Facilitator's Guide to The Win-Win Classroom

A Fresh and Positive Look at Classroom Management
Jane E. Bluestein - Instructional Support Services, Inc.
Facilitator's Guide to The Win-Win Classroom
June 2008 | 88 pages | Corwin
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Facilitator's Guide
ISBN: 9781412965033
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Lead training that helps teachers establish win-win authority relationships with students!

Based on Jane Bluestein's remarkable book The Win-Win Classroom, this guide gives staff developers and workshop leaders the tools to facilitate book study groups, seminars, and professional development events to help teachers prevent discipline problems, build student accountability, and end frustrating power struggles with kids of all ages. Facilitators will be able to discuss the impact of stress, brain functioning, learning styles, and social/emotional issues on student behavior and provide empowering guidelines and practical ideas for

  • Avoiding the "rules and punishment" trap
  • Creating a caring and emotionally safe learning climate
  • Defusing conflict and opposition
  • Encouraging student cooperation, motivation, self-management, and on-task behavior
  • Engaging even the most defiant, defeated, or resistant learner

This chapter-by-chapter study guide follows the same format as the companion book and features

  • Workshop activities
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggestions for practical applications
  • Chapter summaries
  • Handouts and overheads
  • Resources for extending learning
  • Sample agendas for half-day, one-day, and two-day workshops
  • A workshop evaluation form

The Facilitator's Guide to The Win-Win Classroom is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading professional training for groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.

Contents

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

  • How to Use This Guide
  • Additional Resources for Facilitators

Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: The Win-Win Classroom: A Fresh and Positive Look at Classroom Management by Jane Bluestein

  • Introduction
  • Part I: The System, Your Students, and You
  • Chapter 1. Drawing the Line
  • Chapter 2. Starting Where You Are
  • Chapter 3. Clarifying What You Want
  • Part II: The Challenges
  • Chapter 4. Behavior and the Brain
  • Chapter 5. Tripping Over the System
  • Chapter 6. Catching Up to the Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter 7. Keeping the Big Picture in Mind
  • Part III: Restructuring Power Dynamics
  • Chapter 8. Connecting With Kids
  • Chapter 9. Who's Got the Power?
  • Chapter 10. Win-Win Authority Relationships
  • Part IV: Establishing Authority in a Win-Win Classroom
  • Chapter 11. Mastering Motivation
  • Chapter 12. The Power of Choice
  • Chapter 13. The Beauty of Boundaries
  • Chapter 14. Following Through
  • Chapter 15. Responding Nonreactively
  • Part V: Success Orientation
  • Chapter 16. Managing a Win-Win Classroom
  • Chapter 17. Planning for Success
  • Chapter 18. Learning Styles and Preferences
  • Part VI: Increasing Positivity
  • Chapter 19. Changing Your Focus
  • Chapter 20. Creating Congruence
  • Chapter 21. Keeping the Good Stuff Going
  • Chapter 22. Supporting Emotional and Social Development
  • Chapter 23. Building Problem-Solving Skills
  • Part VII: Working the System
  • Chapter 24. Backup and Support
  • Chapter 25. Secrets of Successful Self-Care
  • Epilogue
  • Resource A. Win-Win Ideas for Administrators
  • Resource B. Magic Sentences
  • Resource C. Characteristics of Healthy Relationships

Sample Workshop Agendas

  • Half-Day Workshop Agenda
  • Full-Day Workshop Agenda
  • Two-Day Workshop Agenda

Workshop Evaluation Form

Workshop Evaluation Form

Description

Lead training that helps teachers establish win-win authority relationships with students!

Based on Jane Bluestein's remarkable book The Win-Win Classroom, this guide gives staff developers and workshop leaders the tools to facilitate book study groups, seminars, and professional development events to help teachers prevent discipline problems, build student accountability, and end frustrating power struggles with kids of all ages. Facilitators will be able to discuss the impact of stress, brain functioning, learning styles, and social/emotional issues on student behavior and provide empowering guidelines and practical ideas for

  • Avoiding the "rules and punishment" trap
  • Creating a caring and emotionally safe learning climate
  • Defusing conflict and opposition
  • Encouraging student cooperation, motivation, self-management, and on-task behavior
  • Engaging even the most defiant, defeated, or resistant learner

This chapter-by-chapter study guide follows the same format as the companion book and features

  • Workshop activities
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggestions for practical applications
  • Chapter summaries
  • Handouts and overheads
  • Resources for extending learning
  • Sample agendas for half-day, one-day, and two-day workshops
  • A workshop evaluation form

The Facilitator's Guide to The Win-Win Classroom is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading professional training for groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.

Contents

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

  • How to Use This Guide
  • Additional Resources for Facilitators

Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: The Win-Win Classroom: A Fresh and Positive Look at Classroom Management by Jane Bluestein

  • Introduction
  • Part I: The System, Your Students, and You
  • Chapter 1. Drawing the Line
  • Chapter 2. Starting Where You Are
  • Chapter 3. Clarifying What You Want
  • Part II: The Challenges
  • Chapter 4. Behavior and the Brain
  • Chapter 5. Tripping Over the System
  • Chapter 6. Catching Up to the Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter 7. Keeping the Big Picture in Mind
  • Part III: Restructuring Power Dynamics
  • Chapter 8. Connecting With Kids
  • Chapter 9. Who's Got the Power?
  • Chapter 10. Win-Win Authority Relationships
  • Part IV: Establishing Authority in a Win-Win Classroom
  • Chapter 11. Mastering Motivation
  • Chapter 12. The Power of Choice
  • Chapter 13. The Beauty of Boundaries
  • Chapter 14. Following Through
  • Chapter 15. Responding Nonreactively
  • Part V: Success Orientation
  • Chapter 16. Managing a Win-Win Classroom
  • Chapter 17. Planning for Success
  • Chapter 18. Learning Styles and Preferences
  • Part VI: Increasing Positivity
  • Chapter 19. Changing Your Focus
  • Chapter 20. Creating Congruence
  • Chapter 21. Keeping the Good Stuff Going
  • Chapter 22. Supporting Emotional and Social Development
  • Chapter 23. Building Problem-Solving Skills
  • Part VII: Working the System
  • Chapter 24. Backup and Support
  • Chapter 25. Secrets of Successful Self-Care
  • Epilogue
  • Resource A. Win-Win Ideas for Administrators
  • Resource B. Magic Sentences
  • Resource C. Characteristics of Healthy Relationships

Sample Workshop Agendas

  • Half-Day Workshop Agenda
  • Full-Day Workshop Agenda
  • Two-Day Workshop Agenda

Workshop Evaluation Form

Workshop Evaluation Form

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Facilitator's Guide to The Win-Win Classroom

A Fresh and Positive Look at Classroom Management


June 2008 | 88 pages | Corwin

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Facilitator's Guide 01/02/2026 9781412965033 $23.95

Lead training that helps teachers establish win-win authority relationships with students!

Based on Jane Bluestein's remarkable book The Win-Win Classroom, this guide gives staff developers and workshop leaders the tools to facilitate book study groups, seminars, and professional development events to help teachers prevent discipline problems, build student accountability, and end frustrating power struggles with kids of all ages. Facilitators will be able to discuss the impact of stress, brain functioning, learning styles, and social/emotional issues on student behavior and provide empowering guidelines and practical ideas for

  • Avoiding the "rules and punishment" trap
  • Creating a caring and emotionally safe learning climate
  • Defusing conflict and opposition
  • Encouraging student cooperation, motivation, self-management, and on-task behavior
  • Engaging even the most defiant, defeated, or resistant learner

This chapter-by-chapter study guide follows the same format as the companion book and features

  • Workshop activities
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggestions for practical applications
  • Chapter summaries
  • Handouts and overheads
  • Resources for extending learning
  • Sample agendas for half-day, one-day, and two-day workshops
  • A workshop evaluation form

The Facilitator's Guide to The Win-Win Classroom is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading professional training for groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.


Table Of Contents:

  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • How to Use This Guide
  • Additional Resources for Facilitators
  • Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: The Win-Win Classroom: A Fresh and Positive Look at Classroom Management by Jane Bluestein
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The System, Your Students, and You
  • Chapter 1. Drawing the Line
  • Chapter 2. Starting Where You Are
  • Chapter 3. Clarifying What You Want
  • Part II: The Challenges
  • Chapter 4. Behavior and the Brain
  • Chapter 5. Tripping Over the System
  • Chapter 6. Catching Up to the Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter 7. Keeping the Big Picture in Mind
  • Part III: Restructuring Power Dynamics
  • Chapter 8. Connecting With Kids
  • Chapter 9. Who's Got the Power?
  • Chapter 10. Win-Win Authority Relationships
  • Part IV: Establishing Authority in a Win-Win Classroom
  • Chapter 11. Mastering Motivation
  • Chapter 12. The Power of Choice
  • Chapter 13. The Beauty of Boundaries
  • Chapter 14. Following Through
  • Chapter 15. Responding Nonreactively
  • Part V: Success Orientation
  • Chapter 16. Managing a Win-Win Classroom
  • Chapter 17. Planning for Success
  • Chapter 18. Learning Styles and Preferences
  • Part VI: Increasing Positivity
  • Chapter 19. Changing Your Focus
  • Chapter 20. Creating Congruence
  • Chapter 21. Keeping the Good Stuff Going
  • Chapter 22. Supporting Emotional and Social Development
  • Chapter 23. Building Problem-Solving Skills
  • Part VII: Working the System
  • Chapter 24. Backup and Support
  • Chapter 25. Secrets of Successful Self-Care
  • Epilogue
  • Resource A. Win-Win Ideas for Administrators
  • Resource B. Magic Sentences
  • Resource C. Characteristics of Healthy Relationships
  • Sample Workshop Agendas
  • Half-Day Workshop Agenda
  • Full-Day Workshop Agenda
  • Two-Day Workshop Agenda
  • Workshop Evaluation Form

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