Description
Book SynopsisDo you remember a time when you used the right words at the right moment, and they made all the difference? With the aim of helping you repeat that experience every day, this book provides hundreds of examples of what we call Great Teacher Language, a technique designed to help all teachers use words to transform student behavior and parent relationships. In their years of working at the K-12 levels, educators Hal Holloman and Peggy H. Yates have identified the exact phrases and key words you can use in your classroom to address inappropriate outbursts, a lack of respect and cooperation, student conflict, and more. Great Teacher Language will enable you to transform student behavior, parent relationships, and your classroom culture.
This book features 11 Great Teacher Language Word Categories, which you''ll learn how to use in terms of self-talk, student talk, and parent talk: Words of Accountability, Words of Encouragement, Words of Grace, Words of Guidance, Words of High Exp
Table of Contents
Introduction. 1. Great Teacher Language: The Right Words at the Right Time. 2. The 11 Great Teacher Language Word Categories and Frameworks for Transforming Student Behavior and Parent Relationships in the Classroom and Beyond. 3. What Do Great Teachers Say on the First Day of School and the Days that Follow? 4. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student is Passively Disengaged? 5. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student is an Attention Seeker? 6. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student Outburst Happens? 7. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student Does Not Show Respect for Themselves or Others. 8. What Do Great Students Say when a Student Refuses to Cooperate or Challenges Them? 9. What Do Great Teachers Say when a Student Conflict Occurs? 10. Transforming your Classroom Culture into a Great Classroom Culture. Index of GTL Student Behavior Scenarios.
