Teacher Effectiveness Training - by Thomas Gordon (Paperback)

About the Book

The revised edition of this book's companion volume, "Parent Effectiveness Training, " has enjoyed strong sales since its publication in 2000. The revised "Teacher Effectiveness Training" is certain to mirror its success.

Book Synopsis

For nearly thirty years, Teacher Effectiveness Training, or the T.E.T. book, based on Dr. Thomas Gordon's groundbreaking program, has taught hundreds of thousands of teachers around the world the skills they need to deal with the inevitable student discipline problems effectively and humanely.

Now revised and updated, T.E.T. can mean the difference between an unproductive, disruptive classroom and a cooperative, productive environment in which students flourish and teachers feel rewarded.

You will learn:

- What to do when students give you problems
- How to talk so that students will listen
- How to resolve conflicts so no one loses and no one gets hurt
- How to best help students when they're having a problem
- How to set classroom rules so that far less enforcement is necessary
- How to increase teaching and learning time

Review Quotes

"T.E.T. is bound to be as great for you as it was for me."

-- Dr. Charles R. Bruning, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, University of Minnesota, Minn.

"T.E.T. is tops! I feel elated with the results of the course."

-- Dr. Ronald Simcox, Superintendent, Hinsdale District 181 (Chicago)

"T.E.T. supplies the building blocks for effective teacher-student relationships."

-- Dr. Joseph C. Clancy, School Psychologist, Newton (Mass.) Public Schools

"T.E.T. reaches beyond the classroom into all relationships in the school. I consider T.E.T. to be the most valuable program offered to school during my 22 years as a teacher and administrator."

-- Kenneth Fields, Principal, Trinity Street Elementary School, Los Angeles, Calif.

"Teacher Effectiveness Training has proven to be the most sought after and appreciated of all the in-service training programs we offer to teachers in Lutheran pre-schools, elementary and high throughout the United States."

-- Norman Junghans, Project Effectiveness Training for Lutherans, Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod

"T.E.T. has had tremendous impact. I would not have the slightest hesitation to recommend it."

-- Joseph E. Stephens, Assistant Superintendent, Tooele County (Utah) School District

About the Author

Dr. Thomas Gordon, a licensed clinical psychologist, has authored nine books, including Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) and Leader Effectiveness Training (L.E.T.). These books have sold more than six million copies worldwide. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times and was a consultant to the White House Conference on Children. Dr. Gordon founded Gordon Training International (www.gordontraining.com), a human relations training organization with programs for parents, teachers, and businesspeople. Gordon Training International is based in Solana Beach, California, and has representatives in more than thirty countries around the world.