Teachers in My Community
Author: Bridget Heos
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
Published: 2018-08
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 154152022X
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Teachers in Our Community
Author: Michelle Ames
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2009-08-15
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1404280693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces teachers, including information on how they teach, what tools they use, and different types of teachers.
The Power of Community-Engaged Teacher Preparation
Author: Patricia Clark
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0807779504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover how and why community-engaged teacher preparation is a powerful and vital approach to address an educational system that is historically deficient, discriminatory, and decidedly inequitable. In this edited volume, the authors argue that past practice is inadequate and issue a mandate for a new approach to educator preparation. Articulating a clear definition of community-engaged teacher preparation, they focus on national and international initiatives that have been sustained over time and are having a direct impact on student learning. Chapters are written by school, university, and community partners who speak to the innovation, creativity, commitment, and persistence required to reinvent teacher preparation. They also underscore the complexity of this work, the humility necessary to reflect and reconsider, and the true spirit of authentic solidarity among university, school, and community partners required to seek and secure equity for children in schools. Book Features: Provides a critical examination of structural inequity in education and ways to address it through community-engaged teacher preparation. Describes a teacher preparation model that is enacted in solidarity with members of historically marginalized populations.Offers clear guidance on what is meant by culturally relevant and culturally sustaining pedagogies with examples of how these frameworks are being operationalized.Explores the obstacles and opportunities involved in the implementation process. “A collection of powerful authors who offer theoretical considerations, evidence-based approaches, and practical considerations for not just teacher education as usual but community-engaged teacher education.” —From the Foreword by Tyrone C. Howard, University of California, Los Angeles
Teachers Then and Now 6-Pack
Author: Roben Alarcon
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2007-01-31
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0743903919
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat would school be like without a teacher? Readers explore the teaching profession in this delightful book that uses charming images from past and present to teach readers the similarities and differences between teaching then and now. Readers will learn about private schools, homeschooling, tutors, and even learn what a hornbook is! Featuring supportive text, an index, glossary, and table of contents, readers will be engaged from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
Professional Communities and the Work of High School Teaching
Author: Milbrey W. McLaughlin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2001-10-20
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780226500706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerican high schools have never been under more pressure to reform: student populations are more diverse than ever, resources are limited, and teachers are expected to teach to high standards for all students. While many reformers look for change at the state or district level, the authors here argue that the most local contexts—schools, departments, and communities—matter the most to how well teachers perform in the classroom and how satisfied they are professionally. Their findings—based on one of the most extensive research projects ever done on secondary teaching—show that departmental cultures play a crucial role in classroom settings and expectations. In the same school, for example, social studies teachers described their students as "apathetic and unwilling to work," while English teachers described the same students as "bright, interesting, and energetic." With wide-ranging implications for educational practice and policy, this unprecedented look into teacher communities is essential reading for educators, administrators, and all those concerned with U. S. High Schools.
Teaching Children to Care
Author: Ruth Charney
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Published: 2002-03-01
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1892989085
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better." - Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality. The new edition includes: More information on teaching middle-school students Additional strategies for helping children with challenging behavior Updated stories and examples from real classrooms. "Teaching Children to Care offers educators a practical guide to one of the most effective social and emotional learning programs I know of. The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning—a pioneering program every teacher should know about." - Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence "I spent one whole summer reading Teaching Children to Care. It was like a rebirth for me. This book helped direct my professional development. After reading it, I had a path to follow. I now look forward to rereading this book each August to refresh and reinforce my ability to effectively manage a social curriculum in my classroom." - Gail Zimmerman, second-grade teacher, Jackson Mann Elementary School, Boston, MA
Teacher Unions and Social Justice
Author: Michael Charney
Publisher: Rethinking Schools
Published: 2021-01-15
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780942961096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn anthology of more than 60 articles documenting the history and the how-tos of social justice unionism. Together, they describe the growing movement to forge multiracial alliances with communities to defend and transform public education.
The Power of Teacher Teams
Author: Vivian Troen
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1412991331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile most educators believe working in teams is valuable, not all team efforts lead to instructional improvement. Through richly detailed case studies The Power of Teacher Teams demonstrates how schools can transform their teams into more effective learning communities that foster teacher leadership. The benefits of successful teacher teams include: improved performance for both teachers and students; meaningful professional development; group adoption of a new curriculum; shared insights into student work; better classroom management; support for new teachers; new roles for teacher leaders; and opportuniteis for mentor support.School leaders will find guidelines, methods, and concrete steps for building and sustaining effective teacher teams. Also included is a DVD with video case studies and one CD with reproducibles. The most important reason for building teacher teams is to enhance student learning through improved instruction, and that story is at the heart of this book.
School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Author: Joyce L. Epstein
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2018-07-19
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 1483320014
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStrengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Building Communities of Learners
Author: Sudia Paloma McCaleb
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1135468869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis popular text shows how teachers can create partnerships with parents and students that facilitate participation in the schools while also validating home culture and family concerns and aspirations. It reflects current research and theory in several areas related to literacy development, including family literacy, bilingual and multicultural education, critical pedagogy, participatory research, cooperative learning, and feminist perspectives. Teachers of students who are immigrants, non-native speakers of English, and members of marginalized groups will find this book especially pertinent.
