Centering Students by Engaging With Families and Community
Winner of the Society of Professors of Education 2024 Outstanding Book Award What if the families of students most impacted by the opportunity gap somehow had the power to organize whatever activities they felt would best help their children succeed? That's the question that began Families with Power/Familias con Poder (FWP), a grassroots ......
A Culturally Proficient Guide to Family, School, and Community Engagement
Here at last is a resource that will open up access and reveal all-new ways to forge more culturally inclusive partnerships with families and communities.
An Effective Program to Maximize Your Kid's Potential-in School and in Life
Are you sick of nagging your child to write down homework assignments? Is his or her backpack a black hole that eats up papers, books, and gym clothes? Organizational skills problems aren't just frustrating--they get in the way of school success and wreak havoc at home. Fortunately, help is at hand. This unique resource stands out from other books ......
Sonia Blandford, CEO of award-winning charity Achievement for All, writes brilliantly and honestly about the facing up to the realities of the white working class and how to address social mobility from the inside. No-one in the UK is better placed than Sonia to write about the struggles of white working class pupils in our schools. She grew up on ......
Involving Parents in their Children's Learning is the story of the pioneering work of the Pen Green Centre for children and families. Showing how early years practitioners can collaborate effectively with parents, the book includes case studies of parents and children who have attended the centre, and charts developments in learning for both children and parents. The authors show how to: * support parents as their child's first educator * provide practical and psychological support to parents * involve fathers and male carers * share important child development concepts * support and extend children's learning * connect with services that parents may find 'hard to reach' This New Edition is updated throughout, revisiting some of the families and practitioners who feature in the previous editions and also includes 2 brand new chapters on 'Parents as Researchers' and 'Family Drop-in sessions'. Cath Arnold will be discussing key ideas from Involving Parents in their Children's Learning in the SAGE Early Years Masterclass, a free professional development experience hosted by Kathy Brodie.
Involving Parents in their Children's Learning is the story of the pioneering work of the Pen Green Centre for children and families. Showing how early years practitioners can collaborate effectively with parents, the book includes case studies of parents and children who have attended the centre, and charts developments in learning for both children and parents. The authors show how to: * support parents as their child's first educator * provide practical and psychological support to parents * involve fathers and male carers * share important child development concepts * support and extend children's learning * connect with services that parents may find 'hard to reach' This New Edition is updated throughout, revisiting some of the families and practitioners who feature in the previous editions and also includes 2 brand new chapters on 'Parents as Researchers' and 'Family Drop-in sessions'. Cath Arnold will be discussing key ideas from Involving Parents in their Children's Learning in the SAGE Early Years Masterclass, a free professional development experience hosted by Kathy Brodie.
A Collaborative Care Framework for Student Success
This book is a step-by-step approach to connecting with families, including how-to's for creating a family engagement plan, building strong relationships, beginning effective dialogues, and monitoring progress. Suitable for schools of any type, this book offers strategies that will transform the experience for your students and their families, and lead to sustainable success.
This resource presents innovative ways to sustain ongoing communication with families and ideas for welcoming parents as vital members of the school community. It also provides strategies for including parents in school governance and techniques for developing parent volunteer programs. The new edition includes current research on the impact of parent involvement in the school community.
