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• 5 Easy Transition Activities
  A free resource from the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
• Arranging Your Classroom
  Excerpted from the LEARN North Carolina web page.
• Behavior Managent Strategies
  Excerpted from the LEARN North Carolina Beginning Teacher Handbook.
• Checklist of Classroom Procedures
  An excerpt from the LEARN North Carolina Beginning Teacher Handbook.
• Class Meetings: Building Leadership, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills in the Respectful Classroom
  Donna Styles shows how teachers can use classroom meetings to help students grow as learners and problem solvers.
• Class Meetings: A Democratic Approach to Classroom Management
  Donna Styles offers tips for effective class meetings.
• Classroom Routines and Procedures
  Guidelines for new teachers provided by the North Carolina Teachers' Network.
• Classroom Spaces That Work
  A guide to creating a physical environment that is welcoming, organized, and suited to the needs of studetns and teachers.
• Classroom Spaces That Work--Excerpt
  The Responsive Classroom Newsletter describes the highlights of the book, "Classroom Spaces That Work." This link will take you to the newsletters page. Scroll down and click on the Spring 2001 issue to read this excerpt.
• Classroom Strategies for Helping At-Risk Students
  This monograph offers guidance for employing six effective practices aimed at helping at-risk students: * whole class instruction * cognitively oriented instruction * small group instruction * tutoring * peer tutoring * computer-based instruction.
• Connecting with Students
  Allen N. Mendler shows how to provide acknowledgement without disruption.
• Discipline with Dignity
  A resource review of Curwin and Mendler's 1999 contibution to the field.
• Dodging the Power-Struggle Trap: Ideas for Teachers
  Specific and concrete actions to prevent classroom conflict situations to escalate out of control.
• Educating Urban Minority Youth: Research on Effective Practices
  Topical Synthesis # 4 in the School Improvement Research Series (SIRS) published by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Authored by Kathleen Cotton.
• Effective Classroom Management
  Excerpted from the LEARN North Carolina Begginning Teacher Handbook.
• Emphasizing the Role of Effort in Learning
  Insights from a Philadelphia school.
• Enhancing Students' Socialization
  ERIC Digest ED 395713 (1996) Author: Jere Brophy Research on effective practices associated with working with diverse learners in classrooms.
• Expectations and Procedures for the Elementary Classroom
  One district's approach to clarity and orderliness.
• First Six Weeks of School
  A guide to laying the groundwork for successful learning within the first few weeks of the school year.
• Homework (SIRS Close-UP # 1)
  Summary of research on homework reported by Jocelyn A. Butler of the Northwest REgionasl Educational Laboratory.
• How To Manage Disruptive Behavior in Inclusive Classrooms
  Ten questions to ask in diagnosing situations that foster disrupotive behaviors in students with disabilities.
• Modeling for Learning: Addressing Student Misconceptions
  Four tips for using modeling for learning to address student misconceptions.
• Rapport With and Knowledge of Students
  Students who are happy and successful in school are not likely to disrupt learning for other students. Teachers need to get to know their students as individuals.
• Rules in School
  Written by four classroom teachers, this book is filled with instructions and examples for creating a calm, safe learning environment.
• School-Based Interventions with Successful Academic Outcomes
  Web site maintained by the American Psychological Association (2004) 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (202) 336 6062 phone (202) 336 6063 FAX.
• Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline
  Close-Up #9 in the School Improvement Research Series (SIRS) published by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Authored by Kathleen Cotton.
• Seating and Room Arrangement
  Excerpted from the LEARN North Carolina Beginning Teacher Handbook.
• Student Led Conferences
  Tina Bonnett and Ace Marcellus 7th Grade Math and Science Teachers O�Leary Junior High, Twin Falls, ID share their experiences with Student Led Conferences in a presentation dor the IMLA Spring Conference 2001 .
• Student Self-Assessment Opportunities
  Questions student might use to think about their own learning progress or behaviors.
• Teacher-Parent Collaboration
  Use these organizers to prepare for successful parent-teacher interactions.
• Ten Activities for Establishing Classroom Rules
  Includes to involve students in setting classroom rules. Links to related sites are also provided.
• The Frazzled Teacher
  A resource review of this publication, with ordering information.
• The Harbor School Assessment Model
  The Harbor School Assessment Model consists of four main parts: * Portfolio Assessment * Student Led Conference * Parent/Teacher CVonference * Teacher Written Narrative Reports.
• The Morning Meeting Book
  Step-by-step suggestions for implementing Morning Meeting in K-8 classrooms.
• The Psychological Atmosphere We Create in Our Classrooms
  An essay by Adrian Underhill that models thinking out loud about one's beliefs about learners, learning, and the role of the teacher in assisting learning.
• Thirteen Ways to Beat the First Day Jitters
  An excerpt from the LEARN North Carolina Beginning Teacher Handbook and the National Education Assiociation New Teacher CD.
• Transitions in the Classroom
  Tips for managing classroom transitions, including looking at predictability, boundaries, and flexibility in time use.