Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006), Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004), Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003), Making Sense of Research: What’s Good, What’s Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003), Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003), Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001). McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University.

"Easy to read, practical, full of ideas with instant utility for the practitioner in the field, grounded in reality..."

• PrefaceWho This Book Is ForSpecial Features of the BookOverview of the ContentsA Matter of DefinitionA Cautionary NoteAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Principals: How to Deal With Difficult TeachersSeven Habits for Dealing Positively With Difficult TeachersSumming Up2. How to Conduct an Assertive Intervention: Tell It Like It IsThe Critical Attributes of Assertive InterventionThe Three Stages of Assertive InterventionHow to Conduct Assertive InterventionSumming Up3. Strategies for Dealing With Angry, Hostile, or Just Plain Tiresome Teachers Understanding Angry TeachersWhat Works and What Doesn′t?Kinds of Angry TeachersHow to Deal With Angry TeachersA Case Study: The Critical and Mean-Spirited TeacherSumming Up4. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled, Mentally Disordered, or Are in Trouble With the Law Characteristics of Teachers Who Are Temporarily TroubledCharacteristics of Teachers With Mental DisordersCharacteristics of Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the LawHow to Deal With Teachers Who Are Temporarily TroubledHow to Deal With Teachers Who Have Mental DisordersHow to Deal With Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the LawSumming Up5. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Exhausted, Stressed, or Burned OutA Principal′s PerspectiveSources of EnergyFactors That Sap Personal EnergyCharacteristics of Exhausted TeachersHow Administrators Sap Their Teachers′ EnergiesHow to Deal With an Exhausted SchoolSumming Up6.Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Confused, Marginal, or Just Plain Incompetent Characteristics of Instructionally Challenged TeachersHow to Deal With Instructionally Challenged TeachersSumming Up7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower TeachersConclusionResource A: The Communicator′s A-Z HandbookResource B: The Culture-Builder′s ToolkitReferencesIndex

Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006), Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004), Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003), Making Sense of Research: What’s Good, What’s Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003), Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003), Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001). McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University.

"Easy to read, practical, full of ideas with instant utility for the practitioner in the field, grounded in reality..."

• PrefaceWho This Book Is ForSpecial Features of the BookOverview of the ContentsA Matter of DefinitionA Cautionary NoteAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Principals: How to Deal With Difficult TeachersSeven Habits for Dealing Positively With Difficult TeachersSumming Up2. How to Conduct an Assertive Intervention: Tell It Like It IsThe Critical Attributes of Assertive InterventionThe Three Stages of Assertive InterventionHow to Conduct Assertive InterventionSumming Up3. Strategies for Dealing With Angry, Hostile, or Just Plain Tiresome Teachers Understanding Angry TeachersWhat Works and What Doesn′t?Kinds of Angry TeachersHow to Deal With Angry TeachersA Case Study: The Critical and Mean-Spirited TeacherSumming Up4. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled, Mentally Disordered, or Are in Trouble With the Law Characteristics of Teachers Who Are Temporarily TroubledCharacteristics of Teachers With Mental DisordersCharacteristics of Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the LawHow to Deal With Teachers Who Are Temporarily TroubledHow to Deal With Teachers Who Have Mental DisordersHow to Deal With Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the LawSumming Up5. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Exhausted, Stressed, or Burned OutA Principal′s PerspectiveSources of EnergyFactors That Sap Personal EnergyCharacteristics of Exhausted TeachersHow Administrators Sap Their Teachers′ EnergiesHow to Deal With an Exhausted SchoolSumming Up6.Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Confused, Marginal, or Just Plain Incompetent Characteristics of Instructionally Challenged TeachersHow to Deal With Instructionally Challenged TeachersSumming Up7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower TeachersConclusionResource A: The Communicator′s A-Z HandbookResource B: The Culture-Builder′s ToolkitReferencesIndex

Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006), Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004), Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003), Making Sense of Research: What’s Good, What’s Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003), Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003), Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001). McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University.

"Easy to read, practical, full of ideas with instant utility for the practitioner in the field, grounded in reality..."

• PrefaceWho This Book Is ForSpecial Features of the BookOverview of the ContentsA Matter of DefinitionA Cautionary NoteAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Principals: How to Deal With Difficult TeachersSeven Habits for Dealing Positively With Difficult TeachersSumming Up2. How to Conduct an Assertive Intervention: Tell It Like It IsThe Critical Attributes of Assertive InterventionThe Three Stages of Assertive InterventionHow to Conduct Assertive InterventionSumming Up3. Strategies for Dealing With Angry, Hostile, or Just Plain Tiresome Teachers Understanding Angry TeachersWhat Works and What Doesn′t?Kinds of Angry TeachersHow to Deal With Angry TeachersA Case Study: The Critical and Mean-Spirited TeacherSumming Up4. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Temporarily Troubled, Mentally Disordered, or Are in Trouble With the Law Characteristics of Teachers Who Are Temporarily TroubledCharacteristics of Teachers With Mental DisordersCharacteristics of Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the LawHow to Deal With Teachers Who Are Temporarily TroubledHow to Deal With Teachers Who Have Mental DisordersHow to Deal With Teachers Who Are in Trouble With the LawSumming Up5. Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Exhausted, Stressed, or Burned OutA Principal′s PerspectiveSources of EnergyFactors That Sap Personal EnergyCharacteristics of Exhausted TeachersHow Administrators Sap Their Teachers′ EnergiesHow to Deal With an Exhausted SchoolSumming Up6.Strategies for Dealing With Teachers Who Are Confused, Marginal, or Just Plain Incompetent Characteristics of Instructionally Challenged TeachersHow to Deal With Instructionally Challenged TeachersSumming Up7. Sixty Ways to Affirm, Energize, and Empower TeachersConclusionResource A: The Communicator′s A-Z HandbookResource B: The Culture-Builder′s ToolkitReferencesIndex