Middle Schoolin'

Read about the challenges, humor, and rewards of teaching, as well as classroom tragedies and successes, that take place in inner city public schools. These 50 vignettes describe human-interest, middle school events.

Have you ever feared for your life? Have you ever been accused of something that was not your fault? Have you ever had a conversation with someone and they suddenly say something disrespectful? These scenarios emerge from real-life situations experienced by two Los Angeles middle school teachers. In Middle Schoolin, authors Frank Palacio and Paul Rallion share fifty vignettes garnered from their collective years working with teenage students.

Based on interactions with students, parents, and other education professionals, the stories both educate and entertain and include anecdotes that are humorous, sad, tragic, hopeful, uplifting, and thought-provoking. The vignettes reveal the day-to-day challenges that teachers face and the rewards that are often bestowed as a result.

From the knife-toting male to the watch-swiping student, and to the late-to-class-again girls, this collection provides a glimpse into the modern-day classroom. Addressing valuable moments in teaching, Middle Schoolin opens the classroom doors to provide an insight into the human element of education. It reinforces the idea that education can transform lives and that today 's youth are the world 's greatest resource.

Middle School 201, More Tips for Teachers is a continued compilation of teaching techniques that have worked for the author over the years. It can help middle school teachers with techniques on instruction and procedures engaging students and parents, supporting other teachers, and advice on things outside the classroom. These tips represent a compilation of professional journal entries as Paul has continued to engage extensively in self-reflection. This book fulfills the need for educational resources for educators, based on his teaching experience, teaching methods, and collaboration with other teachers.

Parents are a child's first teachers. Middle school students begin as children and move on to high school as young adults. Since this phase of schooling only lasts 3 years, it often receives the least attention. In Middle School Parents, Paul Rallion offers tips for middle school parents, which have worked for the parents he has met in his career as an educator and as a parent himself. These tips can be used right away.

Tips for Life, 101 Ways to Live Better, is a compilation of life advice that has worked for the author over the years. It can help anyone, regardless of experience and knowledge. The book covers a wide range of topics, including tips for better health, how to save money, tips to use electronic devices and making life easier. These tips represent a compilation of advice and better way to live that Paul has collected as self-reflection. This book fulfills the need for resources for everyday living, based on advice received, researched, or leaned by trial-and-error.

No matter what your background is, this book has something to offer. From computer basic concepts to online productivity with Google Docs, and from basic drawing to photo editing with Google Photos, this book provides an insight to a wide variety of computer programs. Whether you would like to read more about software to increase your productivity or just for fun, this book is for you. The handouts and post-activities presented here have served to introduce and enrich many computer applications. In My COMPUTeachER, author Paul Rallion shares an entire coursework that he has built from scratch in the last 20 years as a computer instructor at the elementary, middle school, and adult education levels. This collection can now be yours to use and enjoy!

Do you smoke cigarettes or know anyone who does? Read about the challenges of smoking cigarettes, the rewards of quitting, as well as the possible tragic events that may occur if one doesn't quit smoking. In Kick Smokin' author Paul Rallion shows how he learned to smoke, how he struggled with cigarettes, and how he quit smoking. He developed a successful method to quit smoking without the use of drugs or chemicals, which worked for him. If you have never smoked, this book offers a motivational story as well. If you are facing a challenging situation, you can get ideas to help you overcome it. The story in this book can be applied to many of the goals you may be working towards. It can help smokers and non-smokers alike with techniques and ideas from goal setting to achieving success. Kick Smokin' will show you: - How to get ready to quit smoking and then do it. - How to set a goal within a time frame and how to achieve it. - How to help someone who is struggling with a bad habit.

Middle School 101, 101 Tips for Teachers, offers a compilation of teaching techniques that have worked for the author over the years. The goal of this book is to provide secondary teachers with information they can use right away. Read these tips, and think how you can apply them to your own teaching practice.

Whether the reader is, has been, or will become a middle school teacher, or a middle school student or parent, this book provides a close look at life in middle school: How challenges emerge and obstacles are overcome, as well as how one student turned his life and his school around.

Many middle school students don't see the dangers of not working to their potential. Involuntarily encouraged by social promotion and other factors, they may not reach a turning point until, in some cases, it is too late.

In Turning Point, authors Paul Rallion and Chuck Wong present the reality of many middle school students, some of whom believe that all they have to do is sit pretty in class. Yet, there are other students who show tremendous academic growth. What makes them do well?What's their turning point?

Middle Schoolin'

Read about the challenges, humor, and rewards of teaching, as well as classroom tragedies and successes, that take place in inner city public schools. These 50 vignettes describe human-interest, middle school events.

Have you ever feared for your life? Have you ever been accused of something that was not your fault? Have you ever had a conversation with someone and they suddenly say something disrespectful? These scenarios emerge from real-life situations experienced by two Los Angeles middle school teachers. In Middle Schoolin, authors Frank Palacio and Paul Rallion share fifty vignettes garnered from their collective years working with teenage students.

Based on interactions with students, parents, and other education professionals, the stories both educate and entertain and include anecdotes that are humorous, sad, tragic, hopeful, uplifting, and thought-provoking. The vignettes reveal the day-to-day challenges that teachers face and the rewards that are often bestowed as a result.

From the knife-toting male to the watch-swiping student, and to the late-to-class-again girls, this collection provides a glimpse into the modern-day classroom. Addressing valuable moments in teaching, Middle Schoolin opens the classroom doors to provide an insight into the human element of education. It reinforces the idea that education can transform lives and that today 's youth are the world 's greatest resource.

?Has visitado una o mas de las viejas Misiones espanolas en California? Lee sobre el viaje del autor a traves de las 21 Misiones en California junto con su esposa Mary, y su hija Anais. En este libro encontraras hechos entretenidos y caracteristicas particulares de cada Mision. En las Misiones de California, Visitando las 21, el autor Paul Rallion proporciona informacion util para visitar cada Mision. No tienes que visitar todas las Misiones de una vez, por supuesto, pero con este libro, estaras equipado con suficiente informacion para hacer que cada visita sea agradable. Este libro te guiara en un viaje inolvidable a traves de las Misiones.

Los padres son los primeros maestros de un nino. Los alumnos de escuela intermedia comienzan como ninos y pasan a la secundaria como adultos jovenes. Dado que esta fase de la educacion solo dura 3 anos, a menudo recibe la menor atencion. En Padres de Escuela Intermedia, Paul Rallion ofrece consejos para padres de escuela intermedia, que han funcionado para los padres que ha conocido en su carrera como educador y como padre. Estos consejos se pueden usar de inmediato.

Consejos para la vida, 101 maneras de vivir mejor, es una compilacion de consejos para la vida que han funcionado para el autor a lo largo de los anos. Puede ayudarle a cualquier persona, independientemente de su experiencia y conocimiento. El libro cubre una amplia gama de temas, incluyendo consejos para una mejor salud, como ahorrar dinero, consejos para usar dispositivos electronicos y hacer la vida mas facil. Estos consejos representan una compilacion de consejos y una mejor manera de vivir que Paul ha recopilado como auto-reflexion. Este libro cumple con la necesidad de recursos para la vida cotidiana, segun los consejos recibidos, investigados o apoyados por prueba y error.

Voce fuma cigarros ou conhece alguem que fuma? Leia sobre os desafios do tabagismo, os beneficios de parar de fumar, e a tragedia que poderia ocorrer se voce nao deixar esse vicio. Esta nao e uma maneira chata parar de fumar. Deixe de fumar e uma historia sobre licoes de vida, desafios, motivacao, determinacao e sucesso. Em Deixe de fumar, o autor Paul Rallion desenvolveu uma maneira eficaz para parar de fumar sem o uso de drogas ou produtos quimicos. Se voce nunca fumou, este livro oferece uma historia edificante. Se voce esta enfrentando uma situacao dificil, voce pode obter ideias para ajuda-lo a supera-la. A historia neste livro pode ser aplicada a varios objetivos em que voce pode estar trabalhando. Ele pode ajudar os fumantes e nao fumantes com as tecnicas e ideias para forjar metas. Deixe de fumar vai lhe mostrar: -se preparar para deixar de fumar e em seguida, faze-lo. -estabelecer um objetivo dentro de um periodo de tempo e como alcanca-lo. -ajudar alguem lutando com um mau habito.

?Fumas cigarrillos o conoces a alguien que fuma? Lee sobre los retos de fumar, los beneficios de dejar de fumar, asi como la posible tragedia que puede ocurrir si uno no deja esa adiccion. Este no es un metodo aburrido para dejar de fumar. Deja de fumar es una historia sobre lecciones de la vida, motivacion, retos, metas, determinacion y exito. En Deja de Fumar, el autor Paul Rallion muestra como aprendio a fumar, su lucha contra el cigarrillo, hasta que se decidio a dejarlo. Paul desarrollo un metodo eficaz para dejar de fumar sin el uso de drogas o productos quimicos. Si nunca has fumado, este libro te ofrece una historia motivadora que se puede aplicar a varias metas en las que puedas estar trabajando. Le puede ayudar a fumadores y no-fumadores por igual con tecnicas e ideas desde forjar metas a conseguir el exito. Deja de fumar te mostrara como: - alistarte para dejar de fumar y luego hacerlo. - trazarte una meta y como lograrla. - ayudarle a alguien con dificultades con un mal habito.