How to Deal With Teachers Who Are Angry, Troubled, Exhausted, or Just Plain Confused
- Elaine K. McEwan - The McEwan-Adkins Group
Conflict Resolution for Adults | Principalship | Staff Supervision / Evaluation / Retention
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.
"Easy to read, practical, full of ideas with instant utility for the practitioner in the field, grounded in reality..."
"...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."
"(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."
"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."