Rethinking Classroom Management: Strategies for Prevention, Intervention, and Problem Solving

By Maya Marcia Jordan, Patricia Lee Sequeira Belvel, Maya Marcia Jordan Knowles

"As a teacher and principal, I have found Pat Belvel and Maya Marcia Jordan′s prevention and intervention framework to be the single most important resource to help teachers become consciously competent about their classroom management strategies and the positive effects they have on students."

Debbie Textor, Principal
Lincoln Elementary School
Cupertino, CA

"Traditional classroom management strategies do not encourage the development of basic social skills. Rethinking Classroom Management is a desperately needed guide for educators about how to re-examine our own belief systems and change the way we attempt to manage and control students′ behavior. Every teacher should read and apply the ideas in this great resource."
Martha Kaufeldt
Author, Begin With the Brain: Orchestrating the Learner-Centered Classroom

Tomorrow′s leaders will be reflections of today′s teachers. The ideal classroom consists of positive relationships between teacher and students producing an environment resulting of beneficial, mutual fulfillment. In this empowering book, Patricia Sequeira Belvel and Maya Marcia Jordan demonstrate successful methods to achieve harmony, while transforming managerial teachers into leaders in the classroom. Educators are enlightened by classroom and personal "connections," enabling the teacher to be immersed in real-life classroom situations and encouraging readers to create meaningful connections from their personal experiences.

Key topics that help guide readers through this transformation are:

Intrinsic motivation and personal beliefs and values as aids to making the shift from manager to leader Prevention strategies creating a caring community of learners Temporary intervention techniques that effectively differentiate between discipline and punishment Problem-solving strategies to help the student take initiative in creating constructive solutions for all

Rethinking Classroom Management

is an innovative guide that illustrates an approach which has been used by successful educators for years, enabling teachers to evolve effectively into leaders and to create classrooms where students are more self-managing, and demonstrate mutual respect, self-esteem, and responsibility.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761945237
• ISBN13: 9780761945239
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Corwin
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent content, useful resource

As a 35-year career elementary teacher, I was surprised how often I turned to this book for help and advice. I did have the extra advantage of receiving training from the author herself. But the book, standing alone, is so clear and concise, with classroom anecdotes and other examples to make its points, that it is an invaluable resource for new and career teachers both. I recommend it to both new teachers and their administrators, as a blueprint for success in the difficult area of classroom management and student discipline.

Classroom Strategies That Make Sense

I have been a presenter for Classroom Management using Pat Belvel's materials for the past five years. Previously we had used a manual with mostly the overheads of the content. The wonderful aspect of this book is that it provides insights and adecdotes to which we can all relate. In this way, teachers can understand the strategies without extensive workshops. Although workshops with follow-up coaching is ideal. I recommend this book to new teachers as well as experienced. Within the workshop series, I have had new teachers comment about how they had never really thought about all of what goes into managing a classroom. Experienced teachers have expressed gratitude in reminding them of what works!

Rethinking Classroom Management

I am the co-author of this wonderful work and just want everyone to know that the paperback is exactly the same as the hardback, has an interesting, appealing cover design and costs much less.....This book is designed for veteran teachers and beginning teachers....Enjoy

A Must Read!

As a parent, I was quite interested to see if this book would assist me with my recent career as a full-time mommy. From the first words, I could tell that this was a gem of a book full of stories, analogies and practical strategies for classroom teachers and parents. The first story is about an extrinsically motivated class who didnt "behave" for subs. I put myself in the shoes of that teacher and thought. How come my children behave differently for babysitters than me? Immediately I applied what this teacher learned to my home life. This book is also deemed worthy of being on a university campus as a required text. Thanks, Vonny (teacher, grad student, happy mom of two)