Dealing With Difficult Teachers 2nd Edition
By Todd Whitaker, Indiana State University

Added to this edition -- 4 new chapters on communicating with your difficult teachers. This new section demonstrates how to --
-eliminate negative behaviors.
-implement effective questioning strategies.
-apply the "The Best Teacher/Worst Teacher" test.

5 printings of the First Edition SOLD OUT!

This book shows you how to handle staff members who:
-gossip in the teacher's lounge.
-consistently say "it won't work" when any new idea is suggested.
-send an excessive number of students to your office for disciplinary reasons.
-undermine your efforts toward school improvement.
-negatively influence other staff members. 2002.

This book provides tips and strategies to help school leaders improve, neutralize, or eliminate resistant and negative teachers. 1999.

CONTENTS

- What is a Difficult Teacher?
- Three Kinds of Teachers
- The Role of the Principal
- Looking for the Good Part -- Sometimes You Have To Squint
- Public Versus Private Praising
- Uncomfortable Is Good
- Accept Responsibility -- They Can't Pass the Buck
- The Teachers' Lounge and Other Challenges
- Always Assume They Want To Do What Is Right
- No More Party Poopers!
- Sometimes You Have To Shuffle The Deck
- What about the New Kids?
- New Teacher Leadership
- Where Do I Start?
- Retirement and Other Miracles
- Dismissal
- How Can I Stop Them From Sending So Many Students to the Office
- If All Else Fails -- General Tips and Guidelines
- Easing The Guilt
- References

173 pp. paperback
ISBN 1-883001-62-5
$29.95 plus shipping & handling