Book Report: Dealing with Difficult Teachers

Book Report:

Dealing with Difficult Teachers

By Nina Oktaviana

Open Ended

What is your targets for this week?

• Todd Whitaker

• Professor of Educational Leadership at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, US. ​

• Third edition​

• Published 2015

​Book identity

​About the book

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​Table of Contents

1. The Principal and Difficult Teacher

2. Motivating Difficult Teachers

3. Making Difficult Teachers Uncomfortable

4. Communicating with Difficult Teacher

5. Weakening The Influence of Difficult Teachers

​Table of Contents

6. The New Faculty

7. Eliminating Difficult Teachers

8. General Tips and Guidelines

9. Strategy Session

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Gambaran difficult teachers itu yang seperti apa?

Gambaran difficult teachers :

• ​rude

• cynical​ (sinis)

• domineering

• don't like kids​

• don't like their job

• ​argumentative

• ​cannot get along with others

• low students achievement​

• lazy

• negative

• resistant to change

• ​boring

• negative leader​

• belligerent

• inflexible

• ​back stabber

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6 general areas that may cause you label teachers difficult

1. Classroom behaviour

2. Staff influence

3. Public perception

4. Resistance to change

5. Dampen antusiasm/Damage climate

6. Parade of students to the office​

​3 Kinds of teachers

1. Superstar >> jarang ada, hanya 3-10%, kriteria guru favorit, hard to replace

2. Backbones >> good teachers, solid, hard-working teachers, 80-90%, can be replace

3. Mediocres >> ineffective in the classroom

   Principal/leaders must aware to each type of teachers presents differing needs & challenge

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Untuk mencapai tujuan, biasanya kita akan membuat kebijakan atau aturan baru. Pada saat akan membuat kebijakan tersebut, apakah ada landasan/pertanyaan pokok yang Bapak/Ibu jadikan dasar pertimbangan? Jika ada, mohon tuliskan

​3 important questions when we want to apply new rules/policy

1. What is my true purpose in implementing this role or policy?

2. Will it actually accomplish this purpose?

3. How will my most positive and productive people feel about this policy?

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Ketika Bapak/Ibu menemukan difficult teachers, apa kira-kira yang dilakukan untuk menanganinya?

​Motivating Difficult Teachers

1. Positive weekly memos (information about upcoming activities, articles, paragraphs about personal beliefs, mention goodthings about school)

2. Give difficult teachers responsibility (way to initiate change in their approach to work)

3. Praise in front of a superior (choose the best time and appropriate word)

Communicating with the difficult teacher

• Approch them when you are ready

• Sharing with peers makes your job easier

• One to one, not one to all

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Dari paparan singkat ini, hal apa yang dapat Bapak/Ibu simpulkan?

My conclusion

1. Understand the dinamic & relations in a school is one of the essential elements in successfully working with difficult teachers.

2. The leadership of the school

3. The climate of the school​

• Thank you for your active participations

• See you next opportunity

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​Tak ada gading yang tak retak

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