Classroom Management

Appropriate classroom management is the base for an effective teaching/learning process. The practical help offered in this guidebook is based on experience and will provide philosophic and behavioral parameters that easily fit every classroom. For the first-year teacher, it offers assistance in handling discipline and behavioral problems with finesse—a skill not developed overnight. For the veteran educator, it provides structure for examining and re-evaluating their management techniques to improve their learning environment. A hands-on resource manual for new or experienced teachers, this book includes forms that may be photocopied and adapted for personal use—these classroom diagrams, lesson plans, and self-evaluation methods add to the usefulness of this text.

Ray Petty's no-nonsense handbook is packed with scenarios, tips, and reproducible forms to help keep your classroom running smoothly...A quick read (a couple of times before dinner) and you will be examining your classroom with a new pair of eyes and ears.

Ray Petty, is Associate Professor of Education at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. He has over twenty years of experience as a classroom teacher, guidance counselor and principal in the Hartford, Connecticut public schools. Petty is also a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Education.