Educational and self-help books

Teachers Coach

Teachers Coach is a book full of resources developed and written in New Zealand to help make teaching easier, show you new teaching methods and how to improve upon your existing talents.

Many books are long-winded and tell you about all sorts of things and you just wish they would get to the point. The Teachers Coach gets straight to the point with easy to follow "how to" guidelines.

It was said by some teachers that the original resources developed and provided in 2011 should be given to all teachers while under training. Well now every teacher can carry their own copy with them and read it at any time without a computer.

Topics in the Chapters include:

• Overcoming stress and beating fatigue.
• Rebuilding Confidence.
• Enhancing communication skills; Developing new leadership skills.
• Enriching the learning environment.
• Time Management; Goal setting and planning skills.
• Creating a mentoring environment & network; How to act as a mentor; Developing a "new teacher" induction programme.
• Maintain, increase and monitor quality teaching.
• Team building and cooperation.
• Overcoming problematic classroom situations.
• Learning Styles; Discovering the learning styles of your students; Catering for all styles of learning.
• Keeping the attention of your class.
• Introduction to Mnemonics and additional resources and tips.

Bullying Elimination Handbook

The Bullying Elimination Handbook shows schools how to implement strategies that reflect a zero-tolerance to bullying. This Book and resource kit will provide teachers with what they need to eliminate all forms of bullying from within the school and your local community.

Chapters:

• Dealing With Phone-Text Bullying
• Cyber-Bullying
• Student Guidelines On Dealing With Bullying
• Eliminating Gang-Mentality
• 'Bully Mediation/Court' System
• Developing "Classroom Declarations"
• Dealing With Misbehaviour And Threats
• Effective Teaching - Student Attention
• Enhancing Communication Skills
• Involving Parents & Your Community
• Bullying In The Workplace
• Discovering The Truth In Your Students

Suitable for all schools and ages. Easy to implement strategies with detailed guides and pre-made resources.

Character & Values Education in Schools

A most comprehensive e-book offered to teachers and students on the development of personal values, good character, life skills, teamwork, and positive school-wide projects.

This book provides graduated methods and co-ordination by which Character Education based on universally accepted principles (such as honesty, responsibility, integrity, compassion, empathy, courage, respect, etc.) may be adopted by schools and parents in a concerted effort to give our children the best and most complete education possible and to therefore give them the best chance of success in life as responsible members of a caring community.

The guidelines will show you how to make character education an integral part of a school and how to create the right environment to help positive skills grow. You will be shown how to develop your school core values; involve your students more in classroom and school projects; increase attendance through student's desire to be at school; involve parents more closely in the school and their child's school work; eliminate social boundaries; increase student achievement through goal setting and study techniques and much more.

Dynamic Learning Styles

Everyone has a special way in which they can optimise the way they learn. This short course will help you identify your personal, optimum learning style and how this can be used learn with greater success.

Contents:

• Introduction to learning styles
• Introduction to Mnemonics
• Keeping the attention of your class
• Discovering the learning styles of your students
• Catering for all styles of learning in the classroom and Getting the message across
• Added bonus...technique to find out if your students are telling the truth!
• How you learn
• Discovering your best learning technique
• How to learn more and learn quicker
• Thinking outside the square
• Removing distractions
• Improving your memory
• Homework techniques
• Mnemonics
• Spelling through visualisation
• Recalling material during a test

Being Ardent About Life

Being Ardent About Life - The ARDENT personal Development Program. How to take a closer look at your life, develop and understand your values system, set and reach goals, succeed and enjoy life to its fullest.

The six steps of the acronym of the ARDENT Programme are:

• Assess - your current situation, the way you live and why you act as you do.
• Recognise - where any faults are, how your habits affect your life and the alternatives to your current reactions to situations.
• Determine - what your strengths are, what areas of your life need to be improved, what your personal values are and determine your priorities in life to achieve self-esteem and success.
• Employ - good character and success-strengthening principles into your life, your priorities and values system.
• Negate - bad habits by replacing them with pro-social and pro-achievement principles reflected in your new-found priorities.
• Transform - your life into one of good character and personal achievement, knowing what is most important in your life and live a healthy, happy, enthusiastic, productive and successful life.

People of all ages can follow this easy to understand volume