Teacher Effectiveness Training (T.E.T.)

For the Classroom:
How Teachers Can Bring Out The Best In Their Students

For the Home:
How Parents Can Handle Their Children's Learning Problems

written by Dr. Thomas Gordon with Noel Burch
published by DAVID McKay COMPANY,INC. New York, $20.00

How Teachers Can Get the Most Out of This Book.

1.Teachers can use the methods of Teacher Effectiveness Training more successfully in the school when backed up by a compatible learning environment in the home. We therefore suggest that you encourage the parents of your students to familiarize themselves with T.E.T. (The Special Section focuses on the role of th parent as a teacher and how the home can be made a better learning environment,)

2. Teachers can apply the T.E.T. approach in their classrooms more completely if their principal and colleagues understand and support the T.E.T. philosophy. It is important therefore to acquaint your administrator and other faculty members with T.E.T. (Chapter XI suggests specific ways you can share your T.E.T. experiences within your school or school district.)

3.T.E.T. is a complete and integrated system. Its specific skills and principles work best once all of them have been understood.

4. Level with your students about T.E.T. -----what it is, why and how you and they will use it together in the classroom. This will reduce their resistance to your new methods and make them partners with you in making their learning more enjoyable.

5. T.E.T. provides you with specific skills for making your job easier and more enjoyable, but you will need to practice those skills until they become second nature to you. It will be up to you to create opportunities, both inside and outside the classroom, where you can get the practice you will need.