Students in extracurricular activities often have coaches, yet it is students in classrooms who are most in need of the motivation and support that coaches can provide. In Teachers as Classroom Coaches: How to Motivate Students Across the Content Areas, you'll learn how to apply the same methods that professional business coaches use, which will help students achieve more in all subjects and at all grade levels.

One of the hardest things for teachers to do is to inspire their students. In this groundbreaking book, authors and trainers Andi Stix, Ed.D. and Frank Hrbek show teachers how to do just that by adapting proven coaching strategies in the classroom. Whether you teach at the elementary, middle, or high school level, and no matter the content area, this book has everything you need to fire up students' imaginations and get them engaged, inspired, and motivated to succeed. These strategies, which have been used successfully in some of the most diverse classrooms in the country, can help to increase student achievement by:

• Ensuring harmonious group work
• Improving organizational and note-taking skills
• Overcoming emotional and environmental roadblocks
• Resolving conflicts among students, and
• Empowering students by allowing them ownership of their work

In addition to the coaching strategies, Teachers as Classroom Coaches provides sample assessment forms, student-teacher dialogues, real-life examples of coaching in action, and a wealth of cross-curricular project ideas.