The Likable, Effective, and Productive Educator

Being the Best You Can Be as an Educator

By (author) Brett Novick

Publication date:

04 May 2017

Length of book:

144 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

240x158mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475834543

As the role of an educator becomes more and more complex and the expectations continue to be heaped upon them, stress increases exponentially. Educators now have the pressure to be role models in their thoughts and actions, and yet are not sure how to be one. This book will discuss how to be productive and effective in a role that requires ever more balance and self-discipline now than ever. Further, education is an occupation of relationships. Relationships among peers, all levels of faculty, parents and students are essential in order to create a strong teaching environment. This book will address means of how to increase relational skills while simultaneously developing assertiveness traits and maintaining one’s values, integrity, and establishment of cultural competence and communication skills.

Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: What A Well-liked, Effective and Productive Educator Is and Isn’t…
Chapter 2: The Traits of the Well-Liked Educator and How to Adopt Them
Chapter 3- Developing Yourself and Skills Further as A Caring and Likable Educator
Chapter 4-Avoidance of Being a “Pushover,” a “Always Say Yes Educator,” “Host Gossiper,” “Bully,” or a “Drama Mama/Papa”
Chapter 5- What is Important to You? What Are Your Base Values?
Chapter 6- Recognizing Culture in the Nature of Likeability
Chapter 7- Being a Good/Better Listener
Chapter 8- Fear and Avoiding Becoming a “Pro” Crastinator
Chapter 9- Balancing of Life and Home
Chapter 10- Staying Clear of Burnout
Chapter 11- Is There a Way to Do This More Productively and Effectively?
Chapter 12- Putting It All Together
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
About the Author

This book exceeded my expectations. I've known Brett Novick to be a passionate and compassionate educator, who understands that it is about inter-personal relationships in the education setting that really makes or breaks an organization's success. But with this book, he's proved to touch on the 'affective' domain of an educational environment. I can tell you that not a day goes by, in my role as Superintendent of Schools, where I don't try to communicate that it's relationships not programs that change students - Brett provides the supporting data and an instruction method to do this in practice. I learned more from this book than any other I've read in years.