Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Coach, and Mentor Successful Teachers 
by  McEwan, Elaine K, Ed.D
Published 2001 by Corwin Press

Paperback, English. ISBN:  076197783X

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The First Days of School Hands down, by far, the best selling book in education. With over 2.8 million copies sold, it continues to be at the top of the chart. The revised and updated Version Three of The First Days of School includes a 38 minute bonus multimedia Enhanced CD. The CD features Harry Wong, the most sought-after speaker in education on an audio and a video track. His message, Never Cease to Learn, is one that will inspire all educators.

Positive Discipline: A Teacher's A-Z Guide: Hundreds of Solutions for Almost Every Classroom Behavior Problem!
by Jane Nelsen
Published 2001 by Three Rivers Press (CA)

Paperback, English. ISBN: 076152245X

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Take Back the Classroom and Make a Positive Difference in Your Students' Lives

Many teachers today are facing problems and discipline issues they never dreamed of when they decided to become teachers. Combine violence, behavioral disorders, and downright defiant attitudes from students with the age-old problems of bullying, poor attendance, and more, and the mix is positively lethal.... More...

Classroom Discipline Problem Solver: Ready-To-Use Techniques & Materials for Managing All Kinds of Behavior Problems
by George Watson
Published 1998 by Jossey-Bass

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780876281345

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This practical resource gives teachers at all levels hundreds of tested techniques and guidelines for maintaining control and order in the classroom. Those have been developed and refined in the crucible of the modern classroom by teachers just like yourself and are ready to help you solve problems and create the disciplined environment that students and teachers need for effective learning.... More...

Daily Planning for Today's Classroom: A Guide for Writing Lesson and Activity Plans
by Kay M. Price
Published 1999 by Wadsworth Publishing Company

Paperback, English. ISBN: 053434917X

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This book has practical lesson and activity plans for pre-service and in-service teachers. Its practical materials integrate all the theories students have already learned through their other coursework and pulls it together in a way that is useful in the classroom setting. This book equips the student with materials, organization, and plans to walk into a classroom prepared.

Introducing the Internet to Young Learners: Ready-To-Go Activities and Lesson Plans
by Linda W. Braun
Published 2001 by Neal-Schuman Publishers

Paperback, English. ISBN: 1555704042

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This useful, well-written, and logically organized book provides a wealth of material to aid in successfully integrating the Internet into all curriculum areas. It focuses on developing skills in Internet basics, exploring e-mail, and chat and instant messaging. Within each chapter, lessons revolve around necessary skills, and a step-by-step guide lists prerequisites for beginning the unit, necessary technical equipment, activity sheets, grade levels, curriculum connections, Internet skills, critical-thinking skills, and student outcomes. One section includes additional options for developing the lesson in a single computer classroom, adapting lessons for different grade levels, and ways to expand them. Lists of related print and electronic resources and a basic glossary of terminology are also included. A matrix at the beginning indicates the skills covered in each lesson, and appendixes include additional lesson plans, curriculum integration, and citation resources, as well as information-literacy resources. An index of Web sites is particularly helpful. An invaluable resource for extending and enhancing Internet usage by students.

The Internet for Teachersr with CDROM
by Brad Williams
Published 1999 by For Dummies

Paperback, English. ISBN: 0764506234

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 Designed for as broad an audience of educators as possible, The Internet for Teachers makes few assumptions about you or your students: as long as you can point a mouse, you'll find something valuable here. E-mail, newsgroups, FTP sites, the World Wide Web, Web cams, and more are all outlined to help you get the most out of emerging consumer Internet technologies, and you'll also find the teacher's directory of interesting and valuable sites an easy way to broaden your horizons.

Teaching with the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom, Third Edition
by Shelley B. Wepner
Published 2000 by Christopher-Gordon Pub

Paperback, English. ISBN: 1929024207

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See how to effectively integrate the Internet onto your classroom- with this new guide designed specifically to help educators improve teaching and learning in grades K-12. The focus on teaching is what sets this book apart from others. Each chapter begins with an example of a teacher using the Internet in the classroom and goes on to discuss the lessons we can learn from that teacher's unique experience. Here you will see how the Internet is changing the nature of classroom instruction- and how you can use it successfully to enhance your students' learning opportunities- through the fascinating Internet insights an experiences of many educators from across the US and Canada, as well as throughout the world. What's more, in many chapters you get listservs and newsgroups to put you in touch with other teachers facing the same challenges you do. The entire K-12 curriculum is covered. In the pages of this new 1999 edition you will find resources and instructional strategies immediately applicable to your elementary, middle, or secondary classroom.