Partnering with Families for Student Success
24 Scenarios for Problem Solving with Parents
Rand J Spiro author Patricia A Edwards author Lisa M Domke author Ann M Castle author Kristen L White author Marliese R Peltier author Tracy H Donohue author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Teachers' College Press
Published:12th Apr '19
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This book helps teachers gain confidence and build sensitivity when interacting with caregivers and families who speak different languages and may come from different cultural, racial, and social backgrounds. By presenting various scenarios, the authors invite readers to reflect on issues they will face as practicing teachers in classrooms and across school districts. Chapter modules cover common challenges teachers face in a variety of situations, including conducting honest parent–teacher conferences, dealing with discipline issues, responding to confrontational parents, and educating neurodiverse students. Each module includes questions, worksheets, and background information for developing asset-based approaches, and each explores more than one solution to the challenges presented. This essential resource shows teachers how to consider caregivers’ and students’ underlying needs so they can better shape responses to the unique, changing situations in which they find themselves.
Book Features:
- Suggests strategies for navigating a variety of challenging situations teachers may face in working with caregivers to support students.
- Employs co-author Dr. Rand Spiro’s Cognitive Flexibility Theory to help teachers build a repertoire of flexible responses to the many variations of caregiver situations that will arise.
- Offers a format designed so that readers can practice how to select, adapt, and combine knowledge to fit their unique situations and experiences with families. <
"If you and your school are looking for a clearly written, nuanced guide to making sense of local challenges in order to create an environment where all families feel welcome and empowered to participate in the schooling of their children, then this may be the book you have been waiting for."
—Teachers College Record
" Partnering with Families for Student Success helps teachers gain confidence and build sensitivity when interacting with caregivers and families who speak different languages and may come from different cultural, racial, and social backgrounds. By presenting various scenarios, authors invite readers to reflect on issues they will face as practicing teachers in classrooms and across school districts."
—Sir Read a Lot
ISBN: 9780807761687
Dimensions: 235mm x 162mm x 15mm
Weight: 445g
224 pages