Title: Ultimate Classroom Control Handbook
Description: This book is unique because it isn’t based on theory and wasn’t written in hindsight, years after the author left the classroom. Instead, it was drafted over a period of years, while the author was in the trenches teaching every day. The book’s guidance, therefore, is proven and relevant with the right touch of humor. Author Dave Foley assumes there will be problems in the classroom and presents clear, direct solutions and alternatives to help teachers maintain or regain the upper hand. The author describes real situations and tells teachers exactly what to say and do, which removes the uncertainty that often occurs when facing misbehavior. Throughout the book, Foley shares the attention-getting, humorous style that made his classes well-behaved, fun, and educational.Run your classroom without chaos with information like this:•	Controlling your class with just one rule•	Using peer pressure to improve behavior•	What to do when you don’t know what to do •	A plan for practical jokers and answers for the arrogant•	Eliminating excuses for not turning in work•	A surefire cure for academic apathy•	Looking at things from the student’s point of view•	Improving performance on standardized tests•	Dealing with threats, plagiarism, cheating, teasers, bullies, dress code issues•	Teaching in your worst class•	Establishing classroom routines that improve learning and reduce the stress of teachingKey Features and Benefits•	Control and manage your classroom without chaos—no paperwork, no visits to the principal’s office, and no parent meetings!•	At a time when the nation’s priority is student achievement, the concern about student discipline has never been greater. Ultimate Classroom Control Handbook belongs in every teacher’s desk drawer and in the hands of all student teachers so that they can handle misbehavior quickly and get on with teaching.•	The author tells it like it is and offers advice that, although not found in teacher education curriculum, is vital to teaching in the real world. Foley’s style is easy to read, entertaining, and effective.•	Available at www.jist.com: Free guidance on running an in-service meeting at your school on classroom management. Get all of your teachers in your school on the same page with classroom control.•	Available at www.jist.com: Free instructor’s guide and lesson plans for using Ultimate Classroom Control Handbook in a teacher education course on classroom management.•	Many unique benefits separate this book from competitors and need to be emphasized in marketing and sales:	Written while the author was dealing with classroom control—many other books are written years after the author has retired and therefore seem out of touch or steeped in theory. What actually goes on in classrooms often bears little resemblance to the scenarios presented in other classroom management books.	Prepares teachers for the times that things don’t go as planned. Other books don’t address the unexpected, which is common in classrooms. 	Reviewed by new and veteran educators for effectiveness and validity and revised based on their feedback.	This how-to guide not only provides solutions to student behavior problems, but if things don’t go right, it becomes a troubleshooting guide by providing a plan B and a plan C if plan A fails.
Subjects: Education, Nonfiction