Having worked with "at-risk" students for over 20 years, author Liz Breaux knows "we cannot teach our students until we reach them." This book demonstrates how –- by providing typical situations, along with "What Works", followed by "What Doesn't Work".
About the Author
Introduction
How to Reach All Students
* First Impressions: Getting Students on Your Side
* The Power of Thanks and Praise: Accentuating the Positive
* The Assertive and In-Control Teacher:
* Taking Control of Your Classroom
* Implementing Procedures to Perfection: Three Simple Steps
* Enforcing Consequences: The "Ifs" and "Thens"
* Making Home Contacts: Getting Parents on Your Side
* Avoiding Power Struggles: Everybody Wins
* The Mobile Teacher: Being Everywhere
* The Teacher as Role Model: They Hear What We Do
Biography
Elizabeth Breaux is one of the most practical, down-to-earth, informative, and entertaining authors and speakers in education today. She has spoken to audiences across the country, leaving them laughing, crying, and certain that they have chosen the right profession—teaching. She is the author of two best-selling books: Classroom Management Simplified and Real Teachers, Real Challenges, Real Solutions. A former curriculum coordinator and classroom teacher, she currently works with new teachers in the Lafayette Parish (Louisiana) School System. She is also one of the coordinators of TIPS, an induction program for new teachers in Lafayette. In addition, she trains assessors for the Louisiana Department of Education and travels as a national presenter for the Bureau of Education and Research. Liz has taught and worked with at-risk students for 21 years, and she believes there is not a more challenging and rewarding job in the world. Her message has always been a simple one: “I cannot teach my students until I reach my students.
