Now used in thousands of schools worldwide Teaching is made easier when you have a fast-acting classroom management system that works. Rob Plevin believes any teacher can dramatically reduce classroom behaviour problems and achieve classroom management success by adopting this easy-to-follow 7-part plan adapted from his Needs-Focused approach to teaching & classroom management. Enhanced with a suite of additional downloadable resources & videos, Classroom Management Success in 7 Days or Less provides teachers with a framework of fundamental preventive techniques and details a stepped process for responding to students who have difficulty following instructions. If you’re a teacher facing hard-to-reach, tough groups of students who talk over you and won’t do as you ask, the ideas in this book will help you put in place a simple system for gaining respect, building positive teacher-student bonds, dealing with incidents and creating a calm, responsive classroom. In the revised edition of this best-selling, essential teacher resource you'll learn... - The counter-intuitive, RAPID way to improve student behaviour (Hint: it's not about what you do to THEM) - How to turn your instructions into new positive student habits (no more repeating, threatening and shouting required) - The art of maximising engagement to minimise disruption (or how to make your lessons so enjoyable for your students that they don't WANT to misbehave) - How to ensure your instructions are followed - by every student... every time (and what to do if they're not) - The two fastest ways to build positive relationships with your students and why you MUST do this - How to use rewards PROPERLY to help students experience real success (without using them as BRIBES) - How to respond to misbehaviour without causing resentment or confrontation Get your copy now and enjoy classroom management success in 7 days or less!

Teaching is made easier when you have a fast-acting classroom management system that works. Rob Plevin believes any teacher can dramatically reduce classroom behaviour problems and achieve classroom management success by adopting this easy-to-follow 6-part plan adapted from his Needs-Focused approach to teaching & classroom management. Enhanced with a suite of additional downloadable resources & videos, Classroom Management Success in 7 Days or Less provides teachers with a framework of fundamental preventive techniques and details a stepped process for responding to students who have difficulty following instructions. If you're a teacher facing hard-to-reach, tough groups of students who talk over you and won't do as you ask, the ideas in this book will help you put in place a simple system for gaining respect, building positive teacher-student bonds, dealing with incidents and creating a calm, responsive classroom. All in 7 days or less!

Teachers with relationships at the core of their practice can go into virtually any classroom, in any school, and succeed with even the most belligerent, difficult students. After all, it doesn’t take a genius to conclude that students will generally behave better and work harder for teachers they know, like and trust. In this resource, you’ll learn some of the best, fast-acting ideas and strategies for building positive relationships with hard-to-reach students and becoming the teacher they respect and value. And when you implement these ideas in your classroom you will see RAPID improvements in the way your students treat you and respond to you. Building positive relationships with your students and creating a warm classroom community is, without doubt, one of the most effective classroom management strategies and teaching tools at your disposal – and this book shows you exactly how to do so in the shortest possible time. You’ll discover… - the only two things you need to concentrate on if you want to build relationships with your students in the shortest possible time – how to strike up meaningful conversations with students (even if they never normally want to speak to you), - how to get your most troublesome students on your side (works like magic!), - how to get students to trust and respect you (fast!), - why disciplining students can be the BEST time to build a positive relationship and how to do it – HUNDREDS of activities for building bonds and creating classroom community. Once you learn the Needs-Focused System, your classroom, your teaching and your students will be TRANSFORMED. Includes downloadable BONUS material and printable resources.

Fed up with students who talk over you and ignore instructions? Drained and worn out by disruption, disobedience, and defiance? Does the thought of facing some groups fill you with utter dread? Drawing on 20+ years experience in special education and mainstream settings, teacher-trainer Rob Plevin explains a proven, step-by-step plan for successfully managing the most challenging individuals and groups in today’s toughest classrooms. Packed with powerful, fast-acting techniques – including a novel routine to get any class quiet in 15 seconds or less – this book helps teachers across all age groups connect and succeed with hard-to-reach, reluctant learners. You’ll discover: The simple six-step plan to minimise & deal with classroom behaviour problems How to gain trust & respect from tough, hard-to-reach students How to put an end to power struggles & confrontation How to have students follow your instructions… with no need to repeat yourself The crucial importance of consistency (and how to achieve it) Quick and easy ways to raise engagement and enjoyment in your lessons The ‘Clean Slate’ – a step by step method you can use to ‘start over’ with that particularly difficult group of students who won’t do anything you say. Take Control of the Noisy Class provides hundreds of practical ideas and interventions to end your classroom management struggles & create a thoroughly enjoyable lesson climate for all concerned.

In line with Rob Plevin’s hugely popular "Needs-Focused Classroom Management System" for teachers, this book offers a huge range of ready-to-use activities, resources and ideas to start your lessons with a BANG and end them on a HIGH. Adaptable for any subject area, the ideas and suggestions in this book will enable you to capture students’ interest and attention from the outset, increase engagement and encourage participation among even the most reluctant learners. You’ll learn how to… - hook ALL your students from the moment your lesson begins, - set up exciting reviews to cement learning in a fun, memorable way, - minimise classroom management issues related to boredom and low engagement and turn your lessons into an enjoyable, positive learning experience for all concerned. Once you learn the Needs-Focused Classroom Management System, your classroom, your teaching and your students will be TRANSFORMED. Includes downloadable BONUS material and printable resources.

Have you noticed that the traditional methods for motivating students rarely seem to work? Stickers, merit marks, reward charts, praise assemblies, certificates etc. are used in almost every school all over the world and yet most teachers struggle to get reluctant students involved in lessons. Punishments are even less effective – despite giving threats and dishing out detention after detention these students still don’t seem to care. If you want to get more of your students engaged and taking part in lessons, it’s time to forget trying to control them and instead create a situation where they are naturally motivated, from WITHIN. Is that really possible? Yes! And it’s super-easy when you use the step-by-step plan laid out in Rob Plevin’s Motivate the Unmotivated... This fantastic teaching resource offers a complete step-by-step system together with hundreds of practical strategies to: - Invite and stimulate student interest from the moment your lesson begins, - Create an extremely positive, collaborative classroom climate - Minimise classroom management issues related to boredom and low engagement - Provide interactive lesson formats which even your most switched-off students won’t be able to resist - Reach ALL your students through multiple learning channels - Increase participation with little-known ‘involvers’ which work every time! Includes downloadable BONUS training materials and printable resources.

The Active Learning Tool Kit makes it easier than ever for teachers to implement enjoyable cooperative and active learning methods that boost student engagement, participation and achievement. In line with Rob Plevin’s hugely popular "Needs-Focused Classroom Management System" for teachers, this book is packed with hundreds of outrageously-engaging active learning strategies, cooperative activities and ready-to-use resources. Adaptable for all subjects and age groups, this teaching resource will enable you to: - provide exciting and interesting activities for working in pairs or small groups, – encourage students to support each other to improve their learning, - meet the needs of different learning styles, - help students learn appropriate skills for both collaborative work and independence, - turn your lessons into an enjoyable, positive learning experience for all concerned. The Active Learning Tool Kit is a practical and accessible guide to implementing active learning in the classroom in a way your students will love. Includes downloadable BONUS material and printable resources

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.

What if we could unlock the potential in every child? As it turns out, we can. Apple's iconic cofounder Steve Jobs had a powerful vision for education: employing technology to make an enormous impact on the lives of millions of students. To realize this vision, Jobs tapped John D. Couch, a trusted engineer and executive with a passion for education. Couch believed the real purpose of education was to help children discover their unique potential and empower them to reach beyond their perceived limitations. Today, technology is increasingly integrated into every aspect of our lives, rewiring our homes, our jobs, and even our brains. Most important, it presents an opportunity to rewire education to enrich and strengthen our schools, children, and society In Rewiring Education, Couch shares the professional lessons he's learned during his 50-plus years in education and technology. He takes us behind Apple's major research study, Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT), and its follow-up (ACOT 2), highlighting the powerful effects of the Challenge-Based Learning framework. Going beyond Apple's walls, he also introduces us to some of the most extraordinary parents, educators, and entrepreneurs from around the world who have ignored the failed promises of memorization and, instead, utilize new science-backed methods and technologies that benefit all children, from those who struggle to honor students. Rewiring Education presents a bold vision for the future of education, looking at promising emerging technologies and how we—as parents, teachers, and voters—can ensure children are provided with opportunities and access to the relevant, creative, collaborative, and challenging learning environments they need to succeed.