How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused

Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins - The McEwan-Adkins Group
How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused
June 2005 | 280 pages | Corwin
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Use Assertive Intervention techniques to help difficult teachers become positive and energetic professionals!

How to Deal With Teachers Who are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused is an indispensable handbook for educators hoping to manage, shape, and improve teacher behaviors with the ultimate goal of improving student achievement and performance. This resource offers case studies from principals who have successfully managed dysfunctional and low-performing teachers, scripts for achieving effective communication, and a culture-builder's toolkit with exercises and assessments.

In this research-based text, best-selling author Elaine McEwan introduces a new approach-Assertive Intervention-for dealing with a principal's most pressing challenge: How to manage difficult teachers effectively while empowering them as professionals. Assertive Intervention strategies show administrators, staff developers and mentors how to:

  • Confront difficult teachers with calm and confidence
  • Conduct an Assertive Intervention meeting
  • Energize and motivate teachers
  • Significantly improve interactions with troubled teachers
  • Build a positive school culture

This invaluable tool provides practical tools that can be put into practice immediately, and can be used with classroom teachers across all levels.

Contents

Preface

  • Who This Book Is For
  • Special Features of the Book
  • Overview of the Contents
  • A Matter of Definition
  • A Cautionary Note
  • Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Principals: How to Deal With Difficult Teachers

  • Seven Habits for Dealing Positively With Difficult Teachers
  • Summing Up

2. How to Conduct an Assertive Intervention: Tell It Like It Is

  • The Critical Attributes of Assertive Intervention
  • The Three Stages of Assertive Intervention
  • How to Conduct Assertive Intervention
  • Summing Up

3. Strategies for Dealing With Angry, Hostile, or Just Plain Tiresome Teachers

  • Understanding Angry Teachers
  • What Works and What Doesn't?
  • Kinds of Angry Teachers
  • How to Deal With Angry Teachers
  • A Case Study: The Critical and Mean-Spirited Teacher
  • Summing Up

4. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled, Mentally Disordered, or Are in Trouble With the Law

  • Characteristics of Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled
  • Characteristics of Teachers With Mental Disorders
  • Characteristics of Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the Law
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Have Mental Disorders
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the Law
  • Summing Up

5. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Exhausted, Stressed, or Burned Out

  • A Principal's Perspective
  • Sources of Energy
  • Factors That Sap Personal Energy
  • Characteristics of Exhausted Teachers
  • How Administrators Sap Their Teachers' Energies
  • How to Deal With an Exhausted School
  • Summing Up

6.Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Confused, Marginal, or Just Plain Incompetent

  • Characteristics of Instructionally Challenged Teachers
  • How to Deal With Instructionally Challenged Teachers
  • Summing Up

7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower Teachers

7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower Teachers

Conclusion

Conclusion

Resource A: The Communicator's A-Z Handbook

Resource A: The Communicator's A-Z Handbook

Resource B: The Culture-Builder's Toolkit

Resource B: The Culture-Builder's Toolkit

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Use Assertive Intervention techniques to help difficult teachers become positive and energetic professionals!

How to Deal With Teachers Who are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused is an indispensable handbook for educators hoping to manage, shape, and improve teacher behaviors with the ultimate goal of improving student achievement and performance. This resource offers case studies from principals who have successfully managed dysfunctional and low-performing teachers, scripts for achieving effective communication, and a culture-builder's toolkit with exercises and assessments.

In this research-based text, best-selling author Elaine McEwan introduces a new approach-Assertive Intervention-for dealing with a principal's most pressing challenge: How to manage difficult teachers effectively while empowering them as professionals. Assertive Intervention strategies show administrators, staff developers and mentors how to:

  • Confront difficult teachers with calm and confidence
  • Conduct an Assertive Intervention meeting
  • Energize and motivate teachers
  • Significantly improve interactions with troubled teachers
  • Build a positive school culture

This invaluable tool provides practical tools that can be put into practice immediately, and can be used with classroom teachers across all levels.

Contents

Preface

  • Who This Book Is For
  • Special Features of the Book
  • Overview of the Contents
  • A Matter of Definition
  • A Cautionary Note
  • Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Principals: How to Deal With Difficult Teachers

  • Seven Habits for Dealing Positively With Difficult Teachers
  • Summing Up

2. How to Conduct an Assertive Intervention: Tell It Like It Is

  • The Critical Attributes of Assertive Intervention
  • The Three Stages of Assertive Intervention
  • How to Conduct Assertive Intervention
  • Summing Up

3. Strategies for Dealing With Angry, Hostile, or Just Plain Tiresome Teachers

  • Understanding Angry Teachers
  • What Works and What Doesn't?
  • Kinds of Angry Teachers
  • How to Deal With Angry Teachers
  • A Case Study: The Critical and Mean-Spirited Teacher
  • Summing Up

4. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled, Mentally Disordered, or Are in Trouble With the Law

  • Characteristics of Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled
  • Characteristics of Teachers With Mental Disorders
  • Characteristics of Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the Law
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Have Mental Disorders
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the Law
  • Summing Up

5. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Exhausted, Stressed, or Burned Out

  • A Principal's Perspective
  • Sources of Energy
  • Factors That Sap Personal Energy
  • Characteristics of Exhausted Teachers
  • How Administrators Sap Their Teachers' Energies
  • How to Deal With an Exhausted School
  • Summing Up

6.Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Confused, Marginal, or Just Plain Incompetent

  • Characteristics of Instructionally Challenged Teachers
  • How to Deal With Instructionally Challenged Teachers
  • Summing Up

7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower Teachers

7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower Teachers

Conclusion

Conclusion

Resource A: The Communicator's A-Z Handbook

Resource A: The Communicator's A-Z Handbook

Resource B: The Culture-Builder's Toolkit

Resource B: The Culture-Builder's Toolkit

References

References

Index

Index

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How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused


June 2005 | 280 pages | Corwin

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Use Assertive Intervention techniques to help difficult teachers become positive and energetic professionals!

How to Deal With Teachers Who are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused is an indispensable handbook for educators hoping to manage, shape, and improve teacher behaviors with the ultimate goal of improving student achievement and performance. This resource offers case studies from principals who have successfully managed dysfunctional and low-performing teachers, scripts for achieving effective communication, and a culture-builder's toolkit with exercises and assessments.

In this research-based text, best-selling author Elaine McEwan introduces a new approach-Assertive Intervention-for dealing with a principal's most pressing challenge: How to manage difficult teachers effectively while empowering them as professionals. Assertive Intervention strategies show administrators, staff developers and mentors how to:

  • Confront difficult teachers with calm and confidence
  • Conduct an Assertive Intervention meeting
  • Energize and motivate teachers
  • Significantly improve interactions with troubled teachers
  • Build a positive school culture

This invaluable tool provides practical tools that can be put into practice immediately, and can be used with classroom teachers across all levels.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Who This Book Is For
  • Special Features of the Book
  • Overview of the Contents
  • A Matter of Definition
  • A Cautionary Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Principals: How to Deal With Difficult Teachers
  • Seven Habits for Dealing Positively With Difficult Teachers
  • Summing Up
  • 2. How to Conduct an Assertive Intervention: Tell It Like It Is
  • The Critical Attributes of Assertive Intervention
  • The Three Stages of Assertive Intervention
  • How to Conduct Assertive Intervention
  • Summing Up
  • 3. Strategies for Dealing With Angry, Hostile, or Just Plain Tiresome Teachers
  • Understanding Angry Teachers
  • What Works and What Doesn't?
  • Kinds of Angry Teachers
  • How to Deal With Angry Teachers
  • A Case Study: The Critical and Mean-Spirited Teacher
  • Summing Up
  • 4. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled, Mentally Disordered, or Are in Trouble With the Law
  • Characteristics of Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled
  • Characteristics of Teachers With Mental Disorders
  • Characteristics of Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the Law
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Have Mental Disorders
  • How to Deal With Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the Law
  • Summing Up
  • 5. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Exhausted, Stressed, or Burned Out
  • A Principal's Perspective
  • Sources of Energy
  • Factors That Sap Personal Energy
  • Characteristics of Exhausted Teachers
  • How Administrators Sap Their Teachers' Energies
  • How to Deal With an Exhausted School
  • Summing Up
  • 6.Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Confused, Marginal, or Just Plain Incompetent
  • Characteristics of Instructionally Challenged Teachers
  • How to Deal With Instructionally Challenged Teachers
  • Summing Up
  • 7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower Teachers
  • Conclusion
  • Resource A: The Communicator's A-Z Handbook
  • Resource B: The Culture-Builder's Toolkit
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"What a perfect tool for school principals . . . it is one of those books you will refer to again and again. [It] provides practical advice with examples of helpful scripts that can be used immediately, specifics on using assertive interventions with difficult teachers, 60 ways to inspire teachers to produce results, and case studies from experienced principals."
The School Administrator, December 2005, Ntional Conference on Education
"Easy to read, practical, full of ideas with instant utility for the practitioner in the field, grounded in reality..."
David Brom, Principal, Champlin Park High School, MN
"...the author thoroughly examines her topic, often supporting her text with checklists, assessment tools, and recipe-like how-to instructions. No reader can fail to find this material useful."
Scott Hollinger, Principal, McAuliffe Elementary School, McAllen, TX
"(For)...a new principal with eyes wide open or a seasoned principal that can relive every scenario. If they have been 'in the trenches' they can see the reality written into every page...The seven habits of attitude and action will now be posted on the back of my office door."
Carla Fry, Principal, Woodlands Elementary School, Ponca City, OK

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