Best Review – Top 12 Classroom Management and Conflict Resolution Teacher Tips

When children misbehave in your classroom, it disturbs the peace of mind of the teacher and his or her fellow classmates. It also disrupts the learning environment. When children enter your classroom already feeling conflicted from a negative interpersonal interaction that happened in the hallway, bathroom, cafeteria, school playground, school bus, or at home, you might find it useful to implement some of the tips and suggestions included in these articles.

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Best Review – Top 4 Fight or Flight Lesson Plans (grades 6 to 8)

Do you wish to teach your middle school students about some great ways to deal with their fight or flight instincts? Here are the links to four lesson plans that could help.

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Best Review – Top 5 Communication Skills Lesson Plans (grades 6 to 8)

Do you wish to teach your middle school students about using good communication skills techniques? Students will also learn the difference between responsible reporting and tattling or snitching. Here are the links to five lesson plans that could help.

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Best Review – Top 4 Basic Needs Lesson Plans (grades 6 To 8)

Do you wish to teach your middle school students about some great ways to deal with getting their basic needs fulfilled? Here are the links to four lesson plans that could help.

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Video & Slideshow - The Wild Boar

A tall man and a short man are walking through the forest. A wild boar comes along and charges those two men. The tall man finds safety by climbing a tree. Since the short man cannot reach the lowest branch, how will he manage to save his life?

The main point of this story is you should not judge others since we do not know what is really going on in the background of each person's life.

Six Bloom's Taxonomy questions are included at the end of the video and slideshow.

Click WILD BOAR to watch the video and slideshow.

Conflict Resolution 101: How to have a more peaceful and cooperative classroom

How can you have a more peaceful and cooperative classroom? Check out these articles that should really help. Please note that free posters are available for you to download, print, and post for classroom use.

After reading this e-mail sent to me by a current teacher, I realized that it was time to post these article links again. Here’s a copy of her e-mail message:

“ I just finished reading your article on the 3 essential classroom rules and I wanted to thank you for sharing it. You've discovered a wonderful method for sharing the basic behavioral expectations needed to make the classroom environment efficient and pleasant. I especially like the way you head-off inane, but inevitable, student excuses about what "talking" means! Thank you, too, for sharing the posters -- you saved me time, which for a teacher equates to possible family fun time (i.e., not doing school stuff!).”

Click CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT to see all the article links on Examiner.com.

Deven Parekh Insight Venture Partners & Introducing Publicolor

Deven Parekh wears two very big hats. He is the Managing Director of Deven Parekh Insight Venture Partners. He is also the Chairman & Managing Director of Publicolor.org. Both companies are in located in New York, New York.

What is Deven Parekh Insight Venture Partners? It is company that was founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. It is a private equity and venture capital firm. This company’s main focus is “software and Internet-enabled businesses.” Deven Parekh came on board to this company as one of their Managing Directors in 2000. He graduated with a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He is also a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Deven Parekh Insight Venture Partners is the third company he has worked for since graduation.

Besides Deven Parekh Insight Venture Partners, Deven Parekh is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Publicolor.org. Publicolor was incorporated in 1996. As I understand it, they are a conflict resolution company. They help young people at risk to become productive members of society by the use of color. As you can see from the picture, this company actually gets these kids involved in adding color the schools.

I wonder who came up with this idea? Perhaps it was somebody who was brainstorming how they could solve the problem of young people adding graffiti to public spaces. Perhaps this person thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could channel their energies into a more productive outlet of beautifying a school with their artistic ability instead?”

Publicolor gives these young people an outlet so they can get off the street. They even learn a marketable skill that could help them pay their way to college. They also can get tutoring and career counseling. They even can participate in painting apprenticeships.

Visit their website at www.publicolor.org when you get a chance. Take a tour of their impressive website. There are even some games that you can play.

How to invest your energy more productively – from PINS to PIPS

Are you facing a challenge that appears daunting? Perhaps you wish to lose weight. Perhaps you are dealing with a cranky boss or co-workers. Perhaps you are facing a health issue such as breast cancer, heart disease, ruptured discs, or some other issue. Perhaps you are a victim of bullying at school or at work. Perhaps you are an athlete and there is a big game or race or event coming up. Whatever your issue, it can be handled and well-being can and will abound. Learn how you can invest your energy productively – from PINS to PIPS.

Click on POSITIVE ENERGY to read this article on eHOW.com.

Anatomy of a Couple Squabble that could have become a War

Little squabbles between couples have the potential to become big in the blink of an eye. If you do not practice “constant vigilance,” as Professor Moody would say in the fourth book of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, a small tiff could turn into a drawn-out battle.

Examine with me the anatomy of this couple squabble that could have become a war.

Click on CONFLICT RESOLUTION to read the entire article.

Last Day of 2009 update from Debbie Dunn

Debbie Dunn conducted her Be Bully Free program in a Georgia school and five East Tennessee schools since the school year began. She tells three stories to the whole school that teaches coping-with-bullies skills. The stories also focuses on the importance of practicing your talents and skills instead of bullying. This is followed by a 2-hour workshop with 49 target students who will put on the one-size fits all poncho costumes and perform a 7-act play for the entire school, parents, and press that afternoon. The play is called “No Bullies in the Kingdom.” Finally, the teachers are provided with a learning CD of all kinds of follow-up activities to continue to reinforce the concepts learned about victims of bullying, witnesses of bullying, and bullies. Debbie is willing to travel anywhere to conduct this program for negotiable rates. For more information, please visit http://moredunntales.com/id5.html

Debbie’s 2nd novel was published in December of 2009 called White Reindeer, Kudzu Monster, & Other Tales Of Wonder. For more information about this book, please visit http://askdjlyons.com. Her first novel called The Bell Witch Unveiled At Last! The True Story Of A Poltergeist was published in March 2008. For more information about this book, please visit http://bellwitchunveiled.com. Both books were written under her pen name of DJ Lyons.

Lastly, Debbie has the honor of being the School Conflict Resolution Examiner for Examiner.com at the national level. She posts free stories, role-plays, articles, and lesson plans on the topics of bullying, conflict resolution, and character education from the curriculum she created from 1998 to 2003 called 3 C’s: Character Education, Conflict Resolution, Communication Skills. Feel free to use any of these articles, stories, and role-plays with the young people in your life. Please visit http://www.examiner.com/x-16041-School-Conflict-Resolution-Examiner. She also writes articles for Associated Content.com, eHOW.com, and other sites.

How to Prevent a Couple Squabble From Turning Into a War

Little squabbles between couples have the potential to become big in the blink of an eye. If you are not vigilant enough, a small tiff could turn into a drawn-out battle. Whether you are married, dating, just friends, or parent and child, here is how you can prevent a couple squabble from turning into a war.

Click on COMMUNICATION SKILLS to read the entire article on FIREHOW.com.