Ridnouer, Katy.

Everyday engagement : making students and parents your partners in learning / Katy Ridnouer. - Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, c2011. - 219 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-211) and index.

The groundwork for engagement. Seeing the person before you -- Invitations. Sending the pro-engagement message -- Making inroads with resisters -- Regrouping and rebounding after rejection -- Interpersonal responses. Creating relationships -- Fostering participation -- Engagement challenges. Creating more effective learning opportunities -- Reframing perspectives -- Extensions. tapping outside resources -- Conclusion: be the difference, be the advocate.

Katy Ridnouer explains what you need to do to lay the groundwork for student-parent engagement and roll out a year-long strategy that keeps students in class, behavior in check, and learning on track. --from publisher description

9781416611257 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1416611258 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010037671


Education, Secondary--Parent participation.
Community and school.
Educational leadership.

LB1048.5 / .R535 2011

371.19/2