Teaching Discipline & Self-Respect
Effective Strategies, Anecdotes, and Lessons for Successful Classroom Management
- SiriNam S. Khalsa - Springfield School District
Manage your classroom with proven, positive techniques that promote appropriate behavior.
Teachers want to be able to teach the content they were trained to teach. Yet most teachers find themselves faced with the challenge of achieving effective classroom management. Highly readable and engaging, Teaching Discipline & Self-Respect offers guidelines, specific strategies, and structured activities that have been used successfully in culturally, linguistically, economically, and academically diverse classrooms.
SiriNam S. Khalsa, a master teacher and consultant who is passionate about teaching and understanding the individual needs of every student, focuses on developing self-esteem and self-image while maintaining the dignity of each student. Through vignettes and case studies, Khalsa's text provides readers with:
- Guidelines for changing students' negative behavior
- Reproducible lessons, such as "Understanding Anger" and "Teaching 'I' and 'You' Statements"
- Engaging activities ready for immediate use in difficult situations
- 15 steps to help teachers keep a positive mental attitude
- 30 techniques for reducing stress and maintaining perspective when working with challenging students
This refreshing and energizing approach to classroom management shows teachers how to embrace positive change and improve both their teaching practice and their students' lives.
"Clear advice for new teachers struggling to develop a system and build rapport with students. Offers valuable insight into certain types of behaviors for any educator looking for a ‘new way’ to handle discipline problems."
"Refreshingly positive. Provides tangible, doable techniques and describes respectful, sensitive approaches that can be implemented by all teachers with all students."
"Packs in lesson plans, strategies, and anecdotes from successful classroom management projects and thus is a top pick for teachers who wish to receive the applied experience of other professionals."
“Khalsa does not propose a ‘one size fits all’ or single system approach to classroom management, as is typical in classroom management books. Rather the focus is on a realistic classroom management approach based on the myriad of human characteristics displayed by the diverse students in today’s classrooms.”
