Dr. Bluestein’s Original Reprint Series

By Dr. Jane BluesteinApril 28, 2022May 14, 2022 Behavior Management, Books, Bookstore, Counselors, Culture and Community, Educators, Parenting, Parents Leave a comment

New Life for Old (and Not-so-Old) Books A few years ago, two of my publishers decided to pull a bunch of my books out of print. To their credit, they allowed all rights to revert back to me. So I decided to put a few of them into print as a part of an “original…

The Beauty of Losing Control

By Dr. Jane BluesteinApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Avoiding power struggles, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Culture and Community, Discipline, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Modeling positive behavior, Motivating cooperation, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, School climate, Uncategorized, Win-win authority Leave a comment

An effective way to “be in charge”! Note: This is one of the very first articles I wrote for publication—in this case, for Instructor Magazine, back in 1985. The language and approach I currently use in my work has changed significantly over the years. For example, I rarely ever use the term “obedience” anymore because I have found…

What Jane’s Been Up To: 2019 – 2021

By Dr. Jane BluesteinApril 22, 2022May 23, 2022 Blog Leave a comment

November 19, 2021 A New Chapter Begins My last live speaking engagement was in November 2019, a little more than two years ago. Things were changing and for the first time in 35 years, I had nothing on my calendar for the following semester. Jobs in US school districts and schools had gotten scarce, and…

Book: The Beginning Teacher’s Survival Guide

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 13, 2021April 23, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Avoiding burnout, Avoiding power struggles, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Body and Brain, Books, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Creating community, Cultural Changes, Culture and Community, Discipline, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, Feedback and encouragement, Health and Safety, Homework, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Leadership, Learning, Learning styles, Life Management, Mentorship, Modeling positive behavior, Motivating cooperation, Non-traditional learners, Parent-Teacher relationships, Problem solving, Professional growth, Recognition and reinforcement, Relationships, Rules and Boundaries, School climate, Schools in Society, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth, Special Needs, Taking care of yourself, Teacher Appreciation, Teacher retention, Teaching, Teaching, Tolerance and Respect, Win-win authority avoiding power struggles, beginning teachers, boundaries, challenges for new teachers, creating community, difficult students, discipline, emotional safety, emotionally safe classroom, learning differences, parent-teacher relationships, positive consequences, professional development feedback, professional growth, professional identity, school culture, self-care, student behavior, student self-management, teacher retention, teaching

Win-Win Strategies for Success by Dr. Jane Bluestein At the start or your career or at the end of your rope… Get your teaching career off to a winning start—or recharge your passion for your work! The new & revised edition of Dr. Jane Bluestein’s pivotal guide for your teaching career! A great gift for new…

Book: High School’s Not Forever

By Dr. Jane BluesteinDecember 12, 2020April 22, 2022 Uncategorized Leave a comment

The reality of the high school experience by Dr. Jane Bluestein and Eric Katz, M.S.A.C. We just sold our last copy. This book is currently out of print but copies should be available through online retailers until we get a new edition out (ePub and paperback). Please bear with us. Description How often do kids…

Media Resume: Regional and Local Broadcast Interviews

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 10, 2019February 10, 2019 About, For the Media, Press Materials, Speaking Leave a comment

State-by-State Broadcast Interviews featuring Dr. Jane Bluestein This page is part of an extensive press kit and includes a list of radio and television interviews Dr. Bluestein has done for various stations around the United States. ALABAMA Huntsville: E-TV, interview with Keith Ward (06, 07). Mobile: WNTM-AM, interview with Dick Scott (97). Selma: WHBB-AM, interview…

Media Resume: Print, Broadcast, and Internet Interviews

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 10, 2019April 23, 2022 About, For the Media, Press Materials, Speaking Leave a comment

Interviews featuring Dr. Bluestein This page is part of an extensive press kit and includes a list of interviews Dr. Bluestein has done for television, radio, Internet, print, and broadcast media (National, International, Regional, and Internet. A list of programs is available as well as one for programs listed state by state. International Print and…

Speaking Resume: Parent and Community Training Programs

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 10, 2019April 23, 2022 About, About Dr. Jane Bluestein, For the Media, Parents, Press Materials, Speaking Leave a comment

Presentations This page is part of an extensive press kit and includes a list of presentations Dr. Bluestein has done for parents and caregivers, as well as the general adult community. It includes topics addressing adult-child relationships, parenting, co-parenting, step-parenting, and caregiver training. This list also includes topics on self-care, mental health, addiction issues, and…

Speaking Resume: Local and State-Wide Conferences and Events by State

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 10, 2019April 23, 2022 About, About Dr. Jane Bluestein, For the Media, Press Materials Leave a comment

Presentations throughout the United States This site has always included a list of where Dr. Bluestein has spoken, broken down for individual posts for each state and country. This page was adapted from the print version of Dr. Bluestein’s press kit and has much the same information for events in the U.S. except that it’s…

Speaking Resume: International, National, and Regional Conferences and Events

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 10, 2019April 23, 2022 About, About Dr. Jane Bluestein, For the Media, Press Materials Leave a comment

Keynote presentations, training workshops, and webinars for educators Programs for teachers, administrators, school counselors, social workers, preservice teachers, career and vocational teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school staff, as well as the general community and private sector have been presented with various titles. Check out the list of topics here. 2018-present 16th National Conference on Adolescents…

Resume: Dr. Jane Bluestein

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 10, 2019April 23, 2022 About, About Dr. Jane Bluestein, For the Media, Press Materials Leave a comment

Jane Bluestein, Ph.D. Instructional Support Services Father Sky Industries 1709 Father Sky Ct NE Albuquerque, NM 87112 Cell/Text: 505-250-3965 https://janebluestein.com • Email Work Experience Keynote speaker and Seminar presenter; Program Development and Administration; Instruction and Staff Development; Supervision; Consultation; Content Development and Marketing, Website Development and Administration. Focus School climate, motivation and behavior management, learning needs, perfectionism,…

Dr. Jane Bluestein’s Press Kit

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 10, 2019April 22, 2022 About, For the Media, Press Materials, Speaking Leave a comment

Press Materials by Section For years, I offered a hard copy of my press kit which, besides my resume, listed pretty much every presentation, interview, and media appearance I had done since I started my business. This resume goes back decades, and as the years went on, the print version grew into a small book!…

37 Ways to Spread Love On Random Acts Of Kindness Day (& Every Other Day, Too!)

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 6, 2019April 30, 2022 Counselors, Creating community, Educators, General Interest, Gratitude and inspiration, Increasing Positivity, Life Management, Relationships, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth, Taking care of yourself, Teacher Appreciation, Tolerance and Respect 1 Comment

Share your good vibes with the world. by Dr. Jane Bluestein No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop Think of the times you’ve been on the receiving end of someone’s courtesy, thoughtfulness, or patience — and how good it felt to get a call from an old friend or when that…

Book: 21st Century Discipline

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 4, 2019April 23, 2022 Avoiding power struggles, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Books, Bookstore, Building responsibility, Discipline, Educators, Intervening negative behavior, Motivating cooperation, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Win-win authority Leave a comment

Where it all began We are sold out of all remaining copies of this book, which is no longer in print. Please search online retailers for copies. Since the release of the first edition in 1985, we have sold thousands of copies of this book and remain incredibly grateful to everyone who supported this work….

Free books

By Dr. Jane BluesteinFebruary 3, 2019April 30, 2022 About, Blog, Bookstore, bookstore Leave a comment

Inventory: all cleared out! I spent the past three years selling off books and inventory at below break-even costs and ultimately giving away as much stock as I could. By the end of 2021, my friend and podcast contributor, Julie Rombach-Kendall, came over with her husband to take the last dozen or so boxes of…

Dr. Jane Bluestein in Colombia

By Dr. Jane BluesteinJanuary 17, 2019February 11, 2019 Speaking Leave a comment

Speaking Bogotá: Oxford Education LIT, International Educators Summit, keynote and follow up presentations for teachers, coordinators, principals, university personnel, and school owners, Bogotá, Colombia. (18)

Life Interrupted

By Dr. Jane BluesteinJanuary 6, 2019April 30, 2022 Blog, Gratitude and inspiration, Life Management, Overcoming obstacles advanced directives, aging parents, care for mom, clearing out someone else's stuff, donations, downsizing, hard conversations, helping others, medical decisions, preparing to help an elderly loved one, putting work aside, resale market, sandwich generation, shift in priorities Leave a comment

When Priorities Make an Unexpected Shift in Your Life In the spring of 2018, my mom had what the medical community calls an “event.” She went to the hospital for what I understood to be a routine endoscopy to deal with some GI issues. During the procedure, she had a stroke that left her unresponsive,…

Tired of Nagging Your Kids?

By Dr. Jane BluesteinJanuary 6, 2019April 25, 2022 Avoiding power struggles, Avoiding power struggles with your kids, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Counselors, Motivating cooperation, Motivating your kids, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Rules and Boundaries, Rules and Boundaries, Win-win authority, Win-win parenting authority autonomy, boundaries, choices, cooperation, encouragement, follow through, gotcha, nagging, opposition, parental authority, positive connection, positive consequences, positivity, power struggles, privileges, saying no to kids, threats, validation, win-win parenting Leave a comment

Here’s What you Can Do Instead You’ve probably heard them all. “Awww, Mom!!” “Do I have to.” Or my all-time favorite, “You can’t make me!” Or maybe your kids’ routines are more along the lines of pouting, arguing, ignoring you (or agreeing and then ignoring you). Either way, in the day-to-day dealings with children, there…