The ten-minute inservice : 40 quick training sessions that build teacher effectiveness / Todd Whitaker and Annette Breaux.

Includes index.

Securing students' attention -- Establishing rules and procedures -- Effective ways to address misbehavior -- Sharing classroom management tips -- A scream to blow off steam -- The biggest mistake teachers make -- Learn to ignore more -- Simple ways to defuse anger -- Effective teaching, part 1 -- Effective teaching, part 2 -- Bell-to-bell teaching -- Teaching with enthusiasm -- Teaching like a great coach -- Be here, there, and everywhere -- Making lessons meaningful -- Fifty ways to make learning fun -- Getting parents involved -- Greeting students daily -- A kind reminder -- Twenty-five reasons to be proud of our school -- Student appreciation week -- Dealing with negative co-workers -- The ten-minute classroom makeover -- The teachers? lounge -- Positive communication with all parents -- Teacher report cards, part 1 -- Teacher report cards, part 2 -- Administrator report card -- What?s working for others -- Teachers observing teachers -- Making student-based decisions -- Because i like you -- Professionalism is as professionalism does -- Shift your focus -- The miracle of smiling -- Are you all right? -- Your favorite teacher -- Your least-favorite teacher -- The psychology of an apology -- A teacher?s creed.