Want to be a better teacher who has better student behavior and better student learning? Want less stress in your life? Want an overall happy, more effectively and efficiently run classroom? Want better student motivation? Then this course is for you. This graduate course and textbook focuses on you, the teacher. It is for educators of all grade levels, ethnic and social backgrounds. Designed to provide you with the tools to improve, not perfect, student behavior in your classroom. When behavior improves, so does learning. Applying the strategies and suggestions learned from this course and corresponding textbook will undoubtedly improve your teaching dramatically.

At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Apply various behavior strategies to complex challenges in the classroom. InTASC 2,3,5,6
• Develop a framework for understanding and improving student behavior.. InTASC 4,6,7,8
• Analyze pedagogical approaches for teaching students enduring behavior issues. InTASC 1,3,5
• Develop strategies for building relationships with students. InTASC 2,5, 9,10
• Identify racial and ethnic influences that impact academic achievement and behavior. InTASC 1,3,9,10
• Explain the meaning behind “ You have to reach a student before you can teach a student.”InTASC 7,8,9,10