Motivating Defiant & Disruptive Students to Learn: Positive Classroom Management Strategies

How to stay calm, cool, and in control of your classroom

Today's teachers face more challenges than ever before in managing student behavior in the classroom. Rich Korb brings extensive teaching and administrative experience to his collection of strategies designed to keep teachers and students focused on learning. This accessible, step-by-step guide offers easy-to-implement methods that help you:

• Motivate and engage students
• Set up your classroom to prevent disruptive behavior
• Stay calm in the face of adverse situations
• Reduce the effect of misbehavior on other students' learning
• Respond to inappropriate behavior effectively
• Avoid burning out

About the Author
Korb, Richard D.: - Rich Korb has thirty-three years of educational experience as a successful educator and consultant working with difficult and at-risk students. He has taught both general and special education at all levels and has served as Youth Ranch Director of Education for delinquent youth.His experience in working with difficult and defiant students has led him to develop a wealth of practical ideas that teachers and administrators can put to use immediately. He knows what works and what doesn't work when dealing with disruptive and defiant students.Rich is also a sought-after presenter, and author of Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students to Learn, Powerful Strategies for Working Effectively with Difficult, Noncompliant Students, and Accelerating Achievement Through Purposeful Assessment. Rich is an adjunct faculty member for Seattle Pacific University and Brandman University Chapman University Systems, where he teaches a course in how to work with defiant and disruptive students.