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This book provides hundreds of examples of what educators Hal Holloman and Peggy Yates call Great Teacher Language, a technique developed from their years of experience identifying exact phrases and key words that teachers can use in the classroom to transform student behavior, parent relationships, and classroom culture.
List 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 Middle School and High School Student Behavior and Parent Relationships 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 Seems Apathetic, Passively Disengaged, and/or Disconnected from School? 5. What Do Great Teachers Say to Encourage Proper Use of Technology and Devices in the Classroom? 6. What Do Great Teachers Say When a Student is an Attention Seeker? 7. What Do Great Teachers Say When a Student Outburst Happens? 8. What Do Great Teachers Say When a Student Does Not Show Respect for Themselves or Others? 9. What Do Great Teachers Say When a Student Refuses to Cooperate or Challenges Them? 10. What Do Great Teachers Say When a Student Conflict Occurs? 11. Transforming Your Middle School and High School Classroom Culture into a Great Classroom Culture to Promote High School Readiness, College and/or Career Readiness, and Life Skills
About the author
Hal Holloman has experience as a teacher, coach, assistant principal, and principal at various levels. Currently, he is a Professor of Educational Leadership at East Carolina University and Director of the ECU Pirate Leadership Academy, where he teaches in the Masters of School Administration program and coaches new school leaders.
Peggy H. Yates has over 35 years of experience in the field of education, including positions as an elementary and middle school teacher, district-level K-8 curriculum and instruction director, higher education administrator, and Associate Professor in the College of Education at East Carolina University.
Summary
This book provides hundreds of examples of what educators Hal Holloman and Peggy Yates call Great Teacher Language, a technique developed from their years of experience identifying exact phrases and key words that teachers can use in the classroom to transform student behavior, parent relationships, and classroom culture.
