Download or read book The Graduation Coach written by Tara Spates and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have always been a bit outspoken; I like to think of myself as just being direct. I must justifiably state that my actions were, in part, due to my distaste for unfair treatment of people and hypocrisy. I moved to a small town in Georgia from a city up north, and the culture shock in itself was dramatic. For instance, upon speaking out at a board of education meeting about the lack of student academic achievement, I discovered parents were in an uproar over cheerleading. Huh! This is in a town where sports often meant more than a good education; that is, of course, until the season is over. But I digress. After this meeting, one of the assistant superintendents approached me and asked if I would consider representing the district at a state meeting and provide a parents perspective. Of course, I said yes. This is the point in which God opens the door; I rode to the meeting with a faculty member, and during the two-hour drive, we both became aware that my new landlord was her father. Well, that gave us a lot to talk about, and ultimately, she became my manager in a position where I would be required to help students remain in school and graduate. This was familiar and fulfilling ground for me because I had just closed my NJ business, a business in which I worked with at-risk students. I must love young people because my salary was slashed by 65 percent, but I saw it as a door to a new career. Honestly, I needed an income since I no longer had my business, and helping others was something I enjoyed doing. I was in the midst of obtaining my BS degree in Psychology, and this position would give me another level of hands-on experience so that I could move into individual counseling once I completed school with my masters degree.
Download or read book The Last Dropout written by Bill Milliken and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that we're battling an epidemic . . . ? Almost one-third of all high-school students fail to graduate with their class; among minorities, the dropout rate is almost 50 percent. Dropouts are more likely than their peers to be unemployed, live in poverty, have poor health, depend upon social services, and go to jail. The combined loss of income and revenue to the American economy from a single year's dropouts is about $192 billion. From The Silent Epidemic (Bridgeland, Dilulio, and Morrison, 2006) But there is a solution to the dropout crisis that is proven, effective, replicable, and sustainable! Communities In Schools (CIS) reaches more than one million at-risk students and their families annually in more than 3,000 American schools. These kids would fall far below the national average for every measure of student success. Yet 98 percent of CIS-tracked students stayed in school. Why? What makes the difference? The Last Dropout offers nine key principles that Communities In Schools has tested over three decades. Interwoven are the dramatic life stories of CIS founder Bill Milliken and his colleagues, a journey that began in the turbulent 1960s as youth workers with a spiritual mission struggled to turn around the lives of dropouts and addicts. It traces the evolution of the CIS movement from a handful of groundbreaking ''street academies'' to a national network of hundreds of local affiliates. The Last Dropout also features stories about how CIS leaders have adopted these principles in their own communities, with stunning results!
Download or read book Coaches Guide to Team Policies written by American Sport Education Program and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together with ancillary web access this text provides 200 policies for establishing team morals in the areas of: respect, responsibility, caring, honesty, fairness, and good citizenship.
Download or read book No Poems for Giants written by Zeddie Slater and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryan Frankovic and his best friend, eight-foot-nine giant Luther Brightwell, live in a small midwestern town in the late fifties, surrounded by basketball enthusiasts. In the otherwise ordinary summer of 1956, Ryan and Luther witness the discordant relationship of Ryans neighbors, Sidney and Claire McMillan, but think nothing of it. But several weeks later, Mrs. McMillan goes missing, and her disappearance leads to months of speculation and even suspicion of murder. About to begin their senior year, the boys soon forget about her in order to prepare for the upcoming sports seasonwhile, Luther struggles with his gargantuan height and strength. As the sports season commences, however, the boys start to realize women in other nearby cities have gone missing as well. Despite the distractions of school and college prep, they put together the pieces that soon point to murderand possibly to the killer. Whats more, they are shocked to realize that these missing women have something to do with their basketball team.
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building a Sustainable Coaching Culture written by Eng Hooi Ng and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the book’s title suggested, the purpose of this book is to help organizations to build a sustainable coaching culture up for success, a culture that our readers believe in and willing to put enormous efforts which it will bring you and your organization a greater success. This book is designed to guide you “How-To” build a sustainable coaching culture. The book content is not to learn on “What is coaching”, “why coaching” or “why we need coaching”. Because we believe our readers are already understand “coaching” inside out and the benefit it could bring to the organization. What our readers need is that a guidebook to help them to plan and implement a strong and sustainable coaching culture. This book provides step by step guide, profuse use of sample framework, strategy, roadmap, matrix, assessment form, sheet, evaluation methods & many tools and even an employee coaching mobile application (details in last chapter) The content & layout of this book are clear cut and organized, packed with many frameworks and strategy map. This book is outlined in the way that you can choose to learn at any chapter you want to and it will not affect your reading momentum. It is special made for you to draft your coaching strategy deck for high level presentation & implementation. This book is highly practical book and it’s written by an experienced coaching practitioner who is a strong coaching advocate who believe coaching will bring profound benefits to individual and organization, the author is a ICF PCC, A Professional Certified Coach who has coached more than 600 hours, a head of organization development leader who has led a global coaching culture transformation project.
Download or read book Understanding Poverty in the Classroom written by Beth Lindsay Templeton and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People who live in poverty consider life in different ways than those who have adequate basic resources. Many educators tend to see the world through their middle-class worldview. Because of this, they do not understand these significant and often rational differences. They may misinterpret behavior they see and ascribe negative connotations to how their students are reacting. Their assumptions can affect the quality of both the teaching and the learning that happens. Most teachers have real passion for educating their students but their experiences limit how they relate to the challenges some of their students face daily. Understanding Poverty in the Classroom: * Identifies perceptual differences * Teaches strategies to address the special needs of children from poverty * Encourages teachers to learn about the neighborhoods where their students live and what to look for in those areas * Confronts myths about poverty and reinforces learning with specific illustrations This resource is interactive with exercises that increase the reader's learning and provides specific tools to improve the educational process for teachers, students, and parents.
Download or read book Emily written by Bill Kenney and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily, The Warrior is the story of a precocious female eighth grade basketball player. She fights neither demons nor mystical characters, but rather the real-life struggles of growing into a well-rounded young lady as she enters high school, still determined to improve her extraordinary basketball skills. Emily Barker, the star of her middle school team, is five feet, ten inches tall and skinny. Her limbs look as fragile as yellow pencils, but she is fiercely competitive. Her father played in college and may be living vicariously through her. Her mother wants a more balanced life for her only child. Emily spends her summers sweating in various gymnasiums with multi-racial and multi-cultural teammates, while her friends lounge at the town's pools . . . . .with the boys. She and Billy, her peer on the boys' team, plot to enhance the start of their high school basketball careers, but that gets misinterpreted by her friends, two of whom have their eye on Billy for other reasons. While there is plenty of basketball action, the reader gets an insight into the life of an elite junior athlete, the sacrifices both she and her family make to support that, and how teamwork over rides racial and cultural differences. Emily wants to be part of her friend’s world, explore her other talents, satisfy her parents, and have them understand her as she begins to understand more of herself. She is becoming aware that there is a lot more to life than basketball, and struggles to balance her commitment her sport with her recognition of her other skills. and opportunities.
Download or read book Instructional Coaches and the Instructional Leadership Team written by Dean T. Spaulding and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supercharge school improvement with instructional coaches! For instructional coaches, no two days are ever the same. This unique companion melds theory and practice to show how coaches can seamlessly integrate themselves into the fabric of the school and help teachers improve their practice from day one. Dean Spaulding and Gail Smith address common challenges of coaches and instructional leadership teams, including: Observing classrooms and providing formative feedback Reaching out to the hesitant or resistant teacher Adapting data and analysis into usable information for the team Recruiting, training, and supporting new instructional coaches Journal entries based on the real-life experiences give an inside look at the day-to-day work of an instructional coach and the power of coaching to improve teacher effectiveness. The book also includes field-tested activities, materials, and forms for collecting data, navigating busy days, and organizing information. Instructional Coaches and the Instructional Leadership Team is ideal for those wanting to learn best practices to engage educators and support teacher evaluation reform. "This book would have made my life SO much easier. I highly recommend it to new and experienced instructional coaches alike!" —Kathy Ferrell, Instructional Coach Excelsior Springs Middle School, MO "This is a wonderful resource. Even schools without instructional coaches will benefit from the strategies and suggestions included. It′s an excellent book even for those who shy away from data analysis!" —Ann Dargon, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Westport Community Schools, MA
Download or read book The Harvard Graduates Magazine written by William Roscoe Thayer and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living the Legacy of African American Education written by Sheryl J. Croft and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modeled after a little known historical model and based on the research of Vanessa Siddle Walker, Living the Legacy of African American Education: A Model for University and School, describes a sustainable and authentic partnership between a university and its K-12 partners. Designed for school, district leaders, and college instructors this practical guide provides a narrative of how a group of graduate students, a professor and seven school partners planned, executed, and engaged K-12 partners in three major professional development opportunities. This book chronicles a partnership that engaged K-12 leaders in an authentic and mutually beneficial partnership. Designed to be instructive, this book can be used to plan partnerships as well as a serve as a check list to design, maintain, and refine similar partnerships. This book also provides valuable lessons learned at the end of each chapter that can be used as others form K–12 partnerships.
Download or read book I m in the Principal s Seat Now What written by Allan R. Bonilla and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tried and true strategies for every principal From a turnaround principal who has been there comes clear strategies for positive, collaborative, and all-inclusive school environments. Far from a standalone anecdote for success, this guide features tools that can be used in any school. Offering true-life stories, examples, and interviews with award-winning turnaround principals, the author helps you focus on strategies that produce measurable results, such as: Meeting the needs of the at-risk student Improving attendance and student achievement Being a true visible leader Incorporating successful business practices Celebrating success, and Adopting a coaching mindset
Download or read book The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday written by Stephen Enna and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ONLY EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY is the unofficial motto of the United States Navy SEAL’s. This story is fiction but it is built on a foundation of fact. It is the story of Ashley Morgan Jamison and how she earned the Navy SEAL Triton and became the first woman in American History to earn the right to be called a Navy SEAL. Navy SEAL’s are not born that way. They work hard to develop the physical strength to make it happen, and they must have a mindset that allows them to be mentally tough. Ashley is challenged at each stage of her life, but she meets all challenges with a mental toughness that very few possess. This is a story that just doesn’t happen overnight. It is a story that is developed over 23 years of a woman’s life. Every year presents a new challenge and Ashley thrives on challenges. Ashley’s story is fiction but it is not far from reality. Women are now allowed to apply to become United States Navy SEAL’s but they must pass every test that men must pass. There are no qualification differences. Some women have tried but as of this writing no woman has yet to succeed. It is my hope that somewhere, sometime a woman will read this story and based on Ashley’s experiences the reader will learn, apply and succeed in pulling off something that no woman has yet to accomplish. I would like nothing better than to see this fiction story become a reality.
Download or read book Torts and Suds written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tips from the Top written by Bradley N. Gallagher and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age ten, Bradley Gallagher began writing letters to famous Americans asking them what they believe are the keys to success in life. As the project grew from a few interesting letters to more than 300 responses, each containing tips for success for young people from the perspectives of leaders in politics, law, business, journalism, education, entertainment, and athletics, Bradley made the decision to share these letters with other young people in Tips from the Top: Advice for a Young Person from 125 of America's Most Successful People. He sought each respondent's permission to include his or her letter in this book, with all profits from publication to be used to fund college scholarships for the children of fire fighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency personnel. Tips from the Top also contains each respondent's biography. The collective scope of these biographies demonstrates that success can be achieved regardless of one's beginning in life. The recommendations contained in these letters could be invaluable for a young person as he contemplates his future path in life.
Download or read book The Cornell Alumni News written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Break in the Rain written by Tony Lotti and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mikey Carmello loves football. Appointed manager for a high school team, Mikey has but just one dream in lifeto score a touchdown for his beloved Wolves. Unfortunately, everyone thinks it is too risky for Mikey to play footballhe has Down syndrome. But as football season ends, Mikey has no idea that someone is about to give him a break from the rain. Mikey and the high school football coach share an uncommon relationship. With Mikeys special wish in mind, the coach begins to develop a plan to form an organized football league so that Mikey can safely score the touchdown he has always wanted to achieve. But when Mikeys father is suddenly killed in a car accident, the coach willingly steps into a father role and begins teaching Mikey how everything is possible in lifeif he just believes. As the coach and Mikey step into the future together, both are forever changed by their inspirational journey through adversity, societal labeling, and a victory like no other. A Break in the Rain is a story about how a coach chooses to be a champion for a little boy with a simple wish and lifts himself up in the process.
