Bloom’s Taxonomy Applied

By Dr. Jane BluesteinJune 16, 2022June 17, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Educators, Learning, Parents analysis, analyzing, applying knowledge, comprehension, creating, evaluating information, knowledge, learning, levels of thinking, synthesis, understanding Leave a comment

Still important for curriculum design and assessment Call me old school. I have a bit of a sentimental attachment to Bloom’s taxonomy, some of the earliest content I encountered in my teacher-education classes back in the early, early 1970s. It made sense to me and helped inform my attempts at assessing my kids’ understanding of…

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…

Jane Bluestein Discusses Emotionally Safe Schools

By Kate BedfordDecember 26, 2012May 8, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Body and Brain, Counselors, Creating community, Culture and Community, Differentiating Instruction, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, Health and Safety, School climate, Social and Emotional Growth, Taking care of yourself, Tolerance and Respect Leave a comment

Interview by Kate Bedford ©2001 Kate Bedford, Six Seconds Jane Bluestein is an award winning author and speaker. Her newest book, Creating Emotionally Safe Schools, is a comprehensive look at how we can make any educational institution safer— from an emotional, academic, behavioral, social, and physical standpoint. Formerly an inner-city classroom teacher, crisis-intervention counselor, and…

Test Time

By Dr. Jane BluesteinNovember 28, 2012May 18, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Body and Brain, Counselors, Differentiating Instruction, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, Learning, Learning styles, Non-traditional learners, School climate, Schools in Society, Teaching Leave a comment

Bringing balance and sanity to our schools How often do you hear yourself urging a student, “Come on, you have to learn this. It’s going to be on the test!”? I hear this appeal in classrooms all the time, and am certainly guilty of having uttered it myself. Still, I have to laugh, because after…

“Testing, Testing…”

By Dr. Jane BluesteinNovember 17, 2012May 22, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Counselors, Educators, School climate, Schools in Society Leave a comment

And the impact on school climate High scores—not high standards—have become the holy grail. — Barbara Kantrowitz and Daniel McGinn [43] Excessive emphasis on testing can lead to low teacher morale, a narrowed curricular focus, a diminished sense of professionalism among teachers and unethical placement practices. — Larry Lashway [44]

Book: Being a Successful Teacher

By Dr. Jane BluesteinSeptember 19, 2012May 25, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Avoiding burnout, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Books, Bookstore, bookstore, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Creating community, Culture and Community, Differentiating Instruction, Homework, Learning, Motivating cooperation, Non-traditional learners, Parent-Teacher relationships, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Self-care and Inspiration, Taking care of yourself, Teaching, Teaching 1 Comment

The Original Survival Manual for New and Veteran Teachers by Dr. Jane Bluestein We are sold out of all remaining copies of this book, which is no longer in print. Please search online retailers for copies. The original survival manual for new teachers and veterans. A classic book that has launched—and saved—thousands of teaching careers,…

Raves for Creating Emotionally Safe Schools

By Dr. Jane BluesteinSeptember 10, 2012May 25, 2022 ADD/ADHD, Assessment and Testing, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Body and Brain, Books, bookstore, Bookstore, Classroom management, Creating community, Cultural Changes, Culture and Community, Differentiating Instruction, Discipline, Emotionally safe schools, Increasing Positivity, Leadership, Learning, Learning styles, Non-traditional learners, Recognition and reinforcement, Schools in Society, Social and Emotional Growth, Special Needs, Teaching, Teaching, Win-win authority Leave a comment

What People Are Saying about this Book by Dr. Jane Bluestein Finally a voice of reason arises from the din. School safety transcends debates on metal detectors and surveillance cameras. Within the walls of our schools exists

Getting Away with Success

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 21, 2012May 26, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Parent-Teacher relationships, Teaching, Teaching Leave a comment

Ideas for Teachers When we look back over the traditions from which our current school practices arose, we can see a system that practically guarantees failure for at least a portion of our students.

Presentation: Testing, Testing…

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 13, 2012May 30, 2022 Assessment and Testing, Avoiding burnout, Educators, Presentation, Presentation for educators, Self-care and Inspiration, Teaching, Teaching Leave a comment

Surviving the Pressure Presentation by Dr. Jane Bluestein Of all the factors that influence teacher morale, the pressures of high-stakes testing may be the most destructive. Nonetheless, there are ways to survive

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…