No Fear In My Classroom

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Teaching is tough. You have to deal with difficult students and their even more difficult parents, on top of being at the beck and call of administration. And that s all before you crack open a book and start on your lesson plans. So the last thing you need is to be distracted with additional anxieties, worries, and fears. Let teacher-turned-author Frederick C. Wootan show you how to overcome common concerns you and your fellow educators face. No Fear In My Classroom helps relieve your everyday fears and allows your to focus on what you love doing teaching. Drawing from his time in front of the classroom, Wootan has identified the major fears that haunt teachers and has isolated and dissected each one. Though his research and experience, he provides teacher-to-teacher advice on issues raised by administrators, parents, students, and yourselves, including: Are my students actually listening to me? Am I being fair about my grading? How do I handle bullies harassing others? What can I do about overly aggressive parents? How are budget cuts going to affect my classroom? What's to stop me from being laid off? With this book, you will be able to build your confidence, take back your classroom, and put the emphasis back on education.

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Frederick C. Wootan, an accomplished writer, entered teaching after thirty successful years in the insurance business. His first education book, Not In My Classroom, brought a corporate manager s approach to classroom management, and showed teachers how to get down to business. Now Wottan s turned his attention to conquering the everyday fears teachers face. He lives in Waynesville, OH. Table of Contents Introduction The source of your fears Part I: Personal Fears Is my classroom an effective learning environment? Am I bringing my personal life into my professional life? Can I count on job security? How do I handle a difficult administrator? Do I need to know how to use all this technology? Am I being fair? Should I be afraid of being sued? I don t know if I can teach my subjects Part II: Student fears Are my students bored? Why won t these kids let me teach them? How do I deal with harassing students? What if a student has a medical emergency? How do I handle fear of the bullies? How am I supposed to stop school violence? Why do my students keep getting distracted? What if they are scared? Part III: Parental fears Do my students home lives come to school? Why do my student's parents scare me? How do I handle an apathetic parent? Will there be repercussions to my disciplining? Part IV: External fears Are my students going to be able to compete? How does the neighborhood affect my school? What do I do about drugs in my school? Are my students safe on their way home? Terrorism and my classroom What do I do when the government interferes?