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…

Presentation: Great Beginnings

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 13, 2012May 30, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Avoiding power struggles, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Body and Brain, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Culture and Community, Differentiating Instruction, Discipline, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Learning, Motivating cooperation, Non-traditional learners, Parent-Teacher relationships, Presentation, Presentation for educators, Problem solving, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth, Teaching, Teaching, Win-win authority beginning teachers, behavior management, challenges for new teachers, classroom management, community, difficult parents, difficult students, discipline, mentorship, new teachers, teacher retention Leave a comment

Special workshop for beginning teachers, returning teachers, and preservice teachers Presentation for educators by Dr. Jane Bluestein A special presentation for new teachers that focuses on management and discipline issues, which can often overwhelm a newcomer to the profession (or someone who has been away for a long time).

Presentation: Dealing with Difficult Students

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 13, 2012May 30, 2022 ADD/ADHD, Avoiding power struggles, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Body and Brain, Building responsibility, Counselors, Culture and Community, Differentiating Instruction, Discipline, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Learning, Learning styles, Motivating cooperation, Non-traditional learners, Presentation, Presentation for educators, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Social and Emotional Growth, Win-win authority behavior management, behavior problems, consequences, difficult students, discipline, engagement, increase positivity, indifferent students, learning differences, motivating students, reduce power struggles, school climate, social and emotional learning, unmotivated students Leave a comment

Practical Strategies for Success with Defiant, Defeated and other At-Risk Kids Presentation by Dr. Jane Bluestein We all know who they are: The unmotivated student who performs below his capabilities. The student with weak social skills who has a hard time getting along with her peers. The nontraditional learner who

The Discipline Trap

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 11, 2012May 31, 2022 Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Classroom management, Cultural Changes, Culture and Community, Discipline, Schools in Society, Teaching, Win-win authority alternative to authoritarian parenting, authority relationships, classroom management, discipline Leave a comment

Catching up to the 21st Century Note: The earliest version of this piece was written for a now-out-of-print book, 21st Century Discipline, back in the mid-1980s when the 21st century still felt a way off. The material was reworked slightly for The Win-Win Classroom,

The Challenge of Setting Boundaries

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 10, 2012May 31, 2022 Avoiding power struggles, Avoiding power struggles with your kids, Behavior Management, Discipline, Discipline, Educators, Intervening negative behavior, Intervening negative behavior, Motivating cooperation, Motivating your kids, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Recognition and Reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Rules and Boundaries, Teaching, Win-win parenting authority alternative to authoritarian parenting, alternative to permissive parenting, avoiding power struggles, boundaries, dealing with negative behavior, discipline, getting your kids to cooperate, healthy relationships, motivating your kids, recognition, reinforcement, rules, win-win parenting Leave a comment

A Win-Win Alternative to an Authoritarian or Permissive Approach Few of us are especially adept at setting boundaries with anyone, and for good reason. Let’s back up a bit. When you were growing up, were you told that other people’s needs were more important than yours? Were you rewarded for self-sacrificing and people-pleasing? Were you…

Win-Win Ideas for Administrators

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 5, 2012June 1, 2022 Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Classroom management, Discipline, Educators, Leadership, Mentorship, Win-win authority building community in schools, discipline, school administrators, school climate, school culture, school leadership, strategies for win-win principals, win-win administration, win-win leadership Leave a comment

A Positive Approach For most of us, the word “discipline” conjures up thoughts of reactive and controlling measures for

Book: Creating Emotionally Safe Schools

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 3, 2012June 1, 2022 ADD/ADHD, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Body and Brain, Books, bookstore, Bookstore, Classroom management, Creating community, Cultural Changes, Culture and Community, Differentiating Instruction, 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, Uncategorized, Win-win authority behavior management, body and mind, bullying, childhood stress, classroom management, coping and compensation, discipline, discrimination in school, failure, parents and the community, recognition and reinforcement, resilience, safety and learning, safety and the brain, school community, school culture, school safety, schools as dysfunctional families, SEL, social and emotional learning, teacher safety, temperament and labels, testing and feedback, violence and learning, win-win authority, win-win classroom 4 Comments

A Guide for Parents & Educators by Dr. Jane Bluestein This thoroughly readable, research-based book covers all the bases—including, social, neurological, emotional, academic, cultural and physical factors that impact the emotional climate of a school, and how safe schools feel to the people who spend their time there.

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 Facilitator’s Guide

By Dr. Jane BluesteinAugust 3, 2012June 1, 2022 Beginning Teachers, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Books, bookstore, Bookstore, Classroom management, Discipline, Leadership, Mentorship, Rules and Boundaries, Teaching, Teaching, Win-win authority beginning teachers, behavior management, building community in your school, classroom management, discipline, mentorship, professional development, rules and boundaries, school culture, teaching, win-win authority, win-win leadership Leave a comment

A facilitator’s guide to a fresh and positive approach to classroom management by Dr. Jane Bluestein An essential guidebook for anyone teaching college courses or leading training programs on classroom management. Help teachers establish win-win authority relationships with students and improve the overall climate in their classrooms, schools, and districts!