Parents & Teachers Working Together

by Carol Davis & Alice Yang (2005, NE Foundation for Children, 24.00)
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Offers a wealth of manageable ways to cultivate positive school-home relationships. Specific, do-able suggestions include laying the groundwork for a good year by welcoming parents into the classroom community during the crucial first six weeks of school, mailing "Good News" postcards a few times a year, and inviting parents to share their hopes and dreams for their child. [8.5" x 10"...224 pages]

The Essential Conversation: What Parents & Teachers Can Learn from Each Other

by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (2003, Ballantine, 13.95)
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Renowned Harvard professor Lawrence-Lightfoot imparts wise and useful advice on how parents and teachers can improve a child's education through the parent teacher conference—the dialogue between the most important people in a child's life. [6.5" x 9.5"...288 pages]

Teacher Talk!: The Art of Effective Communication

by Cheli Cerra & Ruth Jacoby (2003, Jossey-Bass, 19.95)
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An essential guidebook for all teachers that presents effective strategies for handling 52 common situations and simple ways to communicate with students, parents, and administrators. Features worksheets, checklists, sample letters, and lots more. [10" x 8"...205 pages]

Parent Contracts to Improve School Behavior

by Susan Smith (1997, MarCo, 8.95)
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How to set up, implement, and evaluate a program to improve school behavior. Instructions can be reproduced and given to parents enabling them to keep the "at hand" information they need to make the program a success. Includes reproducible behavior contracts, examples of school-related target behaviors, weekly evaluation sheets, recognition suggestions, and awards. Grades K-8. [8.5" x 11"...32 pages]

Pass-Along Papers: 52 Parent Handouts Ready to Photocopy & Pass-Along

by Barbara Kuczen, et al. (1999, Active Parenting, 39.95)
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Copy these handouts and "pass along" common sense strategies for dealing with the behavior problems that are most often encountered. Each two-sided flyer describes a typical childhood challenge--aggressive behavior, bed-wetting, stuttering and television, to name a few--explains some factors influencing the problem. You'll find a list of suggestions for each problem and encouragement to come up with a Family Action Plan. [8.5" x 11"...110 pages]

Powerful Parent Letters for K-3

by Mary Duggan (1997, Corwin Press, 27.95)
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You will save countless hours with the more than 100 letters and other communications ideas here. These ready-to-use letters will educate parents on the practices that work with young children and give you a chance to elicit support for your classroom methods and philosophy. Includes classroom strategies, sample letters, and outlines to help you write about any topic. [8.5" x 11"...142 pages]

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