Getting The Attention Of Middle School Students I know that where I teach, we only hear from them at budget time or when they are Chriswondered if a teacher's success in getting parents involved in their http://www.middleweb.com/MWLISTCONT/MSLinvolveparents.html
Extractions: Does anyone have some good ideas for involving a good cross section of parents in positive ways in the school? We have a small core of parents who work in constructive ways. There are a significant group of parents who have thoughts, concerns, and input but for some reason do not get involved or hesitate to come to staff directly to communicate about their concerns. One of the loudest negative voices in my community has not visited our school for years. She pulled her daughter out of my classroom the second year I would have had her but she never came to a parent conference, and she never called me to address a concern. I called her and she never said that she had issues that needed to be resolved.
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Extractions: 03:00 AM Jun. 28, 2000 PT ATLANTA As teachers in both wealthy and poor districts find that laptops create eager learners, the portable computers are becoming the tool of choice for integrating technology into the curriculum. "If you want every child to participate, if you want every child to learn, every child has to have technology," said Susannah Moran, who works in technology staff development for Community School District Four in New York's East Harlem. "The strides you can make with students in writing and critical thinking are so great that to go into a room without a laptop is like going into a room without a chalkboard," said Kelly Hammond, a former teacher who works with staff development for the Cincinnati Country Day School , a private school. "It really promotes collaboration."
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Extractions: Fax: 907/746-4061 Program Description Tutoring is an integral part of each day for the kindergartners, first- and second-graders in Nancy Norman's multiage class at Finger Lake Elementary School. Arranged in cooperative groups, the children naturally help one another, but there also are planned activities that require peer and cross-age tutoring. Examples of these activities include: Parent coaching is another aspect of tutoring that is emphasized in Norman's class. She provides parent workshops that offer insights into how children learn and how parents can best assist their youngsters at home in subjects such as math, science, and reading. The children are present at these workshops and actually lead their parents through the process while Norman acts as facilitator.
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Extractions: Search our database by Health Topic or enter your own keywords It's important to teach your children about the dangers of smoking. Smoking is addictive and will hurt your children's health. But, we also know how hard it can be to compete with advertising that seems to be everywhere, glamorizing smoking and making it appear to be the norm. Children and teens try using tobacco for a number of reasons, including trying to feel grown up, to fit in and belong (sometimes due to peer pressure), to relax and feel good, to take risks and rebel, and to satisfy curiosity. The bottom line is that your children need your help to never start or to quit smoking. Parents really can make a difference! What Parents Can Do Here are some things you can do to help your children avoid the dangers of smoking. Talk openly with your children about the health effects of smoking. Giving examples of family members or friends who have suffered from smoking-related illnesses or death can make the effects of smoking seem more real. Keep the lines of communication open.
Extractions: Introduction: In the FRONTLINE program, "The Lost Children of Rockdale County," a high school guidance counselor suggests the teens are seeking attentionand that if they can't find good attention, they'll take bad attention in its place. This lesson plan explores the differences between good and bad attention and helps students develop strategies to focus on good attention-getting behaviors. Estimated Time: 1-2 class periods (block scheduling)
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Extractions: subscribe truecrimes Articles Discussion News Resources ... Tips On Disciplining Your Child Many parents are doing a better job than ever at communicating with their children. Still, a number of factors from parents' growing work schedules to kids' increasing sophistication have left some mothers and fathers in the dark and confused about their role What parents can do to help In Massachusetts 2 dads at a hockey practice got into a brawl: one dead, and another sentenced to 3 years in prison. The National Alliance for Youth Sports , a sports education organization, has issued a Parents Code of Ethics to encourage good sportsmanship, parental involvement and safety in childrens athletics. More children than ever are taking prescription drugs for behavior ailments. What parents may not realize is how little is known about these drugs, how they affect children and how much they are being used.
How Not To Teach Math By Matthew Clavel says, you have a better chance of getting students to In practice, however, tryingto teach a host of who doesnt want to see parents involved with their http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_3_7_03mc.html
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Extractions: The "Make Halloween a Safe and Fun Night" Program was developed specifically for local Posts and Units to help eliminate many of the accidents associated yearly with Halloween. The American Legion is the only organization in this country that promotes, sponsors, and takes an active role in a Halloween Safety program for youngsters. Publication: MAKE HALLOWEEN A SAFE AND FUN NIGHT Brochure (Stock #24-012) Designed for children. Facts on "Trick or Treat" safety.
Extractions: Click on the banner for recommended books and supplies for homeschooling A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Feature Articles - 2002 I am Ann Zeise , your guide to the best and most interesting and useful sites and articles about home education on the web. Search Home Recent Articles Events Join Email List ... Free Newsletter Site Index: A B C D ... Z Feature Articles A to Z Home's Cool Questions and Comments About Homeschooling Dateline: August 27, 2002 by Ann Zeise An upset educator wrote me today. Her questions may be some you also have, so I thought I'd put them up online. You make the assumption that there is one right way to educate children. Could you please show me any study you know of that has compared a whole lot of methods and has proven which way is the right way. Thank you. And there are many esteemed people who have NOT had a public education , but been homeschooled, tutored or taught in a private school.
Parents' Source Articles Boundaries That teach The fourth of six articles By Belinda Brinton, parents' Source,March 20 Communities getting involved and Making A Difference Excerpts http://www.parentssource.com/articles.library.html
St. Louis Education News he was still in good health so he could travel and teach at the and president of ProjectAppleseed, has some great ideas for getting parents involved in their http://www.projectappleseed.org/newstl.html
Extractions: (Karen Elshout/P-D) St. Louis school Superintendent Cleveland Hammonds Jr. has announced that he will retire June 30 after seven years at the helm of Missouri's largest school district. Using the occasion of his 67th birthday, Hammonds told several dozen people at a news conference that he had promised his family to make a decision about retirement on this day. He said he wanted to retire while he was still in good health so he could travel and teach at the university level. The announcement of the decision to retire comes at a critical time for the school district with nearly 42,000 students. Four of the seven seats on the district's school board are open in the election in April. Results of state tests this spring will help determine whether the district moves from provisional to full accreditation. A three-year teachers' contract expires in June. And Missouri legislators face a deep financial crisis that could affect how St. Louis serves its students. Hammonds noted "tremendous challenges'' he had dealt with including the end of court-ordered supervision of the area's desegregation program, financial crises in the school system, two bond elections, construction of new schools including a new Vashon High School, higher teacher salaries and the move of the district's administrative offices.
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Extractions: A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n Partnership for Family Involvement in Education Children who read at home with their parents perform better in school. Show your kids how much you value reading by keeping good books, magazine, and newspapers in the house. Let them see you read. Take them on trips to the library and encourage them to get library cards. Let children read to you, and talk about the books. What was the book about? Why did a character act that way? What will he or she do next? Look for other ways to teach children the magic of language, words, and stories. Tell stories to your children about their families and their culture. Point out words to children wherever you go to the grocery, to the pharmacy, to the gas station. Encourage your children to write notes to grandparents and other relatives. Academic achievement drops sharply for children who watch more than 10 hours of television a week, or an average of more than two hours a day. Parents can limit the amount of viewing and help children select educational programs. Parents can also watch and discuss shows with their kids. This will help children understand how stories are structured.
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Extractions: en español My name is Lorena, and 10 years ago I came to the USA from Guatemala. Now I have a son in first grade and a daughter in third grade. Schools in this country want parents to get involved with the education of their children, but I'm not really sure what to do. Besides, we're so busy! School activities are often during the day when I'm working, and at night I need to stay home to take care of the kids. Even when I go to the school, it's hard to communicate because not many teachers speak Spanish. Many Latino parents feel just like Lorena. They have many questions. What is parent involvement? What can I do at home to help my child learn better? How am I supposed to work with the preschools and schools in this country? Can I trust them? These are hard questions, but they are important questions. Children are more successful when their families are involved in their education. One of your roles as a parent is to make sure that your child receives the best education possible. To do this, you need to be involved! What do schools want in this country?
Extractions: Department of Education In the past decade there have been major changes in the philosophy and procedures of parent involvement programs (Powell, 1989). The traditional model of parent education was based, in part, on the assumption that parents were deficient in their abilities and dependent on professionals for guidance. It has been replaced by the family support model, which is based on four fundamental principles (Kagan, 1991): Every family functions as a home learning environment, regardless of its structure, economic level, ethnic or cultural background. Consequently, every family has the potential to support and improve the academic achievement of its children (Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1993). All families have certain strengths, which can be tapped into by schools and other groups seeking to build effective home-school partnerships. Among these are the following:
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Extractions: This article is provided courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education Let's Do Homework! Children who do more homework, on average, do better in school. And, as children move up through the grades, homework becomes even more important to school success. Teachers assign homework for many reasons. It can help children Homework can also help children learn good habits and attitudes. It can teach children to work by themselves and encourage discipline and responsibility. Four Things You Can Do To Help Your Child with Homework Show You Think Education and Homework Are Important. Children are more eager to do homework if they know their parents care that it gets done. Set a regular time for homework. The best time is one that works for your child and your family. Pick a place to study that is fairly quiet and has lots of light. A desk is nice. But the kitchen table or a corner of the living room can work just fine.
Extractions: Children who read at home with their parents perform better in school. Show your kids how much you value reading by keeping good books, magazine, and newspapers in the house. Let them see you read. Take them on trips to the library and encourage them to get library cards. Let children read to you, and talk about the books. What was the book about? Why did a character act that way? What will he or she do next? Look for other ways to teach children the magic of language, words, and stories. Tell stories to your children about their families and their culture. Point out words to children wherever you go to the grocery, to the pharmacy, to the gas station. Encourage your children to write notes to grandparents and other relatives. Use TV wisely Academic achievement drops sharply for children who watch more than 10 hours of television a week, or an average of more than two hours a day. Parents can limit the amount of viewing and help children select educational programs. Parents can also watch and discuss shows with their kids. This will help children understand how stories are structured.
Vocational Ed Tools for getting parents involved in the Exceptional Education Process Section 6. An advocate. parents have to become involved. parents http://www.coping.org/involvepar/voced.htm
Extractions: Chat Room Tools for Getting Parents Involved in the Exceptional Education Process - Section 6 An Overview of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities Contents: What is Vocational Education? Importance of Work What Makes a Student Employable? Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities ... My Child's Vocational Education Plan I. What is Vocational Education? The goal or purpose of vocational education is to prepare students to be ready for work and future employment. Preparing students for work, prepares them for work that is satisfying and that really contributes something. This is work they are really interested in, challenged by, and feel capable of performing. It is work that they have chosen. Every student has the right to expect that kind of work. That's what vocational education should be preparing students with developmental disabilities to do. II. Importance of
Extractions: Help for Acrobat file Does early childhood education "ready" parents for involvement in their children's school? A review of early childhood education and intervention literature suggests that these experiences can affect parents' current and future beliefs and practices (Barnard, 2001). Compared to non-preschool parents, parents of children who participated in preschool activities had higher occupational aspirations for their children, more satisfaction with their children's school performance, and greater parent involvement in elementary years at home and in school. Preschool factors positively affecting later home and school involvement include the existence, amount, and number of years of preschool, as well as follow-on activities once children reach school age. Yet in her review, Barnard also found studies suggesting that early interventions could lead to less home-school communication and involvement later on. Given the importance of this topic for children's later success, and the mixed results of prior research, we set out to explore connections between early childhood education experiences and later family involvement in education. For a full review of transition literature
