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Engaging Schools

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309084350
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Schools written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-12-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to motivating people to learn, disadvantaged urban adolescents are usually perceived as a hard sell. Yet, in a recent MetLife survey, 89 percent of the low-income students claimed "I really want to learn" applied to them. What is it about the school environmentâ€"pedagogy, curriculum, climate, organizationâ€"that encourages or discourages engagement in school activities? How do peers, family, and community affect adolescents' attitudes towards learning? Engaging Schools reviews current research on what shapes adolescents' school engagement and motivation to learnâ€"including new findings on students' sense of belongingâ€"and looks at ways these can be used to reform urban high schools. This book discusses what changes hold the greatest promise for increasing students' motivation to learn in these schools. It looks at various approaches to reform through different methods of instruction and assessment, adjustments in school size, vocational teaching, and other key areas. Examples of innovative schools, classrooms, and out-of-school programs that have proved successful in getting high school kids excited about learning are also included.

Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools

Author : David Osher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682532638
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools written by David Osher and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools brings together the collective wisdom of more than thirty experts from a variety of fields to show how school leaders can create communities that support the social, emotional, and academic needs of all students. It offers an essential guide for making sense of the myriad frameworks, resources, and tools available to create a continuous improvement system. Filled with recommendations gleaned from research and ongoing work in every US state and territory, this book is a critical resource for understanding and adopting evidence-based practices and making programmatic decisions to ensure the ideal conditions for learning, growth, and development. "Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools is an essential read for teachers, principals, district leaders, and organizations that work with schools to create challenging and supportive environments for all students." --Paul Cruz, superintendent, Austin Independent School District "Osher and colleagues not only connect the dots between big ideas--deeper learning, trauma, social and emotional learning, evidence-based programs, comprehensive community planning--but they model the continuous improvement approach in the way ideas are ordered across and within the chapters. This is a masterful volume: comprehensive, accessible, and way overdue." --Karen J. Pittman, cofounder, president and CEO, The Forum for Youth Investment "This book provides a very usable road map for creating safe, healthy, equitable, and caring schools. The editors and contributors successfully integrate research, practice, and policy to help educators develop and implement effective and sustainable models to nurture caring schools that all children and educators deserve." --Mark T. Greenberg, Bennett Chair of Prevention Research, Pennsylvania State University David Osher is vice president and an institute fellow at American Institutes for Research. Deborah Moroney is a managing director at American Institutes for Research and is director of the youth development and supportive learning environments practice area. Sandra Williamson is a vice president for policy, practice, and systems change at American Institutes for Research.

Engaging Families in Schools

Author : Nicola S. Morgan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317238621
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Families in Schools written by Nicola S. Morgan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging Families in Schools is a practical resource that provides strategies and ideas that will contribute to the effective engagement of families and the involvement of parents in their child’s education. Parental engagement with school staff has a significant and very positive impact on children’s learning, and strategies presented have been extensively trialled in a variety of different settings. Nicola S. Morgan shows school staff how to understand the importance of family engagement and evidence the outcomes. This book has been split into ten easily accessible units: Understanding the importance of parent engagement Using whole-school strategies to engage parents The role of the family engagement officer Engaging all parents Engaging Dads Engaging multicultural parents Difficult to engage parents Working with parents to improve student attainment Working with parents to improve behaviour and attendance Working with parents of children with additional needs This is a must-read guide for teaching and non teaching staff who wishes to bridge the gap between their student’s school and family life and understand the effects of positive family engagement.

Engaging the Disengaged

Author : Lois Brown Easton
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 141294998X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Engaging the Disengaged written by Lois Brown Easton and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers high school educators strategies and ideas for connecting with students who may be at risk for failing or dropping out, including tips for improving the school climate in ways that foster student support and create a supportive schoolwide climate.

Mental Health in Schools

Author : Howard S. Adelman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510701028
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health in Schools written by Howard S. Adelman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many children, schools are the main or only providers of mental health services. In this visionary and comprehensive book, two nationally known experts describe a new approach to school-based mental health—one that better serves students, maximizes resources, and promotes academic performance. The authors describe how educators can effectively coordinate internal and external resources to support a healthy school environment and help at-risk students overcome barriers to learning. School leaders, psychologists, counselors, and policy makers will find essential guidance, including: • An overview of the history and current state of school mental health programs, discussing major issues confronting the field • Strategies for effective school-based initiatives, including addressing behavior issues, introducing classroom-based activities, and coordinating with community resources • A call to action for higher-quality mental health programming across public schools—including how collaboration, research, and advocacy can make a difference Gain the knowledge you need to develop or improve your school's mental health program to better serve both the academic and mental health needs of your students!

Engaging All Families

Author : Steven M. Constantino
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1461663547
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Engaging All Families written by Steven M. Constantino and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2003-10-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Families are a child's first and best teachers. A significant amount of research exists that strongly links the engagement of families in the educational lives of their children as a strong foundation to the successful achievement of all students. Educators cannot expect total engagement and high standards from students if both families and schools cannot form powerful alliances to guide those students to academic and lifelong success. Putting research into practice remains one of the most significant barriers to engaging families with schools. School leaders, already stretched thin, struggle to carve out the time and energy necessary to pour through research and create programs to promote family engagement within their school and community. As principal of a large, comprehensive, and diverse high school, Constantino solves this dilemma by providing a step-by-step process for practitioners to create family engagement programs at all levels. Engaging All Families provides a summary of research that acts as a foundation upon which the practitioner's tools are crafted. Readers are given the resources necessary to assess their present level of family engagement and the ideas, strategies, suggestions, programs, practices, policies, and procedures to implement a wide variety of customized family engagement programs. Numerous resources and references are also included. As a successful school administrator and nationally known expert in the field of family and community engagement, Steven Constantino builds the bridge from research to practice with Engaging All Families, and provides the information that allows all schools to become family friendly.

Engaged Classrooms

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780942349368
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Engaged Classrooms written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Engaging Minds

Author : David A. Goslin
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810847132
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Minds written by David A. Goslin and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a framework for thinking about what can be done to increase student engagement in learning.

Activators

Author : Nicole Frazier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780942349719
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Activators written by Nicole Frazier and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This unique resource is a deep dive into Activators, a core teaching practice that incorporates individual think time with purposeful social interaction to increase emotional, cognitive, and behavioral engagement in learning. Featuring concrete, hands-on activities that can be completed efficiently at the start of a unit, lesson, or topic, Activators help to: Increase engagement in learning, Support a well-paced lesson, Generate connections to prior knowledge, Provide students with opportunities to practice skills and deepen understandings, [and] Support formative assessment. Although Activators have different formats, they all share two key components: individual think time and purposeful social interaction, which support students to develop quality responses to content and ideas while engaging with peers. Authors Nicole Frazier and Donna Mehle offer detailed facilitation tips for more than 20 Activators, providing a clear understanding of what they are and how they work in specific settings. Frazier and Mehle created Activators with careful attention to the latest research on the most effective ways to foster engagement among adolescent learners. They were motivated to write Activators to share this powerful core practice more widely. They note, 'In our 25+ combined years of teaching experience as well as our work as educational consultants who support middle and secondary teachers around the country, we've witnessed up close the ways in which these Activator formats ignite students' attention and interest, maximize participation and drive well-paced lessons that deepen learning in meaningful ways.' Content area examples for English language arts, math, science, social studies, and world languages accompany each Activator. The ELA and math content examples are aligned to Common Core Content Standards for grades 6-12." -- Publisher's description.

Engaging Data

Author : Trinette Marquis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475841892
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Data written by Trinette Marquis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demand for effective communication and marketing at the campus and district level has never been more urgent and educational agencies have limited resources that can be directed to these efforts. It is important that our time and energy are directed towards those communication and marketing strategies that will have the most significant impact. Through practical advice, useful examples, and detailed case studies, this book will provide a compelling case for using data to maximize school communication. Whether you are a seasoned PR pro or someone who has taken on communication as one of many duties, there will be at least one money-saving, impact-increasing idea that makes reading this book well worth your time.

Leaders of Their Own Learning

Author : Ron Berger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118655443
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Leaders of Their Own Learning written by Ron Berger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From EL Education comes a proven approach to student assessment Leaders of Their Own Learning offers a new way of thinking about assessment based on the celebrated work of EL Education schools across the country. Student-Engaged Assessment is not a single practice but an approach to teaching and learning that equips and compels students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their progress toward those goals, and take responsibility for reaching them. This requires a set of interrelated strategies and structures and a whole-school culture in which students are given the respect and responsibility to be meaningfully engaged in their own learning. Includes everything teachers and school leaders need to implement a successful Student-Engaged Assessment system in their schools Outlines the practices that will engage students in making academic progress, improve achievement, and involve families and communities in the life of the school Describes each of the book's eight key practices, gives advice on how to begin, and explains what teachers and school leaders need to put into practice in their own classrooms Ron Berger is Chief Program Officer for EL Education and a former public school teacher Leaders of Their Own Learning shows educators how to ignite the capacity of students to take responsibility for their own learning, meet Common Core and state standards, and reach higher levels of achievement. DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

Engaging Muslim Students in Public Schools

Author : Michael Abraham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578714813
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Muslim Students in Public Schools written by Michael Abraham and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A MUST READ for any educator of Muslim students. This book puts to text a training program that was designed for public school educators and became very popular in different states. Teachers are told so much about the importance of knowing the home culture of students, and practicing culturally-relevant pedagogy. But rarely do teachers feel that they are actually given an inside view into the home culture of their students and directly how it relates to teaching them and the way they show up in school. This book is a unique journey where Islam, Muslim culture, the history of Muslims in America, and the learning structures in mosques that Muslim children are acculturated to are all taught in a prose that is specifically written for the public school educator with the goal of not only offering new and practical insights, but also ideas and consideration for practice that would take culturally-relevant pedagogy of Muslim students out of the nominal and superficial and into the authentic.

Expecting Excellence in Urban Schools

Author : Jelani Jabari
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452257809
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Expecting Excellence in Urban Schools written by Jelani Jabari and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seven-step plan for really engaging our urban students Every day, thousands of students sit in our city classrooms, emotionally, intellectually, and behaviorally disengaged. Teachers have their success stories; still, the ability to create and sustain an engaging practice remains elusive. This important book offers new hope. Drawing on his more than twenty years of experience working with high-poverty, urban, minority students, Jelani Jabari delivers Seven cohesive steps for planning, delivering, and reflecting on captivating learning experiences Techniques for gathering critical information about your students to forge deeper connections Strategies to transform students' perceived "deficits" into instructional assets An emphasis on teaching methods and classroom culture, not simply standards and accountability The INSPIRE process will take you beyond discrete, isolated techniques to develop a comprehensive approach to building students' personal and academic success. You'll quickly discover that there's no better guide to implementing real and lasting change in our toughest classrooms.

Engage Every Family

Author : Steven M. Constantino
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1506328857
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Engage Every Family written by Steven M. Constantino and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reach beyond theory and engage every family in student success Family engagement increases student achievement but how do schools connect with families who don’t participate yet? Educators can easily become frustrated trying to reach the disconnected and often fall back to engaging the already engaged. Is it possible to win over everyone? Discover how to move beyond theory to change your culture for better family engagement and student achievement. Through practical steps, reflections, and case studies, you will discover and address: How and where family engagement breaks down, and How to create a truly inviting culture for successful community and family partnerships

Leading for Literacy

Author : Ruth Schoenbach
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118437268
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Leading for Literacy written by Ruth Schoenbach and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear, on-the-ground guidance for Reading Apprenticeship implementation Leading for Literacy provides tools and real-life examples to expand the benefits of a literacy approach that sparks students' engaged reading and thinking across disciplines, from middle school through community college. A companion to the landmark Reading for Understanding, this book guides teachers, leaders, and administrators through the nuts, bolts, benefits, and stumbling blocks of creating Reading Apprenticeship communities that extend a culture of literacy beyond individual classrooms. This book explains how to generate authentic buy-in from teachers and administrators, use the Reading Apprenticeship Framework to turn reform overload into reform coherence, and create literacy teams, professional learning communities, and Reading Apprenticeship communities of practice that sustain an institutional focus on a student-centered, strengths-based culture of literacy. Key insights from Reading Apprenticeship practitioners across the country address how to get started, build momentum, assess progress, and build partnerships and networks across schools, districts, campuses, and regions. Persistently low levels of adolescent literacy continue to short-change students, contribute to discredited high school diplomas, and cause millions of students to drop out of high school and community college. Forty percent or more of community college students require remedial reading courses as college freshman. The researchers at WestEd's Strategic Literacy Initiative developed the Reading Apprenticeship Framework to provide educators with a proven path to improving literacy for all students, and this book provides clear guidance on bringing the framework to life. How to integrate Reading Apprenticeship with existing reform efforts How to use formative assessment to promote teacher and student growth How to coach and empower teachers How to cultivate literacy leadership How to provide long-term support for a strong content-literacy program Nationwide classroom testing has shown Reading Apprenticeship to promote not only literacy and content knowledge, but also motivation and positive academic identity—leading to better student outcomes that reach beyond the classroom walls. Leading for Literacy lays out compelling ways to spread the benefits of Reading Apprenticeship, with practical guidance and real-world insight.

The Highly Engaged Classroom

Author : Robert J. Marzano
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1935543121
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Highly Engaged Classroom written by Robert J. Marzano and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2010-03-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student engagement happens as a result of a teacher’s careful planning and execution of specific strategies. This self-study text provides in-depth understanding of how to generate high levels of student attention and engagement. Using the suggestions in this book, every teacher can create a classroom environment where engagement is the norm, not the exception.

Motivational Interviewing in Schools

Author : Keith C. Herman, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826130739
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Motivational Interviewing in Schools written by Keith C. Herman, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest challenges for mental health and other professionals in school settings is to get students, families, and staff willing to partake of and engaged in their services. This is the first book on applying motivational interviewing (MI) is a powerful, evidence-based technique for facilitating behavior change throughout the school environment to help psychologists, counselors and other school-based professionals to improve the effectiveness of their practice. Based on encouraging research on the value of MI in K-12 settings, this practical book explains the basic elements of MI theory and demonstrates, step-by-step, how the four-stage process of engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning can be used with the families of students who need psychological or counseling services, teachers who need consultation and support to improve classroom management, and the students themselves. The book discusses barriers to readiness to change and describes how to foster engagement and compliance with school services to increase the likelihood that positive change will occur. It also describes how MI can be used to increase the effectiveness of inter-professional teams in school settings, along with ways in which MI can be integrated into and build support for already established programs. Richly illustrated with examples of using MI as a strategy for promoting everyday conversations about change--the nucleus of MI practice--the book also includes case studies and sample handouts for mental health professionals, students, family members, and teachers. Key Features: Demonstrates how to apply motivational interviewing to the K-12 environment to help school professionals improve effectiveness Explains the four-stage process of engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning Shows how MI can be used with children, their families, and teachers to facilitate change Describes how MI can be integrated into other established programs Includes plentiful case studies and examples of MI as a strategy for promoting everyday conversations about change