This edited collection examines the means to create, maintain, and enhance welcoming colleges and universities in the United States and abroad with personal accounts, case studies, models, programs, and other frameworks written by practitioners in higher education. The contributors explain how they have created inviting classrooms; established friendly educational experiences both within and beyond the classroom; engaged faculty and enhanced the teaching experience; and developed instruments to assess invitational strategies in higher education from a global perspective.

Fierce and irreverent, these dot-to-dots lead you to a fabulous finish! Pick up a pencil and prepare to go wild with it! Twenty fresh puzzles from the talented hand of Jennie Edwards will keep you guessing right to the end – when each reveals a stunning drag queen in their glorious pomp. The puzzles have been prepared and tested by the same team that created the first-ever series of dot-to-dot puzzles for grown-ups. That revealed legions of enthusiastic dot-to-dot fans who will be thrilled to discover these brand new challenges.

Dog-loving puzzlers will love chewing on these relaxing dot-to-dots. Fall in love with these cunningly canine line art puzzles! Twenty new illustrations from the talented hand of Jennie Edwards will keep you guessing right to the end - when each reveals a loveable dog doing something irresistibly doggy. The photography is by Instagram sensation Doggy Pawtraits, and the puzzles have been prepared and tested by the same team that created the first ever series of dot-to-dot puzzles for grown-ups. They revealed legions of enthusiastic dot-to-dot fans who will be thrilled to discover these brand new challenges.

In See Me Read: Teaching Packet for Teachers, Tutors & Parents, Evelyn Palmer Mooney provides a time-tested method for teaching students of all ages to read, Pre-K through adult. Based on years of research and practice, the book contains a compilation of strategies for teaching reading along with word lists, short stories and jingles, and questions to enable beginning readers to practice the skills they are learning. Since the materials only contain the words that students are prepared to read as they advance through the levels, they can feel successful from the beginning and practice effective decoding skills. Mooney moves from teaching consonants, to introducing vowels and helping students read beginning words, to providing strategies for introducing beginning and ending consonant blends. She then moves to teaching syllabication as a method for teaching spelling. In addition, she provides numerous word lists that will help both children and adults to spell words correctly and make sense of the English language. All learners will benefit from reading this book Whether you are a teacher who has taught students to read for years, a tutor who is teaching beginning readers or older students, a parent who is teaching your child to read, an adult who would like to become an even better reader and speller, or an adult or child who is learning English as a second language, this book is for you You will discover little known facts about the English language that will enable you to be even more effective

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by everything you want to accomplish as a teacher? Do you ever wish you were better organized for the school day? Experienced educator Jenny Edwards offers positive and practical ideas for more effectively using your time to accomplish your goals. Start by analyzing how you use time now and identifying areas you'd like to improve. Then apply more than a dozen time-management strategies, such as breaking a task down into doable pieces, touching paper or e-mail only once, and learning when to say no. With time-saving tips for planning lessons, assessing students, keeping records, communicating with parents, delegating tasks, and more, this timely publication will show you how to make the most of the hours you have-so you can spend them on what matters most.

The economic and political empowerment of women continues to be a central focus for development agencies worldwide; access to medical care, education and employment, as well as women's reproductive rights remain key factors effecting women's autonomy. Feminisms, Empowerment and Development explores what women are doing to change their own personal circumstances whilst providing an in-depth analysis of collective action and institutionalized mechanisms aimed at changing structural relations. Drawing on unique, original research and approaching empowerment as a complex process of negotiation, rather than a linear sequence of inputs and outcomes, this crucial collection highlights the difficulty of creating common agendas for the advancement of women's power and rights, and argues for a more nuanced, context-based approach to development theory and practice. An indispensible text for anyone interested in gender and development, this book shows that policies and approaches to development that view women as instrumental to other objectives will never promote women's empowerment as they fail to address the structures by which gender inequality is perpetuated over time.