Habits of Highly Effective Teachers: The Ultimate Guide To Practical Behaviour Management That Works!

by Marie Amaro

What do I do when students won’t stop talking?
How can I stop students wasting time and disrupting other students?
What can I do about disrespectful students?
Sound familiar? Difficult student behaviours can keep you awake at night! Effective classroom management can feel elusive and you feel isolated and incompetent dealing with students. Problematic student behaviour can lead to teacher stress, frustration and yes, even tears. You didn’t learn about this at uni! If you dream of a classroom where you can get on with the business of teaching and learning without being interrupted by poor student behaviour, Habits of Highly Effective Teachers is the book for you. Well-regarded trainer, speaker and author Marie Amaro, has over 30 years’ experience in the classroom. As a teacher, she really understands the unique challenges that face teachers today, the difficulties and demands on teachers and how to provide solutions that are achievable and easily implemented. Learn what good teachers do, so you can do it too! • How to establish clear expectations for behaviour in the classroom
• The secret to building rapport with students while maintaining appropriate boundaries
• How to reduce conflict with students through prevention and early intervention
• Simple ways to reinforce expected behaviour throughout the day
• How to skilfully redirect inappropriate student behaviour
• Highly practical teaching strategies to motivate and engage students

Genres: Education

216 pages, Paperback

Published September 17, 2018

Reviews

[teacupsandunicorns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great at explaining theories but I wish there were more clear cut examples. I know no two students are identical but I would have appreciated more concrete examples on changing behavior or confronting students or even inflicting punishments like detentions. But still informative and helpful. I like how it focuses on the positive. I just wish, again, for more clearly cut examples and strategies.

[Kristin Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read for PD that doesn't overwhelm the reader with too many complicated studies and big research words. While there was nothing groundbreaking, it's good to have reminders of the importance of relationship-building and being relevant, fair, and consistent.

[John Tilinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this quickly to help a relatively new teacher in the department. Good reminders, checklists, summaries and graphics. It’s not groundbreaking, sure. It is great if you just want to get helpful tools but are super busy and can’t take anything too complex in. Even if you think you do all these things well, film yourself teaching and watch it - you’ll see there’s plenty to take on board from this book.

[Jac · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this for PD hours…not overly impressed. I did not feel like there were very specific things in terms of behavior management to do. Some good general helpful reminders and stats on things…like how long it takes to break habits, work life balance, impacts of positivity. But honestly all of it felt like common sense. 10 hours for it though

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t feel like I added anything to my knowledge, was just reminded of some best practices. And honestly, I want to see how this works where I teach.