Effective Teaching Materials
Your Success. Our Passion. This has been our driving force for decades. We believe in your potential to be a very effective teacher—guiding students to achieve maximum success in their learning goals. We have developed the most respected resources to help you achieve these goals. Our variety of materials on effective teaching will help you increase your classroom management skills, develop classroom procedures and routines, reduce classroom discipline problems, improve your competence in lesson development and instruction, and make you proud that you are part of the noblest of all professions—teaching.
THE First Days of School is THE must-have primary resource that will lay the foundation for your success as a beginning teacher. It is a book you’ll refer to year after year to be reminded of what to do to make the next school year even better or to give you that all important shot-in-the-arm to keep you going. With over 4.2 million copies sold, this best-selling book is a must-have for every teacher, novice and veteran alike.
THE Classroom Management Book is a companion and extension of THE First Days of School. It takes one of the key characteristics of an effective teacher—classroom management—and breaks it down into the necessary steps to improve your skill and create a safe and positive classroom environment where students can focus on learning and achievement. Filled with 50 easy-to-implement procedures, this preeminent book will help you in managing your classroom better so you can create a positive classroom environment that hums with learning. It's the Classroom Management textbook that paves the way for a successful career.
All of our products are created by Harry and Rosemary Wong. Preview each of our products and order directly from us on our website. Our DVDs, CDs, and online materials all have a single focus—making you the most effective teacher you can be so you can be the difference in the lives of your students.
THE New Teacher Induction Book
This is a “How to” book for producing effective teachers. Learn how to train, support, and retain new teachers using your existing resources. Use this book to plan for the future of your school and your school district. Learn more.
Suggested Retail Price: $49.95
Paperback
Publisher-Direct Price: $44.95
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THE Classroom Management Course
Harry and Rosemary Wong will teach you more about Classroom Management than all of your PD days and college courses combined. In this interactive course, you will learn how to organize and structure a classroom where students all know what to do leaving you time to teach. At the end of the course, you will have created a binder filled with procedures that will make your classroom hum with learning. Learn more.
eLearning Course
Publisher-Direct Price: $86.95
THE First Days of School, 5th Edition
Over 4.5 million copies have been sold of the preeminent book on classroom management and teaching for lesson achievement. Now in its 5th edition, it includes the new DVD, You Have Changed My Life, featuring William Martinez. Learn more.
Suggested Retail Price: $38.95
Paperback
Publisher-Direct Price: $28.95
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THE Classroom Management Book, 2nd Edition
The companion book to THE First Days of School shows in detail how to apply procedures to create a safe place where student achievement thrives. The updated, 2nd edition will help prevent classroom discipline problems and develop routines where everyone knows what to do. Learn more.
Suggested Retail Price: $37.95
Paperback
Publisher-Direct Price: $27.95
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THE Classroom Instruction Book
This books offers a clear path for closing the achievement gap for all students. Learn the instructional strategies that produce results. Create and organize instruction so student success is assured no matter their demographics or circumstances. Learn more.
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Paperback
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The Effective Teacher: Complete Video Series
This DVD series captures the warmth, humor, and enthusiasm of Harry K. Wong. He shows what effective teachers do to cause student achievement. It is all common sense, research-based, non-controversial, basic information and techniques used by effective teachers shared in an entertaining, easy-to-implement format. Learn more.
DVD Series
Publisher-Direct Price: $495.00
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The Effective Teacher: Single Discs
These DVDs captures the warmth, humor, and enthusiasm of Harry K. Wong. He shows what effective teachers do to cause student achievement. It is all common sense, research-based, non-controversial, basic information and techniques used by effective teachers shared in an entertaining, easy-to-implement format. Learn more.
DVD
Publisher-Direct Price: $72.00
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Using THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL
Watch how to put THE First Days of School into practice. Chelonnda Seroyer spent two months pouring through the book getting organized for her first day of school. She takes you into her classroom with story after story filled with insights, humor, and practical techniques. This video is available only as a digital product. Click the Digital customers link to learn more or to purchase access.
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How to Be an Effective and Successful Teacher
Harry K. Wong, the most sought after speaker on teacher effectiveness, teams for the first time with his wife, Rosemary T. Wong, as they walk you through classrooms that hum with learning. Recorded live in St. Louis, Missouri, they share no-cost strategies and techniques for how to create an effective classroom. Learn more.
Audio CDs
Publisher-Direct Price: $31.95
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Never Cease to Learn
Inspiring! Harry K. Wong shares his road to success in one simple message—Never Cease to Learn. This DVD will motivate new teachers to pursue their dreams and will validate veteran teachers for their commitment to the profession. It’s 38 minutes packed with the power to transform educators’ attitudes and lives. Learn more.
DVD
Publisher-Direct Price: $19.95
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How to Improve Student Achievement
This is the speech that has helped thousands become effective teachers. Harry Wong “Live!” invites you to steal from him the secrets of effective teaching for all grade levels. His delivery is spellbinding. His speeches are legendary. His stories will leave you laughing, crying, and proud that you are a teacher. Learn more.
Audio CDs
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I choose to CARE
This "classic" video of Harry Wong is what started it all. The presentation has been remastered as a DVD and captures the exciting performer that he is. It is an hour long motivational talk that offers concrete, practical, and applicable classroom suggestions for educators. The information is timeless. Learn more.
DVD
Publisher-Direct Price: $14.95
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That Noble Title Teacher
This motivational essay is presented in a beautifully designed poster printed on glossy, heavyweight paper. The text was written by a teacher and will strike a chord with anyone in education. Give it as a gift or frame it and hang it in the classroom and use it to remind yourself of the dignity of the teaching profession. Learn more.
Poster
Publisher-Direct Price: $5.95 (includes shipping within Continental US)
Effective Teaching
Formerly called Successful Teaching, this eight-page newspaper is published periodically for practicing classroom teachers. It is filled with teaching tips and techniques that are easy to implement in any classroom. The articles shared enhance the content of many of our products. It is available for immediate download for free. Learn more.
Newspaper
New Teacher Induction
This book offers a comprehensive step-by-step plan for how to structure an induction program to train, support, and retain new teachers. It includes over 80 pages of References that include schedules and handouts from some of the most effective induction programs in the country. Learn more.
Paperback