From executive skills experts Peg Dawson and Richard Guare, this large-format academic planner is specially designed for students in grades 6-12. It provides a system for keeping track of assignments and due dates while developing the crucial executive skills needed to succeed in school and beyond. Students are guided to build a daily study plan, manage their time, set short- and long-term goals, study for tests, and record their successes. They also get tools for evaluating their own executive skills in order to target their weaknesses and capitalize on strengths.
Don’t let homework get the best of you! From the study experts at The Princeton Review comes a handy, spiral-bound homework planner that will help students manage time, reduce stress, and get EVERY assignment done! Homework may be necessary, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be stressful. This planner aims to help you avoid procrastination and more efficiently and effectively schedule and complete all your future work. The calendars, activities, and tips within are designed to free up your memory—and free up your time. Perfect for both high school and college students, this planner includes: Time-management techniques to keep yourself on pace Planner pages that break out your schedule on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis Short, easily applied activities and strategies to shake up your routine Habit trackers to identify the external stressors that slow you down Tips for specific subjects and types of projects, from written reports to oral presentations Online access to reproducible worksheets and planner pages for additional writing space
The Edutainer describes an educational approach that provides teachers with core operational and interpersonal skills to be an effective educator in the twenty-first century. These skills include communication, organization, management, planning, and building authentic relationships based upon respect and personal responsibility. The Edutainer is unique in its perspective that the educator should be fluid and adapting to our current culture, while employing sound academic principles. The edutainer concept is derived from the principles that we believe make for an effective educator and entertainer. First edutainers are visionaries, who understand that a change in culture requires a change in methods and presentation. These edutainers make their material relevant to present culture. Preparation is also vital to these performers. They organize and plan their material long before they get on stage or their performance would fail. Finally, the effective educator and entertainer have to deliver a stellar performance that is relatable to the audience. The Edutainer offers strategies and ideas to build and nurture authentic relationships with students, parents, and colleagues to build a dynamic educational community.
Put an end to nightly homework battles! Homework Talk! provides parents with simple and practical advice to help them deal with the many issues that can come up surrounding their children's homework. The authors, Cheli Cerra and Ruth Jacoby, have identified fifty-two typical homework situations and provided tips, strategies, and advice for handling each of them. Are you concerned about: * Making sure your child is doing all of his homework on time? * Talking to a teacher who assigns too much homework? * Understanding how much help to give your child? * Motivating your child to handle homework issues on her own? * Overcoming your child's resistance to doing particular types of homework? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Homework Talk! is the book you need. Don't wait to start working with your child and your child's teachers to make homework a simple and productive process for everyone. Praise for other books in Cheli Cerra and Ruth Jacoby's School Talk series: "A must-read for today's educational leader." --Jack Canfield Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul on Principal Talk! "An amazing compilation of what to say to parents." --Harry K. Wong Ed.D., author of The First Days of School on Teacher Talk!
A comprehensive guide to support anyone with school aged children to navigate school successfully. Have you ever wondered what questions to ask your kids teacher at teacher conferences? What assessments are being given and how you can use the data to support your child? How can you prepare your child for each grade? What is most important? How to get your child extra help if they need it? This book will answer those questions and so much more. How to navigate the many assessments that your kids take during the school year and use that info to give your child confidence and take the mystery out of what will happen next? A comprehensive guide to navigating the school system for any person with school aged children.
This manual presents the first empirically supported homework intervention approach specifically developed for families coping with ADHD in children in grades 1-6. Special features include detailed case examples; checklists for monitoring interventions; recruiting instruments and outcome measures; and reproducible parent handouts. Ideal for use with groups of parents and children, or with one family at a time, this manual is intended for school psychologists and counselors, clinical child psychologists and other mental health practitioners, and special education professionals.
Honest, engaging, and inspiring, Our School tells the story of Downtown College Prep, a public charter high school in San Jose that recruits underachieving students and promises to prepare them for four-year colleges and universities. The average student enters ninth grade with fifth-grade reading and math skills. Many have slid through school without doing homework. Some barely speak English. Tracking the innovative and pioneering program, award-winning journalist Joanne Jacobs follows the young principal who tries to shake the hand of every student each day, the dedicated teachers who inspire teens to break free from their histories of failure, and the immigrant parents who fight to protect their children from gangs. Capturing our hearts are the students who overcome tremendous odds: Roberto, who struggles to learn English; Larissa, a young mother; Pedro, who signals every mood change with a different hair cut; Selena, who's determined to use college as her escape from drudgery; the girls of the very short, never-say-die basketball team; and the Tech Challenge competitors. Some will give up on their dreams. Those who stick with the school will go on to college. This gritty yet hopeful book provides a new understanding of what makes a school work and how desire, pride, and community--ganas, orgullo, and communidad--can put students on track for success in life.
A practical resource book for school social workers and mental health professionals. This third edition will appeal to practicing professionals in schools and become a popular textbook for graduate level students enrolled in school social work and school counselling courses.
In You Can’t Make This Up! the author constructs case studies based on authentic leadership dilemmas recounted by practicing school principals and vice principals. Each study is aligned with leadership competencies included in Professional Standards for Educational Leadership (PSEL).
