5 Tips for Raising Fiscally Sound Children

By Judy Lawrence, M.S.Ed.August 12, 2012May 31, 2022 Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Parenting, Parenting, Problem solving Leave a comment

Building Life-long Skills Raising fiscally conscious children during these times of constant change, economic turbulence, daily media bombardment, and

Ways to Avoid Problems with Your Children Over Money

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 12, 2012May 31, 2022 Building responsibility, Parenting, Parenting, Problem solving Leave a comment

Practical Ideas to Avoid Conflict and Build Responsibility • Let your children know what you’re willing to buy them or how much they can have to spend before you go to the store. • If you don’t plan to buy them a particular item they want,

Ways to Build IRRESPONSIBILITY in Children

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 12, 2012May 31, 2022 Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Culture and Community, Discipline, Motivating your kids, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Rules and Boundaries, Social and Emotional Growth, Win-win parenting authority Leave a comment

Things you can do to reinforce children’s irresponsible behavior • Lie for them. • Make excuses for their behavior. Correct (or pay for) their mistakes for them. • Model a lack of responsibility, commitment, and follow-through yourself. • Refuse to believe that they are capable of doing what they’ve been accused of doing.

Great Expectations!

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 12, 2012May 31, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Creating community, Culture and Community, Discipline, Educators, Learning, Professional growth, Relationships, Self-care and Inspiration, Teaching becoming part of a professional community, beginning teachers, building student responsibility, difficult students, encouraging cooperation, fitting in with the school staff, motivating students, new teachers, power dynamics, professional growth, reflective teaching, student success, successful teaching, transition from student to professional, win-win teaching 2 Comments

Good News for Beginning Teachers No one knows better than a first year teacher that the beginning of the school year bristles with anticipation—and not just for the kids.

Parenting Teens

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 12, 2012May 31, 2022 Avoiding power struggles, Avoiding power struggles with your kids, Building responsibility, Counselors, Discipline, Educators, Intervening negative behavior, Motivating your kids, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Recognition and reinforcement, Recognition and Reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Win-win parenting authority all-or-nothing thinking, boundaries and teens, boundary issues with teens, conflict with teens, expectations, healthy parents healthy teens, kids as teens, non-authoritarian approach to parenting, not giving up, obstacles to parenting success, parental control, parenting, parenting teens, setting limits with teens, win-win parenting, win-win relationships with teens Leave a comment

How to Draw the Line Counselors know that when parents set clear boundaries, they take care of their teens and themselves.

Positive Consequences

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 11, 2012May 31, 2022 Avoiding power struggles, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Counselors, Discipline, Educators, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Motivating cooperation, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Teaching, Teaching, Win-win authority Leave a comment

A very different approach Here’s a new spin on the notion of “consequences,” a term familiar to every educator. But rather than looking at the negative outcome of behavioral choices your students make, let’s

Book: Becoming a Win-Win Teacher

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 3, 2012June 1, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Avoiding power struggles, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Books, bookstore, Bookstore, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Creating community, Culture and Community, Discipline, Emotionally safe schools, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Learning, Mentorship, Motivating cooperation, Non-traditional learners, Parent-Teacher relationships, Problem solving, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Schools in Society, Teaching, Teaching, Uncategorized, Win-win authority avoiding power struggles, becoming a part of a school community, beginning teachers, behavior management, building responsibility, creating community, discipline, emotionally safe schools, intervening negative behavior, learning, mentorship, motivating cooperation, non-traditional learning, parents as allies, positivity, proactivity, problem solving, recognition and reinforcement, rules and boundaries, schools in society, survival guide, the school community, win-win authority, win-win classroom, win-win teaching, working with parents in school Leave a comment

A Guide for First-Year Teachers by Dr. Jane Bluestein This book is no longer in print. For an updated and revised version of this book, please see The Beginning Teacher’s Survival Guide, available in print and Kindle versions. This book was 8 1/2” x 11”, 288 pages. $42.95. The updated release is $13.99 for print on…

Book: The Win-Win Classroom

By Dr. Jane BluesteinJuly 30, 2012June 1, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Avoiding power struggles, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Body and Brain, Books, bookstore, Bookstore, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Creating community, Cultural Changes, Culture and Community, Differentiating Instruction, Discipline, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Learning, Learning styles, Motivating cooperation, Non-traditional learners, Parent-Teacher relationships, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, School climate, Schools in Society, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth, Teaching, Teaching, Win-win authority achievement, authority relationships, behavior management, brain-friendly classroom, bullying, classroom management, defeated students, defiance, defusing conflict, emotionally safe classroom, home-school relationships, instruction, motivating students, non-traditional learners, positive consequences, power struggles, practical strategies, resistant learners, rules and punishments, school climate, school culture, school discipline, school success, social conflict, student accountability, student engagement, student responsibility, student self-management, win-win discipline, working with staff 7 Comments

A Fresh and Positive Look at Classroom Management by Dr. Jane Bluestein Hundreds of practical ideas for success in any classroom or school. Great gift for a beginning teacher, or anyone wanting to up their game and grow their career. When it comes to behavior challenges in the classroom, conventional practices and punitive discipline codes…