an excerpt from DEALING WITH DIFFICULT TEACHERS Second Edition,
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Added to this edition -- 4 new chapters on communicating with your difficult teachers.
This new section demonstrates how to --
- eliminate negative behaviors.- implement effective questioning strategies.
- apply the "The Best Teacher/Worst Teacher" test.
5 printings of the First Edition SOLD OUT!
This book shows you how to handle staff members who:
- gossip in the teacher's lounge.
- consistently say "it won't work" when any new idea is suggested.
- send an excessive number of student to your office for disciplinary reasons.
- undermine your efforts toward school improvement.
- negatively influence other staff members. (208 pp., 2003). This book provides tips and strategies to help school leaders improve, neutralize, or eliminate resistant and negative teachers. 1999. CONTENTS
- What is a Difficult Teacher?
- Three Kinds of Teachers
- The Role of the Principal
- Looking for the Good Part -- Sometimes You Have To Squint
- Public Versus Private Praising
- Uncomfortable Is Good
- Accept Responsibility -- They Can't Pass the Buck
- The Teachers' Lounge and Other Challenges
- Always Assume They Want To Do What Is Right
- No More Party Poopers!
- Sometimes You Have To Shuffle The Deck
- What about the New Kids?
- New Teacher Leadership
- Where Do I Start?
- Retirement and Other Miracles
- Dismissal
- How Can I Stop Them From Sending So Many Students to the Office
- If All Else Fails -- General Tips and Guidelines
- Easing The Guilt
- References For an excerpt from DEALING WITH DIFFICULT TEACHERS Second Edition,
click here
To visit Todd Whitaker's website, click here
208 pages © 2003
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