How to Navigate Life
How to Navigate Life

Author: Belle Liang, PhD

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1250273153

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An essential guide to tackling what students, families, and educators can do now to cut through stress and performance pressure, and find a path to purpose. Today’s college-bound kids are stressed, anxious, and navigating demands in their lives unimaginable to a previous generation. They’re performance machines, hitting the benchmarks they’re “supposed” to in order to reach the next tier of a relentless ladder. Then, their mental and physical exhaustion carries over right into first jobs. What have traditionally been considered the best years of life have become the beaten-down years of life. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein devote their careers both to counseling individual students and to cutting through the daily pressures to show a better way, a framework, and set of questions to find kids’ “true north”: what really turns them on in life, and how to harness the core qualities that reveal, allowing them to choose a course of study, a college, and a career. Even the gentlest parents and teachers tend to play into pervasive societal pressure for students to PERFORM. And when we take the foot off the gas, we beg the kids to just figure out what their PASSION is. Neither is a recipe for mental or physical health, or, ironically, for performance or passion. How to Navigate Life shows that successful human beings instead tap into their PURPOSE—the why behind the what and how. Best of all, purpose is a completely translatable quality to every aspect of life, from first jobs to last jobs and everything in between.

Navigating a New School
Navigating a New School

Author: Terry Teague Meyer

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2012-12-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1448883261

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The first day of school in a new middle school can be overwhelming and bewildering—the maze of hallways, the hundreds of identical lockers, the locker combinations and sticky locks, the far-flung classrooms, the many teachers, the lunchroom full of unfamiliar faces. Anxiety over the strangeness and newness of all this can be running high, and making the transition from scared new student to supremely confident and self-assured middle schooler can take some time. This book helps reduce the stress, while easing and shortening the difficult transition. Full of extremely useful tips regarding orientation, locker organization, time management, choosing a lunch table, and adapting to new situations like increased homework, changing for gym in the locker rooms, and getting from class-to-class between periods, this book will turn even the most trepidatious new student into a seasoned middle school pro in no time.

New Kid, New Scene
New Kid, New Scene

Author: Debbie Glasser

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781433810398

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Starting out as the new kid in a new school can be like performing as an extra in a movie. You can feel alone, pushed to the side, and unsure of where you could possibly fit in or if there is a place for you. Thankfully, New Kid, New Scene was written just for you. This book gives the ins and outs of navigating new surroundings, making new friends (as well as staying in touch with old ones), and finding a place that feels like your own. It is full of real-life stories from kids who have been in your shoes-facing a new school and new life and how they were able to survive and even thrive in their new environment. It is packed with useful advice and questions for when you are worried or upset. New kid, New Scene shows you that you are star in this new change in your life and not just an extra.

You, Your Child, and School
You, Your Child, and School

Author: Sir Ken Robinson, PhD

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-03-12

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0143108840

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An essential book for parents to help their children get the education they need to live happy, productive lives from The New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Creative Schools Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their children, especially now, when education has become a minefield of politics and controversy. One of the world’s most influential educators, Robinson has had countless conversations with parents about the dilemmas they face. As a parent, what should you look for in your children’s education? How can you tell if their school is right for them and what can you do if it isn’t? In this important new book, he offers clear principles and practical advice on how to support your child through the K-12 education system, or outside it if you choose to homeschool or un-school. Dispelling many myths and tackling critical schooling options and controversies, You, Your Child, and School is a key book for parents to learn about the kind of education their children really need and what they can do to make sure they get it.

Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities
Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities

Author: Meg Grigal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-07-16

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1317389158

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Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities provides effective strategies for navigating the transition process from high school into college for students with a wide range of disabilities. As students with disabilities attend two and four-year colleges in increasing numbers and through expanding access opportunities, challenges remain in helping these students and their families prepare for and successfully transition into higher education. Professionals and families supporting transition activities are often unaware of today’s new and rapidly developing options for postsecondary education. This practical guide offers user-friendly resources, including vignettes, research summaries, and hands-on activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom and in the community and that facilitate strong collaboration between schools and families. Preparation issues such as financial aid, applying for college, and other long-term planning areas are addressed in detail. An accompanying student resource section offers materials for high school students with disabilities that secondary educators, counselors, and transition personnel can use to facilitate exploration and planning discussions. Framing higher education as a possible transition goal for all students with disabilities, Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities supports the postsecondary interests of more than four million public school students with disabilities.

Navigating the Principalship
Navigating the Principalship

Author: James P. Spillane

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2019-08-19

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1416627731

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In Navigating the Principalship, James P. Spillane and Rebecca Lowenhaupt look at the major challenges of the principal position, examining how new principals adapt to the role, set an instructional agenda, and build cooperation and collaboration. They focus in particular on the dilemmas that mark the principalship—the inevitable, complicated conflicts that arise from a clash of worthwhile values and resist simple solutions, such as - Addressing the demands of various internal and external stakeholders - Accomplishing seemingly limitless tasks in limited time - Sharing leadership duties while maintaining ultimate responsibility for the school and everyone in it - Creating a safe space for teaching and learning while building bridges to the outside world - Balancing work life and home life Based on original research conducted with new principals in an urban environment, and rich with authentic voices discussing real conflicts and proven strategies, this book presents pragmatic ways to manage the most difficult parts of the job. Use it to spark both reflection and action and chart a course for effective, rewarding school leadership.

Navigating College
Navigating College

Author: Melody Latimer

Publisher: Autistic Press

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781938800009

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Leaving high school and going to college is complicated for everyone. But if you're a student on the autism spectrum who is about to enter higher education for the first time, it might be a little bit more complicated for you. Maybe you're worried about getting accommodations, getting places on time, or dealing with sensory issues in a new environment. Maybe you could use some advice on how to stay healthy at school, handle dating and relationships, or talk to your friends and classmates about your disability. Maybe you want to talk to someone who's already dealt with these issues. That's where we come in. Navigating College is an introduction to the college experience from those of us who've been there. The writers and contributors are Autistic adults, and we're giving you the advice that we wish someone could have given us when we headed off to college. We wish we could sit down and have a chat with each of you, to share our experiences and answer your questions. But since we can't teleport, and some of us have trouble meeting new people, this book is the next best thing. So as you go back to school, check out a copy of Navigating College for yourself or your loved one. We ve done this all before--let us help you out.

Navigating the Toggled Term
Navigating the Toggled Term

Author: Matthew Rhoads

Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781433186295

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In a guide that combines practical tools and case studies with pedagogical theory and a holistic understanding of education, Navigating the Toggled Term supports K-12 teachers traversing online learning, blended learning, integrating educational technology tools with instructional strategies, and moving among educational settings in the age of COVID-19

Navigating High School
Navigating High School

Author: Blake Perry

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2020-01-02

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781702437837

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Nowadays, high school is more competitive than ever. It is easy to get lost in the competitiveness and feel that you cannot reach your goals. But, with this hands-on, practical guide, you can develop your goals for high school and create a plan to achieve them. Blake Perry takes you step by step, revealing the keys to his success in high school and the practices that allowed him to reach his goals. In this book, you will explore how to set your goals in a way that will make them easier to achieve, how to manage your time well, and how to make phenomenal grades. Whether you are a freshman or senior, this informative book will provide you with everything you need to make the most of your time in high school and reach success, no matter what your definition of success is.

New Kid, New Scene
New Kid, New Scene

Author: Debbie Glasser

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781433810381

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Starting out as the new kid in a new school can be like performing as an extra in a movie. You can feel alone, pushed to the side, and unsure of where you could possibly fit in or if there is a place for you. Thankfully, New Kid, New Scene was written just for you. This book gives the ins and outs of navigating new surroundings, making new friends (as well as staying in touch with old ones), and finding a place that feels like your own. It is full of real-life stories from kids who have been in your shoes-facing a new school and new life and how they were able to survive and even thrive in their new environment. It is packed with useful advice and questions for when you are worried or upset. New kid, New Scene shows you that you are star in this new change in your life and not just an extra.