Every Teacher′s Guide to Working With Parents

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Corwin Press, Jun 23, 2005 - Education - 128 pages
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Transform teacher-parent relationships into a strategy for children′s success!

While most parents strive to support their children with the best parenting practices, both teachers and parents often find themselves struggling to reconcile conflicts that can result in hostility, defensiveness, and communication breakdowns. In addition, negative public constructions of parents perpetuate this dilemma, particularly for those parents who are already marginalized through poverty or language barriers.

Working from research in three key areas-parent development and skills, social and historical family influences, and parent-school relationships-educator (and parent) Gwen L. Rudney offers teachers:

  • Useful interpretations of parent beliefs and actions
  • Compelling insight into what parents expect from teachers
  • Key ideas that characterize the struggles that parents face while raising children
  • Practical strategies designed to lead to community, trust-building, collaboration, gratitude, and friendship with parents

Straightforward chapters offer teachers everything from theory to commonsense strategies for working with parents to improve life and learning for all children.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rudney, Gwen L. Every teacher's guide to working with parents / Gwen L. Rudney. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-4129-1774-3 (cloth)—ISBN 1-4129-1775-1 (pbk.) ...
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Understanding the Lives of Parents: Why Do They Do Those Things They Do? 1 Scenario: “If the Parents Would Just ...” 1 Demands and Decisions 2 What Experts Have to Say 3 Quick Tips on Important Issues 4 Popular Literature 5 A ...
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Collaborating With Parents: How Can Teachers Build Relationships That Work? 31 Scenario: “Is It Going to Matter?” 31 Understanding Complementary Spheres of Knowledge and Influence 32 What Do Teachers Mean When They Say They Want Support ...
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Sometimes It's the Parent 53 Sometimes It's the Student 55 And Sometimes It's the Teacher 56 Conclusion 57 Additional Resources 57 Books 57 Web Sites 58 3. Advocating for Parents: What Are Powerful Messages We Can Share?
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The message that most parents are good enough is one of the reasons that I wanted to write this book for teachers and others who care about positive parent-teacher relationships. When parents and teachers work together, great things can ...

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Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Why Do They Do Those Things They Do?
How Can Teachers Build Relationships That Work?
What Are Powerful Messages We Can Share?
References
Index
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Gwen L. Rudney, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Minnesota, Morris. A teacher of language arts and social studies at the middle school level for more than a decade, her teaching and research interests include classroom processes, teacher development, multicultural education, and working with parents. She has worked with student teachers and cooperating teachers in regional, national, and international settings. She is coauthor of Maximum Mentoring: An Action Guide for Teacher Trainers and Cooperating Teachers. She enjoys serving as the chair of the Minnesota Teacher of the Year Program. In 2004, she received the University of Minnesota, Morris, Alumni Teaching Award.

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TitleEvery Teacher′s Guide to Working With Parents
AuthorGwen L. Rudney
PublisherCorwin Press, 2005
ISBN1452236798, 9781452236797
Length128 pages
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