School Days 101 provides an engaging insight into the world of education from preschool preparedness through high school adolescence. It provides “boots on the ground” feedback to help teachers, administrators, and parents navigate the complex dynamic of education in the 21st century.
Using her career in education, calling upon the paradigm of teacher, administrator, and parent, the author establishes a backdrop to provide practical and applicable feedback on some of today’s most challenging issues. School Days 101brings sage advice into each teacher’s classroom and each administrator’s office through relevant vignettes designed to help guide educators to focus on key objectives, while maintaining professionalism, and an unwavering focus on student learning.
The perfect companion for teachers, administrators, and even parents, School Days 101 guides its readers through many of the challenges children face during their academic careers. With easy to use strategies designed to decrease stress, maximize collegiality, and expand student success, this book is one that will be read, referenced, and recited for generations to come.
Introduction
Kindergarten Readiness?
Imagination: The Key to Learning
Reimagining the School Week
The Value of Playtime
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Zero Tolerance Examined
Redshirting Kindergarten
Dyslexia Discussed
Just Say No to Zeros
On the Road Again
Semester Stress
Demystifying Differentiation
The Real Impact of High School Students Who Work
Pre-K for All
Reaching for Rigor
Apples to Apples?
Classroom Management 101
Senioritis, Fact or Fiction
STEM Growth
Now You See Them. . .
Customer Service, P-12 Style
Out of the Box
The Value of a Routine
The Ungraded Primary
Lefties Unite
Farewell to the Bell
Learning from Lexiles
To Friend or Not to Friend
Little Uniformity on Uniforms
Time on Task
Sedentary Secondary Schools
Keeping Tabs
Communicating with Today’s Teen
Bibliography
Biography