Book: The Beginning Teacher’s Survival Guide

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 13, 2021April 27, 2023 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…

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…

Bibliography for The Perfection Deception

By Dr. Jane BluesteinJune 5, 2015September 25, 2016 Bibliographies, Counselors, Educators, General Interest, Parents, Perfectionism, Recommended Reading, Teacher Appreciation 1 Comment

Resources for Bluestein Perfectionism Book Note: The following list includes the resources cited in the book, The Perfection Deception. Contributions are identified as obtained through email, written correspondence, personal messages, posts or comments on social media, telephone conversations, or face-to-face interviews or conversations between March 2013 and June 2015. This list does not include individuals…

Why I Teach

By Dr. Jane BluesteinMay 15, 2015May 2, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Appreciation, Teacher retention, Teaching, Teaching 2 Comments

Looking back at a tough first year If you had asked me back in the beginning to tell you why I teach, I don’t know how I might have answered. It wasn’t the money— back in my days as a teaching intern [in 1973], I was bringing home a mere $318 a month, which wasn’t…

Angels in Disguise: Certificate

By Dr. Jane BluesteinMarch 24, 2014June 9, 2022 Counselors, Creating community, Educators, General Interest, Gratitude and inspiration, Increasing Positivity, Parents, Relationships, Self-care and Inspiration, Stationery item, Teacher Appreciation Leave a comment

Download page for Angel Certificates Free download: one page with two copies of a certificate you can duplicate to recognize and acknowledge the Angels in Disguise who enrich your life. These “angels” could be family and friends, or they could be helpers, service people, or total strangers who add to your life with the work…

Thank You, Mrs. Mather

By Dr. Jane BluesteinMay 6, 2013May 9, 2022 Educators, Gratitude and inspiration, Teacher Appreciation Leave a comment

Acknowledging an early inspiration I knew it the instant I walked into Edith Mather’s kindergarten in the fall of 1956: I’m going to be a teacher. There was something about that classroom that was so wonderfully exciting, so inviting, so safe. It wasn’t just the room, of course,

Recharging our Professional Batteries

By Dr. Jane BluesteinApril 10, 2013May 6, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Counselors, Educators, Self-care and Inspiration, Taking care of yourself, Teacher Appreciation Leave a comment

3 ways to keep the love alive! Earlier this year, I was contacted by a representative from a Polish Education Blog for an interview. They sent me a series of questions. One that really caught my eye—and was a lot of fun to answer—is offered below. The question is word-for-word the way it was posed…

Product: Article Reprints

By Dr. Jane BluesteinSeptember 25, 2012May 25, 2022 Avoiding power struggles, Avoiding power struggles with your kids, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, bookstore, Bookstore, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Culture and Community, Discipline, Discipline, Download, Educators, Intervening negative behavior, Intervening negative behavior, Mentorship, Motivating cooperation, Motivating your kids, Parent-Teacher relationships, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Problem solving, Recognition and Reinforcement, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Rules and Boundaries, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth, Taking care of yourself, Teacher Appreciation, Teaching, Teaching, Win-win authority, Win-win parenting authority Leave a comment

Articles by Dr. Jane Bluestein This is a complete listing of the article reprints available on this site. The articles are listed in alphabetical order and cover a wide range of topics, primarily for parents and educators, with some subjects

Book: The Book of Article Reprints

By Dr. Jane BluesteinSeptember 19, 2012May 25, 2022 Avoiding power struggles, Avoiding power struggles with your kids, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Books, Bookstore, bookstore, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Creating community, Culture and Community, Discipline, Discipline, General Interest, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Leadership, Mentorship, Motivating your kids, Parent-Teacher relationships, Parenting, Parenting, Problem solving, Rules and Boundaries, Rules and Boundaries, Social and Emotional Growth, Teacher Appreciation, Teaching, Win-win authority, Win-win parenting authority Leave a comment

A collection of articles for educators, counselors, and parents by Dr. Jane Bluestein This collection is available as a PDF eBook download. Here, finally, is a collection of more than four decades’ worth of articles by Dr. Jane Bluestein, including several made available through I.S.S. Publications for the first time.