Award-winning teacher Neila A. Connors shares her secrets for creating positive classroom relationships
From the author of the best-selling If You Don't Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students, comes an innovative resource for all who work with pre-K through 12th grade students. Neila Connors presents a wealth of strategies and techniques to help teachers develop, maintain, and sustain positive student relationships. If You Don't Feed the Students offers practical, commonsense methods for improving classroom performance, served up in an engaging and entertaining manner.
Unique, classroom tested strategies for validating all students to help them succeed in the classroom Proven approaches that will benefit teachers, student teachers, and school administrators alike
In this fun, must-have resource, Connors reveals how empowering students creates a climate of care and compassion and improves everyone's attitudes and achievement.
By:
Neila A. Connors
Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 224mm,
Width: 147mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780470577790
ISBN 10: 0470577797
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 17 January 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments xv About the Author xvii Preface xix Introduction xxi 1 “Welcome!”: A Courteous Greeting, and Everyone is Valued 1 Dignity 1 Respect 2 Relationships 4 Care and Compassion 6 Wellness 6 Everyone Must Feel Valued 10 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 11 2 Ambiance: A Positive Climate and Culture 15 Climate 16 Elements of Climate 18 Culture 20 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 23 3 Safety: Physical, Emotional, Social, and Intellectual 29 A Safe and Secure Environment 30 Five-Star Schools Have Goals 33 Physical Safety 34 Trust 35 Bullying 36 Motivation 38 Discipline 42 Social Safety 48 Emotional Safety 50 Intellectual Safety 52 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 53 4 Menu: A Variety of Options Based on Our Needs 63 Building Positive Relationships 63 First Days/Weeks/Month of School 64 Seize the Day 66 Connections 66 Commitment 66 Consistency 67 Choices 68 Challenges 68 Collaboration 69 Communication 69 Celebrations 69 Relevance 70 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 71 5 “This Way Please”: An Effective Leader and Vision 77 Vision 79 Mission 79 Values 80 When Life Gives You Lemons Become a L.E.M.O.N.A.D.E. Leader 82 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 86 6 “I’ll Be Your Server”: A Team of Caring and Trained Adults 91 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 95 7 Communication: Succinct, Effective, and Ongoing 103 Speaking 108 Listening 109 Reading and Writing 110 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 110 8 Satisfaction: We Left F.E.D. and Eager to Return 119 Fulfilled 120 Attitude 120 Energized 123 De-Stressed 123 Change 126 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 128 9 Comment Card: The Opportunity to Provide Feedback 131 Skills for Learning 133 T.I.P.S.: Techniques Improving the Performance of Staff and Students 136 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 137 10 Fun: An Environment That Everyone Enjoys 141 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 146 11 “Check Please”: Reflection Shows the Experience Was Worth It 151 F.O.O.D (Fulfilling Opportunities Offered Daily) for Thought 155
NEILA A. CONNORS is a former elementary teacher, a middle level teacher and administrator, and a high school advanced placement coordinator. Presently, Connors teaches middle and high school students at Scholars Academy in Thomasville, Georgia. She has also been a middle grades consultant in the Florida Department of Education and a tenured professor in the Department of Secondary Education at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia. Her bestselling book, If You Don't Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students has sold over 500,000 copies.
