Eileen Santiago, Joanne Ferrara, Jane Quinn

Whole Child, Whole School (eBook, PDF)

Applying Theory to Practice in a Community School

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a unique examination on the ways in which educating the whole child in the community school serves to ameliorate the conditions of poverty and obstacles to learning faced by students. Using a case study approach the book will highlight the successful journey of one school that transformed itself into a community school. Given the rise in poverty nation-wide and the unprecedented economic crisis, many school districts are looking for innovative ways to garner resources for their schools. The strategies outlined in this book will provide suggestions for using the resources of community partnerships as a framework for school renewal and improvement in student achievement. The authors share their first hand experiences building a community school from the ground up, as well as providing the national perspective on community schools. Acknowledging the power of the "community" school, this book concludes with a "call to action" for the dissemination of this model and its embrace of whole child education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216305507
• Artikelnr.: 74844373

Autorenporträt

Eileen Santiago, EdD, has a career that spans 34 years as both a public school teacher and administrator. She retired after a fifteen year tenure as the principal of the Thomas A. Edison Elementary School. Her visionary leadership transformed Edison into a Community School.

JoAnne Ferrara, EdD, is associate dean for undergraduate advising and department chair of curriculum and instruction at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. She is a former urban public school teacher and administrator. She created the college's first professional development school in 2002.

Jane Quinn, M.S.W., is the Vice President for Community Schools and Director of National Center for Community Schools, The Children's Aid Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Dr. Pedro Noguera Chapter 1: Addressing the Needs of Children
Lost in Our Public Schools by Embracing the Whole Child Chapter 2: The Core
of Professional Competencies and Knowledge Essential to the Effective
Implementation of a Community School Chapter 3: Teaching, Learning and
Professional Development in the Community School Chapter 4: Community
Schools As a Results Oriented Strategy Chapter 5: Sustaining the Community
School Chapter 6: A Call To Action: National Implications for Policy and
Practice Chapter 7: A Toolkit of Resources, Ideas and Inspirations
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