Everything you need to feel confident -- and for your students to feel valued -- in your classroom
When we think of classroom management, we traditionally think of ways to keep students quiet, well behaved, and on task. Times have changed, though, and our classroom management practices need to change, too. Since the first edition of this book was written in 2018, the world has changed - a lot. This second edition walks teachers through how to keep and even stay one step ahead of our ever changing world. To prepare students for today's and even tomorrow's world, we need to consider classroom management as guiding students to work collaboratively, communicate with each other, and ultimately feel a sense of belonging. This is when learners thrive.
In Real Talk About Classroom Management, Second Edition, award-winning teacher Serena Pariser tells it like it is -- teacher to teacher -- with her relatable writing style and by sharing authentic personal accounts of failures and successes. Serena paves the way for teachers to develop classroom management practices that honor students while helping teachers to feel confident, prepared, and able to face challenges with grace.
With updated research and strategies, this edition includes
- Reflection on the changes educators have faced over the past five years, particularly ways that the COVID-19 pandemic and sociocultural concerns have affected students and teachers
- More emphasis on the importance of developing teamwork, communication, curiosity, and conflict resolution skills in students
- Enhanced focus on social-emotional skills and how they relate to classroom management
- Deeper exploration of best practices in instructional design, behavior management, and building relationships with colleagues and caregivers -- as well as topics rarely covered in teacher preparation courses such as how to navigate colleague conflict in schools
- Practical suggestions for avoiding burnout -- and knowing when to ask for help
This thorough how-to book is packed with actionable classroom management practices for new and experienced teachers who want to create a lively, engaging classroom that students and teachers feel excited to enter each morning.
Serena Pariser is the best-selling author of several professional books for educators, including Real About Classroom Management: 50 Best Practices That Work and Show You Believe in Your Students (2018), Real Talk About Time Management: 35 Best Practices for Educators (2020), and coauthor of Five to Thrive: Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Creating a Dynamic Classroom (2022), all published with Corwin Press. She also coauthored It Starts in the Classroom: Character Education for a Better Tomorrow (2022) with Rowman & Littlefield Publishing.
Serena taught English language arts for many years, primarily in San Diego, California, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has experience working with most grades in a variety of school settings, across the spectrum from under-resourced urban public schools to affluent private schools. Serena honored as Teacher of the Year at Gompers Preparatory Academy, located in San Diego.
She served as Assistant Director of Field Experience at the University of San Diego, where she taught graduate and undergraduate classes for teachers in training. In addition, Serena was selected to be a National Evaluator for Schools of Character.
A Fulbright scholar, Serena coaches educators across the United States and around the globe, from California to Kathmandu. Her passions include progressive classroom management best practices, bringing curriculum to life, time management for teachers, and weaving character education into the curriculum.
In her spare time, Serena travels and loves to experience the world for weeks at a time with just a backpack strapped to her back and smile on her face.
She has an audience of educators on social media, all found on her website at www.serenapariser.com, where she writes educational articles for educators. She is most active on Twitter @SerenaPariser and her blog at www.serenapariser.com, where she writes articles for educators. She can also be directly contacted at serena.pariser@gmail.com.
