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This book is designed to be a valuable resource for all educators
who seek to gain a better understanding of learning disabilities,
effective classroom practices, and meeting the instructional,
emotional, and social needs of struggling students. Educators will
benefit from the extensive research provided in the book and they
will gain a thorough understanding of the importance of creating,
supporting, and maintaining valuable interventions and how to do so
effectively.
School superintendents, business managers, central office leaders,
elected officials, industry leaders, educators, and aspiring
practitioners in the field of education will find this book a
useful resource in understanding innovative ways to stretch limited
school resources or to improve the scope and quality of services
and programs offered to deserving students. Approaching educational
entrepreneurship by leveraging public and private partnerships is
the primary focus throughout the book. Where available, real-world
examples from school districts across the country are presented to
provide the reader with ideas to consider and potentially emulate.
Appreciating that there are innumerable ways for school leadership
to pursue entrepreneurialism, chapters that represent a wide
cross-section of common areas of educational practice were selected
for inclusion. It should not be surprising, then, that such topics
as curriculum development, educational technology, cooperative
purchasing, higher education relationships, grant writing,
foundation planning, and special education service delivery were
all examined as potential public-private partnership opportunities.
Improving schools in the twenty-first century will require new ways
of approaching age-old challenges, not the least of which centers
on increasingly scarce public funding. In response, the authors
invite all readers to join the quest of applying the principles of
entrepreneurship to schools to make them even stronger for the next
generation.
Educators, parents, and those who work with middle school students
in various settings will find this book to be a valuable addition
to their library. Early adolescence is a time of tremendous change
with the potential for positive development in the academic,
social, and emotional domains; yet, often this age group struggles
to adjust to the transition of middle school and the tasks that are
required to be successful there. The authors -- both of whom are
seasoned educators and administrators -- cover a variety of topics
germane to positive development. These include social and emotional
development, current research on the adolescent brain, and the
academic challenges of entering middle school. There are also
chapters on contemporary issues such as bullying, social media, and
inclusive leadership. Parents will find suggestions for how to
support their middle school child, and educators will discover a
wealth of best practices to incorporate into their interactions
with early adolescents and their families.
The Burden of Being a Boy: Bolstering Educational Achievement and
Emotional Well-Being in Young Males is written for everyone who has
a stake in the health and well-being of contemporary American boys
and adolescents—parents, educators, counselors, educational
administrators, student services personnel, higher education
faculty, and students studying education and psychology. Mainly
though, this is a book for those who are committed to seeing all
boys grow and thrive while avoiding what has been termed as toxic
male culture in this, and other, countries. While this book largely
focuses on understanding the roles that schooling and upbringing
play on boys’ development, it explores this complex topic with a
clear belief that there are myriad factors that influence each
boy’s developmental trajectory and that there are many ways to
promote healthy, prosocial development among all young men.
The world of special education can sometimes feel like a confusing
place to novice teachers and families; however, The Special
Education Toolbox: Supporting Exceptional Teachers, Students and
Families is a primer that everyone can use to become an expert in
their own right. Beginning with a brief walk through special
education history and including the basics of assessment and IEP
writing, this book considers student success from a variety of
perspectives to include the role of the paraprofessional, the
home-school connection, and transition planning to name just a few.
The Special Education Toolbox will easily be one of the most used
books on the shelf in any office, classroom, or home.
The world of special education can sometimes feel like a confusing
place to novice teachers and families; however, The Special
Education Toolbox: Supporting Exceptional Teachers, Students and
Families is a primer that everyone can use to become an expert in
their own right. Beginning with a brief walk through special
education history and including the basics of assessment and IEP
writing, this book considers student success from a variety of
perspectives to include the role of the paraprofessional, the
home-school connection, and transition planning to name just a few.
The Special Education Toolbox will easily be one of the most used
books on the shelf in any office, classroom, or home.
Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse: Safety, Security, and
Student Well-Being was written as a resource guide for educational
and mental health professionals and policymakers, as well as
families and communities seeking to develop programming to reduce
school violence and promote safe, engaging, and effective schools.
This book explores the growing crisis in school safety and security
through the lens of the roles that mental health and student and
community well-being play in creating environments that are
resistant to violent and antisocial behavior. The book gives
practical information and research on school, classroom or
community applications, the latest trends and issues in the field,
and best practices for promoting student health and well-being. It
also covers violence prevention measures and protocols to follow in
crisis intervention situations. Issues of culture, gender and
society are specifically addressed.
The Soul of the Schoolhouse: Cultivating Student Engagement's
primary focus is to help readers understand the many, diverse
factors that make up engaged learning and students' motivation to
learn. The authors acknowledge the importance of cognitive aspects
of education and the techniques that skilled educators use to
enhance the learning process; such information is contained in
chapters on motivation and models of thinking about how to engage
those in our schools. This tome also reflects the essential and
interrelated nature of emotional, social, spiritual, and relational
elements of engagement in the learning process. As such, chapters
of this book cover such topics as educational leadership for
engaged learning, school-community connections, co-curricular
activities, models of curriculum design, and school law and
policies that bolster student learning, as well.
With the continued rise in the diagnosis of autism for school-aged
students, particularly in the United States, the need for tailoring
our instructional practices and programs for this population is at
a pivotal point. Embracing and Educating the Autistic Child:
Valuing Those Who Color Outside the Lines, takes a look at the
extensive research pertaining to the unique learning needs and
characteristics of the autistic student. The authors provide
valuable insights into how educators, school leaders, parents,
community members and college professors can turn the tide to
academic success for this population of students.
This book was written as a resource guide for educational and
mental health professionals and policymakers, as well as families
and communities seeking to develop programming to reduce school
violence and promote safe, engaging, and effective schools. This
book explores the growing crisis in school safety and security
through the lens of the roles that mental health and student and
community well-being play in creating environments that are
resistant to violent and antisocial behavior. The book gives
practical information and research on school, classroom or
community applications, the latest trends and issues in the field,
and best practices for promoting student health and well-being. It
also covers violence prevention measures and protocols to follow in
crisis intervention situations. Issues of culture, gender and
society are specifically addressed.
Captivating Classrooms explores the specific role that student
engagement plays in education, it argues that there are myriad
factors that undergird meaningful student learning and
participation-such as motivation, exciting teaching strategies,
reinventing literacy instruction, and authentic assessment. This
book is an extremely valuable handbook for school leaders,
teachers, and support staff, as well as for parents of PK-12
students, aspiring educators, and higher education faculty who
prepare pre-service teachers and administrators. This is a
must-read for those who are committed to helping all students find
their purpose and passion in education.
Captivating Classrooms explores the specific role that student
engagement plays in education, it argues that there are myriad
factors that undergird meaningful student learning and
participation-such as motivation, exciting teaching strategies,
reinventing literacy instruction, and authentic assessment. This
book is an extremely valuable handbook for school leaders,
teachers, and support staff, as well as for parents of PK-12
students, aspiring educators, and higher education faculty who
prepare pre-service teachers and administrators. This is a
must-read for those who are committed to helping all students find
their purpose and passion in education.
This book was written as a resource guide for educational and
mental health professionals and policymakers, as well as families
and communities seeking to develop programming to reduce school
violence and promote safe, engaging, and effective schools. This
book explores the growing crisis in school safety and security
through the lens of the roles that mental health and student and
community well-being play in creating environments that are
resistant to violent and antisocial behavior. The book gives
practical information and research on school, classroom or
community applications, the latest trends and issues in the field,
and best practices for promoting student health and well-being. It
also covers violence prevention measures and protocols to follow in
crisis intervention situations. Issues of culture, gender and
society are specifically addressed.
As a result of this distressing information on the challenges
facing our educators, this book was written to highlight approaches
and strategies that have been found to improve student outcomes.
Administrative factors, educational policy and law, implementation
of evidence-based teaching practices, collaborating with teachers'
unions, fostering partnerships with parents as well as community
organizations, meaningful professional development, and
considerations for early childhood and special populations of
students have been found to play a role in achieving such improved
results.
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