Educational Book

 Time to Teach! The Source for Classroom Management by Rick Dahlgren, Brett Malas, Dr. Joanna Faulk, and Melanie Lattimer 

This was fine. Nothing great. Nothing horrible. I got this book years ago at a professional development seminar I attended and I used one of the handouts diligently for the rest of the year following that PD. It did not help. And, the presenter ended up becoming my principal and he was not a fan of me using the handout, that he gave me! The information can be helpful if everyone involved in the school, from the superintendent down is on the same page. However, if even one person is out of sync then the information it provides and the ideas it recommends are useless. One thing I will say, when it comes to classroom management, your personality has to match with the grade level you are teaching. It does not matter how much you love the grade or the content, if it doesn't match your personality then you are doomed. That was one of the issues I was having; I was teaching middle school but my personality works better with high school, specifically juniors and seniors. I am much more laid back and middle schoolers (and freshmen) really need strong disciplinarians which isn't me. Much of my apathy for this book comes from the situation I was in when I went to this in-service. Time did not alter my feelings. Additionally, many of these things work better in lower grades as high schools are often too big and have too many moving parts for some of the recommendations to work effectively.