Inviting families into the classroom : learning from a life in teaching /
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| Author / Creator: | Strieb, Lynne Yermanock. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Teachers College Press ; Berkeley, CA : National Writing Project, c2010. |
| Description: | xvii, 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The practitioner inquiry series Practitioner inquiry series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8007583 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. I'm a Parent and a Teacher: How My Own Experiences Have Informed My Stance Toward Parent Involvement
- My Family
- Early Teaching Experience
- Parent Activism in Germantown
- Influence of These Experiences on My Teaching
- 2. Learning About Parental Concerns, Interests, and Issues
- My Newsletter to Parents: An Invitation to Inform Me
- Parents' Communications to Me
- Comparing Documents
- 3. Homework: The School at Home
- Why I Gave Homework
- Informing Parents
- Some Examples
- Parents' Responses
- My Current Thinking
- 4. Children's Behavior and Parents' Reactions
- My Classroom and School
- Informing Parents About Behavior
- Parents' Reports About the Behavior of Other People's Children
- Parents' Varied Responses
- What I Learned, What I Wondered
- 5. Opening the Classroom Door: Inviting Parents and Preparing to Work Together in Classrooms
- The Parent Scholar Program
- Why I Invited Parents
- My Newsletter: An Invitation to Work in the Classroom
- Preparing to Work Together
- Difficult Times
- When Parents Don't Enter the Classroom
- 6. Bringing Home into School: Parent Work in the Classroom
- Doing What Needed to Be Done
- Participating by Bringing and Sending
- 7. Learning from a Life in Teaching
- Authority and Trust
- What I Learned or Might Have Done Differently
- Principals, Administrators, and a Welcoming Atmosphere
- Teachers and Parents
- Some Further Concerns
- Final Thoughts
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author
