For a new or experienced teacher, here is a repertoire of ready-to-use tips and strategies for solving everday problems in organizing and managing the classroom, working with students, maintaining classroom control, interacting with parents and school staff, and coping with the daily stresses of teaching. Included are proven suggestions, techniques and reproducibles to save time and handle problems in a variety of specific areas such as classroom routines, motivation, supplies, parent conferences, lesson plans, grading, conflict resolution, testing, team teaching, cooperative learning, homework and more.
Ron Partin, professor emeritus and former coordinator of the graduate guidance and counseling program at Bowling Green State University, holds a Ph.D. degree in educational psychology and counseling and has more than thirty years' experience as an educator, scholar, and consultant. As a counselor educator, he taught courses in counseling, educational consultation, group dynamics, and learning psychology. A former high school teacher and coach, Ron is in frequent demand as a speaker, trainer, and consultant. He uses his classroom experiences to teach and motivate, with his everyday examples and ready-to-implement techniques.
He is the author of numerous journal articles in the areas of time management, goal setting, creative problem solving, stress management, and effective teaching skills. He is the coauthor of Classroom Management: Orchestrating a Community of Learners, a graduate training program completed by over fifty thousand teachers nationwide.
Ron is the coauthor of The Social Studies Teacher's Survival Kit (Prentice Hall, 1992) and author of The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Social Studies Resources (Prentice Hall, 1998) and The Social Studies Teacher's Book of Lists (Jossey-Bass, 2nd ed., 2003).
Ron serves as research editor for Performance Learning Systems, an educational services company. He is known for facilitating fun, interactive workshops and has been invited to present programs to over four hundred schools, businesses, and professional organizations.
Ron and his wife, Jan, are now enjoying their second adulthoods as residents amid the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. Their twin sons are both gainfully employed and are excellent parents. Ron collects hobbies: woodworking, genealogy, golf, square dancing, bluegrass music, gardening, stained glass, and travel. His overwhelming passion continues to be helping teachers thrive in the classroom. He may be contacted at rpartin@bgsu.edu.
