Quick Answers for Busy Teachers

ANNETTE BREAUX is an internationally known author, consultant, and speaker. Her previous books include 101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors and The Ten-Minute Inservice. She has coauthored books with both Harry Wong and Todd Whitaker.TODD WHITAKER, PHD, is professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University. A leading presenter in the field of education, he has devoted his career to researching effective teachers and principals. He is the author of What Great Teachers Do Differently and The Ten-Minute Inservice.

• About the Authors ixPreface xiHow to Use This Book xiiiPart One: Challenges with Students 11. The Class Clown Is Not Humoring You 32. A Student Is Refusing to Do Work 73. Several Students Dislike You 114. You Embarrassed a Student in Front of His Peers 155. Students Who Don’t Behave in Your Class Are Behaving for Another Teacher 196. You’re Not Sure If a Behavior Consequence Was Appropriate 237. You’re Unsure When to Refer a Student to the Office 278. A Student Is Disrespectful to You in Front of the Class 319. Some Students Are Afraid to Make Mistakes 3510. A Student Is Sleeping in Your Class 3911. You Lost Your Temper with Your Students 4312. You Feel That Several of Your Students Are Lazy 4713. You Ask a Student to Step Outside with You and He Refuses 5114. Students Don’t Bring Necessary Supplies to Your Class 5515. Some Students Are Easier to Like than Others 5916. A Student Is Prone to Angry Outbursts 6317. It’s Difficult to Stay Motivated When the Students Aren’t Motivated 67Part Two: Challenges with Adults 7118. Some of Your Coworkers Are Negative 7319. You Experience a Lack of Parental Interest 7720. You Disagree with Your Administrator 8121. You Want to Fit In with the Faculty 8522. A Coworker Says Something Negative About You 8923. Your Principal Gives You a Negative Evaluation 9324. A Parent Will Not Return Your Call 9725. You’re Afraid to Speak Your Mind in a Faculty Meeting 101Part Three: Classroom Management Challenges 10526. You’re Struggling to Get Organized 10727. Your Content Knowledge Is Solid, But Your Management Skills Are Lacking 11128. Students Enter Your Class and Immediately Begin Talking 11529. You Have a Chronic Talker in Your Class 11930. Your Students Misbehaved with the Substitute Teacher 12331. A Particular Student Is Pushing Your Buttons 12732. Students Have a Problem with “Telling on Others” 13133. A Student Brings an Issue from Outside into the Classroom 13334. Classroom Discussions Go Off in a Different Direction 13735. Your Classroom Needs a Makeover, But You’re Just Not a Decorator 141Part Four: Instructional Challenges 14536. You Tend to Teach the Way You Were Taught 14737. You’re Overwhelmed by New Technology 15138. Many Students Performed Poorly on a Test 15539. You’re Confused about Assigning Homework 15940. You’re Unsure How to Write a Good Test 16341. You Teach Many Students at Many Different Levels 16742. Your Students Don’t Stay on Task for Long Periods of Time 17143. Your Students Don’t Participate in Class Discussions 17544. You’re Unsure about Rewarding Your Students 17945. When Being Observed, You Call on Students Who Know the Answers 18346. A Student Asks a Question and You Do Not Know the Answer 18547. After the Test, Your Students Forget What You Have Taught 18748. You Like a Quiet Classroom 19149. You Question Whether You Should Have to Write Lesson Plans 19550. You Need Creative Ideas 199Part Five: Professional Challenges 20351. Another New Program Comes Along 20552. The Person Awarded “Teacher of the Year” Does Not Deserve It 20953. Your Professional Life Is Affecting Your Personal Life 21354. Your Personal Life Is Affecting Your Teaching 21755. You Don’t Have Time for All the After-School Functions 22156. Planning Period Has Become Griping Period 22557. You’re Asked to Take On All the Troubled Students 22958. You’re Afraid of Social Media 23359. You Want to Be More Positive, But It’s Difficult 23760. You Can’t Keep Up with Education’s Buzzwords and Jargon 241A Final Word 245Index 247