Motivating Defiant & Disruptive Students to Learn: Positive Classroom Management Strategies - Paperback

by Richard D. Korb (Author)

How to stay calm, cool, and in control of your classroom

Today′s teachers face more challenges than ever before in managing student behavior in the classroom. New teachers often find themselves underprepared for the realities of hard-to-engage students and increased class size. Rich Korb brings extensive teaching and administrative experience to his collection of strategies designed to keep you and your students focused on learning. This accessible, step-by-step guide for new and veteran teachers offers easy-to-implement methods that help you:

• Motivate and engage students
• Set up your classroom to prevent disruptive behavior
• Stay calm in the face of adverse situations
• Reduce the effect of misbehavior on other students′ learning
• Respond to inappropriate behavior effectively
• Avoid burning out

This powerful staff development program is filled with strategies you can read today and apply tomorrow. They have been classroom tested and praised by teachers looking for guidance when they wanted to scream, yell, or cry. This book will reignite your love of teaching as you reap the rewards of a well-managed classroom.

Author Biography

Rich Korb has been a special education teacher, general education teacher, administrator, youth ranch director of education, and special education director.

He is a national speaker and writer who has designed innovative strategies to enhance student learning by reducing classroom disruptions - and presented educational seminars for the Bureau of Education and Research, Otter Creek Institute, Staff Development for Educators. Rich has also presented at conferences, including Staff Development for Educators, ASCD, The National Association of Secondary School Principals, and The Washington Association of School Principals. Rich is currently an adjunct faculty member for Seattle Pacific University where he teaches the course - Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students - Strategies That Work.Through his company, Pioneer Education Consulting, Rich is presently conducting a ten seminar campaign in Washington State and California.www.pioneereducationconsulting.com