The Quality School Teacher

by Glasser, William

• ISBN13: 9780060952853
• ISBN10: 0060952857
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-04
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

This book is the follow-up to its immediate predecessor, The Quality School. Based on the work of W. Edwards Deming and on Dr. Glasser's own choice theory, it is written for teachers who are trying to abandon the old system of boss-managing, which is effective for less than half of all students. William Glasser, M.D., explains that only through lead-management can teachers create classrooms in which all students not only do competent work but begin to do quality work. These classrooms are the core of a quality school. The book begins by explaining that to persuade students to do quality schoolwork, teachers must first establish warm, totally noncoercive relationships with their students; teach only useful material, which means stressing skills rather than asking students to memorize information; and move from teacher evaluation to student self-evaluation. There are no generalities in this book: It provides the specifics that classroom teachers seek as they begin the move to quality schools.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii
1. Quality School Teachers Always Lead, They Never Boss	1	(8)
2. The Quality School Teachers Is a Professional	9	(5)
3. The Six Conditions of Quality	14	(9)
4. Your Students Need to Know You and Like You	23	(11)
5. Quality School Teachers Teach Useful Skills	34	(16)
6. Teaching Useful Information in the Secondary School	50	(6)
7. Quality Schoolwork	56	(8)
8. Teaching the Nonacademic Skills	64	(8)
9. Concurrent Evaluation	72	(13)
10. Expanding the Classroom Staff	85	(12)
11. Teaching Choice Theory to Students	97	(16)
12. Ungraded Quality Assignments	113	(6)
Summary	119	(2)
Notes	121