Download or read book The Essential Conversation written by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2004-09-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the insights she has gleaned from her close and subtle observation of parent-teacher conferences, renowned Harvard University professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot has written a wise, useful book about the ways in which parents and teachers can make the most of their essential conversation—the dialogue between the most vital people in a child’s life. “The essential conversation” is the crucial exchange that occurs between parents and teachers—a dialogue that takes place more than one hundred million times a year across our country and is both mirror of and metaphor for the larger cultural forces that define family-school relationships and shape the development of our children. Participating in this twice-yearly ritual, so friendly and benign in its apparent goals, parents and teachers are often wracked with anxiety. In a meeting marked by decorum and politeness, they frequently exhibit wariness and assume defensive postures. Even though the conversation appears to be focused on the student, adults may find themselves playing out their own childhood histories, insecurities, and fears. Through vivid portraits and parables, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot captures the dynamics of this complex, intense relationship from the perspective of both parents and teachers. She also identifies new principles and practices for improving family-school relationships. In a voice that combines the passion of a mother, the skepticism of a social scientist, and the keen understanding of one of our nation’s most admired educators, Lawrence-Lightfoot offers penetrating analysis and an urgent call to arms for all those who want to act in the best interests of their children. For parents and teachers who seek productive dialogues and collaborative alliances in support of the learning and growth of their children, this book will offer valuable insights, incisive lessons, and deft guidance on how to communicate more effectively. In The Essential Conversation, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot brings scholarship, warmth, and wisdom to an immensely important cultural subject—the way we raise our children.
Download or read book Parent Teacher Communication written by Amy Newton and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Parent Teacher Communication is a perfect way for teachers to record and document your communication with parents about your students. It's very important to record all daily interactions with parents about their child or children, whether it's about an IEP meeting, for a special needs student, notes on conferences, or an academic evaluation. It will keep you organized & can especially help remind you of information as you look back on your notes. Each interior page includes space for recording: Student Name - Write the student's name. Parent Name - Record the parent's name. Date & Time - Log the date and time contacted. Phone Number (Home Or Cell) - Write their phone number. Email Information - Record their email. Reason For The Contact - Log the reason for the contact. Notes - For writing notes about the contact. Action From The Contact - Write the actions or steps that will be taken according to the meeting. It takes a team effort between parent and teacher. An open relationship with parents is a must. Great resources for teaching. Beautifully designed for teachers. Books & journals make it convenient to write and help keep all your important information & records all in one place. Also makes great gift ideas for that special teacher in your life for the school year. Size is 6x9 inches, 120 pages, one contact per page, soft matte finish cover, white paper, black ink, paperback. Simple & easy to use. Get one today!
Download or read book Between Parent Teenager written by Dr. Haim G. Ginott and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dealing with Difficult Teachers written by Todd Whitaker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides tips and strategies to help school leaders improve, neutralize, or eliminate resistant and negative teachers. Learn how to handle staff members who gossip in the teacher's lounge, consistently say "it won't work" when any new idea is suggested, send an excessive number of student to your office for disciplinary reasons, undermine your efforts toward school improvement, or negatively influence other staff members. Don’t miss the revised and expanded third edition of this best-seller!
Download or read book Parent Teacher Daily Communication Log written by KennieBStyles Journals and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A parent teacher journal for daily communication from home to school. It gives a picture of the student's day without a lot of writing from the teacher and includes simple emotion icons for the teacher to easily tell parents how the child's day went. There is space for teacher's to write quick notes to parents and space for the parent's to write notes to the teacher. This communication log is great for any student that requires a little extra school-home communication.
Download or read book Confident Parents Confident Kids written by Jennifer S. Miller and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confident Parents, Confident Kids lays out an approach for helping parents—and the kids they love—hone their emotional intelligence so that they can make wise choices, connect and communicate well with others (even when patience is thin), and become socially conscious and confident human beings. How do we raise a happy, confident kid? And how can we be confident that our parenting is preparing our child for success? Our confidence develops from understanding and having a mastery over our emotions (aka emotional intelligence)—and helping our children do the same. Like learning to play a musical instrument, we can fine-tune our ability to skillfully react to those crazy, wonderful, big feelings that naturally arise from our child’s constant growth and changes, moving from chaos to harmony. We want our children to trust that they can conquer any challenge with hard work and persistence; that they can love boundlessly; that they will find their unique sense of purpose; and they will act wisely in a complex world. This book shows you how. With author and educator Jennifer Miller as your supportive guide, you'll learn: the lies we’ve been told about emotions, how they shape our choices, and how we can reshape our parenting decisions in better alignment with our deepest values. how to identify the temperaments your child was born with so you can support those tendencies rather than fight them. how to align your biggest hopes and dreams for your kids with specific skills that can be practiced, along with new research to support those powerful connections. about each age and stage your child goes through and the range of learning opportunities available. how to identify and manage those big emotions (that only the parenting process can bring out in us!) and how to model emotional intelligence for your children. how to deal with the emotions and influences of your choir—the many outside individuals and communities who directly impact your child’s life, including school, the digital world, extended family, neighbors, and friends. Raising confident, centered, happy kids—while feeling the same way about yourself—is possible with Confident Parents, Confident Kids.
Download or read book Between Parent and Child written by Haim G. Ginott and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teacher parent Collaboration written by Louise Porter and published by Aust Council for Ed Research. This book was released on 2008 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide for teachers who want to improve relationships with the parents of their students. Presents jargon-free & solution based approaches to collaboration, drawing on inherent strengths present in every person. Author from Flinders University, South Australia.
Download or read book Parents Teachers Working Together written by Carol Davis and published by Center for Responsive Schools Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides advice for elementary teachers on collaborating with parents to enhance a child's educational experience.
Download or read book Between Parent and Child Revised and Updated written by Dr. Haim G. Ginott and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2003-07-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen your relationship with your children with this revised edition of the book by renowned psychologist Dr. Haim Ginott that has helped millions of parents around the world. In this revised edition, Dr. Alice Ginott, clinical psychologist and wife of the late Haim Ginott, and family relationship specialist Dr. H. Wallace Goddard usher this bestselling classic into the new century while retaining the book’s positive message and Haim Ginott’s warm, accessible voice. Based on the theory that parenting is a skill that can be learned, this indispensable handbook will show you how to: • Discipline without threats, bribes, sarcasm, and punishment • Criticize without demeaning, praise without judging, and express anger without hurting • Acknowledge rather than argue with children’s feelings, perceptions, and opinions • Respond so that children will learn to trust and develop self-confidence This revolutionary book offered a straightforward prescription for empathetic yet disciplined child rearing and introduced new communication techniques that would change the way parents spoke with, and listened to, their children. Dr. Ginott’s innovative approach to parenting has influenced an entire generation of experts in the field, and now his methods can work for you, too.
Download or read book Bullied written by Carrie Goldman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mother of a bullied first grader, popular blogger Carrie Goldman’s inspiring true story triggered an outpouring of support from online communities around the world. In Bullied, she gives us a guide to the crucial lessons and actionable guidance she’s learned about how to stop bullying before it starts. It is a book born from Goldman’s post about the ridicule her daughter suffered for bringing a Star Wars thermos to school—a story that went viral on Facebook and Twitter before exploding everywhere, from CNN.com and Yahoo.com to sites all around the world. Written in Goldman’s warm, engaging style, Bullied is an important and very necessary read for parents, educators, self-professed “Girl Geeks,” or anyone who has ever felt victimized by a bully, online or in person. Bullied has been recognized with Gold Awards at the 2013 National Parenting Publications Awards and the 2013 Mom's Choice Awards.
Download or read book Communication for Teachers written by Joseph L. Chesebro and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a synthesis of important research on communication instruction and builds on that by discussing how beginning teachers can apply the information to their own teaching. With eleven chapters written or co-written by some of the most prolific instructional communication researchers, this book provides diverse viewpoints and perspectives on a wide range of topics that impact teachers' communication with students in a classroom setting. For beginning teachers at all grade levels.
Download or read book A Second Classroom written by Torin M. Finser and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does a healthy, successful school look like? Is it all about measurable outcomes, test scores, and pass/fail grades set by the government? Can learning be quantified in short-term measurements or does real learning take years to manifest in a career or biography? All seem to agree that a healthy school is also a community and that community depends on the quality of relationships—chiefly the relationships among students, teachers, and parents. This book features a comprehensive examination of the parent–teacher relationship in all its dimensions, from parent evenings and conferences to communication, conflict, and the life-cycle of parent involvement in their school. In between the chapters on practical advice are sections that consider the issues from a deeper, spiritual dimension. This book is intended to stimulate conversation, self-reflection, and relational practices that awaken community life in and around our schools.
Download or read book The First Six Weeks of School written by Mike Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of a teacher favorite features a fresh, easy-to-use layout including color coding by grade level, more support for student engagement in academics, greater emphasis on the effective use of teacher language, and a dedicated chapter on the all-important first day of school.
Download or read book Powerful Interactions written by Amy Laura Dombro and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make your everyday interactions with children intentional and purposeful with these steps: Be Present, Connect, and Extend Learning.
Download or read book Parents and Teachers written by Francesco Arcidiacono and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The present volume proposes different international scientific contributions coming from professionals and researchers interested in teaching, learning and social interactions within a range of various educational settings. These scientific investigations, as well as professional experiences as teachers, are interconnected because they are built around the connections between teachers, students and parents. The chapters offer a plurality of methodologies and approaches dealing with different educational aspects related to adults' and children's involvement in various cultures. The contributions propose a set of analyses of the relationships between school and family in risk situations and within different dialogical frames. The chapters assume specific perspectives in considering the family-school interactions and incorporate analytical reflections connected to specific situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the question of inclusive education. The volume intends to foster a new comprehension of the dynamics involving school actors and families. Each contribution looks at the interconnections between teachers, students and parents, in order to highlight the centrality of the role of social actors within various educational settings in which the processes of teaching and learning are developed. In this sense, schools and families are presented as communities continuously engaged in interpersonal relationships, and soliciting various processes of appropriation of cultural, semiotic, professional, and emotional resources. The volume proposes approaches that are useful to better understand how teachers, students and parents can contribute, in different and complementary ways, to build meaningful frameworks for the processes of teaching and learning"--
Download or read book Every Teacher s Guide to Working With Parents written by Gwen L. Rudney and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-06-23 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform teacher-parent relationships into a strategy for children′s success! While most parents strive to support their children with the best parenting practices, both teachers and parents often find themselves struggling to reconcile conflicts that can result in hostility, defensiveness, and communication breakdowns. In addition, negative public constructions of parents perpetuate this dilemma, particularly for those parents who are already marginalized through poverty or language barriers. Working from research in three key areas-parent development and skills, social and historical family influences, and parent-school relationships-educator (and parent) Gwen L. Rudney offers teachers: Useful interpretations of parent beliefs and actions Compelling insight into what parents expect from teachers Key ideas that characterize the struggles that parents face while raising children Practical strategies designed to lead to community, trust-building, collaboration, gratitude, and friendship with parents Straightforward chapters offer teachers everything from theory to commonsense strategies for working with parents to improve life and learning for all children.
