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Patricia A. Edwards - New Ways to Engage Parents - 9780807756713 - V9780807756713
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New Ways to Engage Parents

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Description for New Ways to Engage Parents Paperback. Just as populations change, ideas about how to encourage and work with parents also need to evolve. This practical resource by bestselling author Patricia Edwards provides school leaders and classroom teachers with new and creative ways in which to welcome, encourage, and involve parents. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JNF; JNKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.

Just as populations change, ideas about how to encourage and work with parents also need to evolve. This practical resource by bestselling author Patricia Edwards provides school leaders and classroom teachers with new and creative ways in which to welcome, encourage, and involve parents. Enacting these types of practices requires a special kind of commitment from teachers and school leaders, which often coincides with a particular kind of mindset about families and one’s responsibility to engage them. Educators often develop this mindset as they deepen their understanding of families, literacy/language, culture/race/class, and themselves. Edwards pulls these understandings together and presents ... Read more

Book Features:

  • A clear view of the changing community demographics and what that means for teachers and administrators.
  • Strategies for communicating with parents, including the use of technology.
  • The best times to make contact with parents.
  • Examples of how to bring parents together for meaningful activities.
  • The importance of understanding parental constraints and the need to meet them halfway.
  • Approaches for overcoming “school ghosts” as well as negative histories and perceptions in the community.
  • Additional resources available online, including an extended example of a parent-teacher-student conference.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807756713
SKU
V9780807756713
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-20

About Patricia A. Edwards
Patricia A. Edwards is professor of language and literacy in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University and former president of the Literacy Research Association and the International Reading Association. Her books include Bridging Literacy and Equity and Change Is Gonna Come. Dr. Edwards received the 2020 Literacy Research Association's Oscar S. Causey Award to recognize a LRA ... Read more

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