Jane Bluestein, Ph.D. |
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Milestones in the
life and times... |
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| 2007 | Just as The Win-Win Classroom nears its release date, Corwin invites me to do a Facilitator’s Guide to go with it. They also ask me to submit a proposal for the next book. I put together an outline for a new book for beginning teachers, tentatitvely entitled Becoming a Win-Win Teacher. | |||
| 2007 | I reorganize and expand my blogs. | |||
| 2007 | After weeks of getting nowhere trying to get the rights back to 21st Century Discipline, I decide, for sanity’s sake to take what was to have been the 3rd edition in a different direction. We scuttle the old contract and agree to bring out a new book, The Win-Win Classroom, instead. | |||
| 2006 | I take an actual winter break and don’t spend it writing another book but instead kick back and hang with friends, read, take crafts classes, cook, and do stuff like a normal person. Sort of. | |||
| 2006 | I bring back the Book of Article Reprints after having let it go out of print for several years. I include updated versions of all 20 of the articles that are available individually, plus several new articles that have previously been seen in only very limited release. | |||
| 2006 | Complete the revisions on 21st Century Discipline. In the meantime we are running out of copies of the existing (2nd edition) book. I spend much of the summer laying out a nearly-identical version of the second edition in order to fill existing orders and maintain the book’s availability until the 3rd edition is released in December. | |||
| 2005 | I decide to cut back on my speaking engagements and for the first time since starting my business, block off two months between mid-November and mid-January. I actually decline work during this time. Although I am home, I spend the entire “break” working on a complete overhaul of 21st Century Discipline for the third edition. | |||
| 2005 | I make the shift from overheads to PowerPoint. I start using a slide show to welcome participants to my seminars and presentations. I include pictures of my own students from years past, as well as pictures I’ve taken of kids around the world. | |||
| 2005 | Sign contract with Corwin publishers for new editions of 21st Century Discipline and Being a Successful Teacher. | |||
| 2005 | Release of new book, High School’s Not Forever; creation of dedicated Web site for new book. | |||
| 2005 | We put the finishing touches on the manuscript for High School’s Not Forever and it goes into publication. Less than 24 hours later I make contact with an incredible editor at Corwin Publishing and begin what I hope will be a long, productive and prosperous relationship with them. Plans for a 3rd edition of the Discipline book begins. | |||
| 2005 | McGraw-Hill is sold to School Specialties which drops my two McGraw-Hill books like hot potatoes. Relations strained over the past year as it has become increasingly difficult to deal with either publisher, I gratefully say goodbye and buy up all remaining copies of 21st Century Discipline and Being a Successful Teacher. | |||
| 2004 | Secure contract and spend the entire year working on the manuscript for High School’s Not Forever | |||
| 2003 | Begin working with Eric Katz on new book, High School’s Not Forever. | |||
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2003 | New logo, new address. New Web site launched. | ||
| 2003 | Release of ParentTapes on CD. Release of Parent Video series. | |||
| 2003 | McGraw-Hill brings out two new books for the library market using material from Being a Successful Teacher: Skills for Successful Teaching and Keys to Classroom Management. | |||
| 2002 | Release of video series, Responsibility, Respect and Relationships: Creating Emotionally Safe Schools. | |||
| 2001 | I begin working with the Bureau of Education and Research. The quality of my full-day seminar improves significantly and the number of speaking engagements and markets for my work increases as well. | |||
| 2001 | Release of Creating Emotionally Safe Schools. | |||
| 2000 | Release of the Greek editions of Parents, Teens & Boundaries. and The Parent's Little Book of Lists, which also comes out in Turkish. First engagements in Australia and New Zealand. | |||
| 1999 | Begin working as a volunteer with high-risk youth. | |||
| 1999 | Release of 21st Century Discipline—Revised Edition. | |||
| 1998 | Book of Lists and Parents, Teens & Boundaries win Parents’ Choice Awards. | |||
| 1998 | Release of Daily Riches: A Journal of Gratitude & Awareness. | |||
| 1997 | Release of Parents, Teens & Boundaries in Slovene. | |||
| 1997 | Release of 21st Century Discipline in Slovene; also Japanese and Korean editions of Mentors. | |||
| 1997 | Release of The Parent's Little Book of Lists: Do's and Don'ts of Effective Parenting. | |||
| 1996 | Mentors, Masters & Mrs. MacGregor wins Athena Award for Excellence in Mentoring. | |||
| 1995 | We move to our current address on Father Sky NE. | |||
| 1995 | Begin working with the Ministry of Education in Slovenia, the first of many trips in the next 7 years. | |||
| 1995 | Release of Mentors, Masters & Mrs. MacGregor: Stories of Teachers Making a Difference. | |||
| 1994 | First Canadian job, in Iqualuit, Nunavut (then NW Territories). | |||
| 1993 | Release of Parents, Teens & Boundaries. | |||
| 1992 | Instructional Support Services becomes an S-Corporation. | |||
| 1991 | First European Speaking engagement: a Self-Esteem conference in Cambridge. | |||
| 1988 | First appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. | |||
| 1986 | Release of Being a Successful Teacher, formerly the self-published Beginning Teacher's Resource Handbook. | |||
| 1986 | Jerry leaves much-hated job in construction and becomes full-time business manager for our business. | |||
| 1986 | Release of our first stationery items, including “Pads” on the Back, TeacherSaver Memo Pads and Booster Shots. | |||
| 1985 | First out-of-state speaking engagement, at the California AEYC Convention. | |||
| 1985 | Bring out Parents in a Pressure Cooker with Lynn Collins. | |||
| 1983 | We register the business and Instructional Support Services becomes official! | |||
| 1982 | Complete and self-publish survival manual for my first-year teaching interns, The Beginning Teacher's Resource Handbook. Instructional Support Services is informally established. | |||
| 1980 | Receive my Ph.D. six months after my defense, after I finally resolve a very small library fine with the Unversity of Pittsburgh. | |||
| 1980 | Begin working as the coordinator of the Graduate Teaching Intern Program at the University of New Mexico. | |||
| 1980 | After 11 years, I leave Pittsburgh and relocate to New Mexico. Love at first sight! | |||
| 1980 | Finish my dissertation amidst a growing pile of boxes as we prepare to move out of state. Defend dissertation 3 days before we move. |
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| 1979 | Get married. | |||
| 1977 | Decide, on my 26th birthday, to go back to school. Finish first course. Only 57 credits to go... | |||
| 1974 | Finally get hired full-time as a science and language arts teacher in a departmentalized elementary school. | |||
| 1974 | Complete Masters Degree and begin teaching math, Grades 4 - 8. I love the job but, alas, it's only a long-term sub arrangement. | |||
| 1973 | Begin an intensive, year-long Masters of Arts in Teaching at a very challenging assignment in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. | |||
| 1973 | Meet Jerry Tereszkiewicz, future husband. | |||
| 1973 | Graduate from Pitt with a BS in Education. I'm invited to participate in a Graduate Intern Program for my Master of Arts in Teaching. | |||
| 1969 | Beginning of a long-term relationship with the University of Pittsburgh. | |||
| 1969 | Graduate from York Suburban High School. | |||
| 1967 | Move from Cherry Hill to York, PA. | |||
| 1956 | Move to Cherry Hill, NJ. Start Kindergarten at Coles School. | |||
| 1951 | Born, Philadelphia, PA. | |||
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