Effective Classroom Managers

Effective classroom teachers are effective managers.

Effectively managed classrooms are learner focused and responsive to the needs of all students.
Becoming and continuing to be an effective classroom manager is a career long process for the professional educator.

In Creating a Therapeutic Classroom, Gina D Heyen brings together two perspectives from her professional background: that of the classroom teacher, and the professional counselor/therapist in addressing the aspects which are to be considered in creating a classroom which facilitates the teaching/learning process for all learners.

The ideas and suggestions presented are detail oriented, simple and straight forward, are research based, and reflective of the Best Practices concept espoused by the education profession.

Acknowledging the reality that there is no "one right way" to accomplish effective practices, the author continually reminds the reader to keep "Ideas which work" as well as encouraging "Ideas I'd like to try."

Both the novice and seasoned veteran teacher can benefit from these contents not only in a potentially new directions for exploration, but also from the validation of support for practices which may be "tried and true."

Rich Bicker
Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Southwestern College
Winfield, KS