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This site is a good resource for dealing with difficult parents. Topics include, but not limited to: Defining Parents' Involvment, How Does Parents' Involvment Help Kids,, Implementing Parent-Involvment Programs, and Pitfalls. Any teacher will find this site useful.

These are some "non-expert" suggestions for classroom management tips for ordinary teachers. No extensive theories, just tips.

Example of a very detailed classroom procedure list.

This is a good site for available resources for information on teaching ESE students

The whole school needs to adapt Glasser's QUality School plan-not just an individual teacher.

Great articile on positive discipline. Full of practicle uses for praise and several warning on what kind of praise is destructive. Talked about result of research done at Emory University saying that self-esteem does not create students that are happy and more successful.

The article has some clear simple statements about several classroom management problems and solutions. Just clearly put and without a plethora of words, this is a great quick source of ideas.

This is an excellent site that gives some more information on classroom meeting. It is similar to our case study this week. It also talks about using it for any kind of discussion over and about problems.

This ariticle talked more about Thomas Gordon and his theries on the "I Message". It also talked about conflict resolution. I am not to sure I agree with his "Peace Table" , but I thought it was an interesting article about Thomas Gordon.

This is an great source for teachers that need assistance in managing behavior issues in the classroom. It gives you basic examples of behavior issues with ideas on how to handle the issues. It also provides various methods in dealing with students that are more prone to having behavior challenges.

This is an excellent website to use for getting ideas on developing a behavior intervention plan. It discusses the importance of assessing the student along with addressing the student's possible skill and performance deficits. It is a great source for beginning teachers that may be dealing with students having behavior problems.

This is a great site for all teachers. It deals with bullying, violence prevention, and personal safety in the schools. This site is excellent for help with enacting the safe school movement. Many of the activities are geared toward elementary and middle school aged children. Some of the resources, such as downloadable brochures, are free. Teachers can use these resources to make their schools a safer place and to reduce bullying.

This website is about teaching character. With so many lessons to teach, why should we teach character? Possibly because it's the most important concept a student could learn. This site promotes what it calls the 6 Pillars of Character and has a week in October dedicated to building character. It has lessons available and suggestions for using character education in the classroom.

This website is a fantastic resource for teachers. The user can choose by grade, by subject, or by lesson plan. Teachers can also download printables, lesson plans, and classroom management information. There is even a section to help first year teachers. This site does have subscription fee ($39.95/year) and has a 7-day free trial available.