Developing a Learning Classroom: Moving Beyond Management Through Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor - Softcover

Cooper, Nic

 
9781452203881: Developing a Learning Classroom: Moving Beyond Management Through Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1452203881 ISBN 13: 9781452203881
Publisher: Corwin, 2012

Synopsis

Discover powerful ways to connect with your students!

All too often, managing a classroom means gaining control, dictating guidelines, and implementing rules. Designed for any teacher struggling with student behavior, motivatio

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About the Author

Nic Cooper, Ed.D., LPC, LMSW, has 34 years of experience in public education as a counselor, alternative education developer, assistant principal and principal. He spent most of his career at the middle school level after beginning as a high school counselor. Prior to his retirement, his middle school was named as one of Michigan’s first Schools to Watch in 2006. He has also worked as a substance abuse counselor and a probation officer. After his retirement from public education, he became a full-time faculty member in the teacher education program at Baker College in Jackson, MI and a part-time leadership coach for the Center for Excellence in Education at Central Michigan University. A certified counselor and social worker, Nic also works part-time as a therapist at Still Waters Counseling in Saline, MI. He is the state director for the Schools to Watch program, a recognition program for exemplary middle schools presented through the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform. He is the co-author with Rick McCoy of a book for parents of adolescents entitled How to Keep Being a Parent When Your Child Stops Being a Child. He is a board member for the Michigan Association of Middle School Educators and the Michigan Association of Teacher Educators and is a member of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform. He presents at state and national conferences on classroom development, healing teaching staffs in conflict, and addressing the needs of at-risk students, among other topics.

From the Back Cover

For any teacher struggling with student behavior and engagement, this book shows how the three Rs can transform an ordinary classroom into an extraordinary learning community.

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Publisher
Corwin
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1452203881
ISBN 13 
9781452203881
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
152