Originally Broadcast on November 24, 2008 and was rebroadcast on March 30, 2009 and January 18, 2010• $249
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It’s discouraging when students are constantly off-task, disruptive, and problematic in the classroom.

We want to teach, and students don’t always make it that easy to do so. We all know that feeling.

According to Dr. Allen Mendler, author and expert on student discipline, students really do want to learn. It’s just a matter of tapping into their desire to learn and encouraging them to stay on task.

Discipline with Dignity is an approach to behavior management that offers research-based methods for preventing discipline problems and effective interventions for discipline problems when they occur. Discipline with Dignity’s goal is getting students to want to behave.

Discipline with Dignity will teach you to

• Use practical strategies for increasing your effectiveness with tough students
• Use classroom proven strategies for preventing disruptive student behavior
• Handle power struggles and student conflicts more successfully
• Respond effectively to the many minor nuisances that affect instruction
• Reduce and prevent most conflicts
• Develop an effective discipline plan
• Maintain dignity and self-respect during the discipline process
• Distinguish the difference between obedience-based and responsibility-based discipline

Who should attend?

• Classroom Teachers
• Administrative staff

   

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  About the Presenter:
  Allen Mendler, Ph.D. is an educator and school psychologist who resides in Rochester, New York. He has worked extensively with children of all ages in regular education and special education settings. Dr. Mendler has consulted to many schools, day and residential centers, including extensive work with youth in juvenile detention. Dr. Mendler’s emphasis is on developing effective frameworks and strategies for educators, youth professionals and parents to help difficult youth succeed. As one of the internationally acclaimed authors of Discipline with Dignity book, Dr. Mendler has given many workshops and seminars to professionals and parents, and is highly acclaimed as a motivational speaker and trainer for numerous educational organizations.

  He is the author or co-author of 13 books including Power Struggles: Successful Techniques for Educators, What Do I Do When…?, Motivating Students Who Don’t Care, Connecting with Students, Discipline with Dignity for Challenging Youth and More What do I do When. His most recent publication, Handling Difficult Parents is a practical handbook that offers proven strategies that all educators can use to set the right tone with difficult parents. His articles have appeared in many journals including Educational Leadership, Kappan, Learning, Reclaiming Children and Youth, and Reaching Today’s Youth. Dr. Mendler has been recognized for his distinguished teaching by the Bureau of Education and Research, and was a recipient of the coveted Crazy Horse Award for having made outstanding contributions to discouraged youth.

   

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  Originally Broadcast on November 24, 2008 and was rebroadcast on March 30, 2009 and January 18, 2010• $249
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  Originally Broadcast on August 9, 2010 • $249
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  A new school year brings a new crop of students, new rules and laws to implement, maybe new technology to introduce and probably the most important new commodity you will have – a new teacher. You were just so relieved to find a qualified candidate you forgot that was only the first step in the new hire’s long journey.

  You want this teacher to feel welcome, exceed your expectations and become a long-term member of your academic community. Research suggests that up to 50% of new teachers leave the profession during the first five years. Teachers who are hired, and then supported in their jobs through induction programs not only provide better teaching, but also may stay in the profession longer.

  The first few years of teaching are challenging, even for the best new hires. All new teachers struggle, but a strong teacher induction program provides support to new hires and helps to ease their transition into the profession. Induction is like a big umbrella that shelters the new teachers from the storm of the demands of teaching.

   

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  Strategies for induction that are reviewed:

  • Ongoing support seminars throughout the year
  • Orientation before the school year begins
  • A mentoring program
  • Book studies or other small group work
  • Building social networks

  After viewing Helping Beginning Teachers Succeed: 5 Strategies for Induction you will be able to:

  • Create orientation programs for new hires
  • Organize ongoing support seminars for new teachers that take place throughout the first year
  • Know what makes orientation and ongoing seminars work and know what hot topics to include to help new teachers
  • Plan a mentoring program that pairs new hires with experienced teachers
  • Plan the training needed for the mentors
  • Plan book studies and other small group professional learning communities for new teachers
  • Plan for social events and networking that help new teachers get established
  • Evaluate and assess the teacher induction programming

   

  About the Presenter:
  Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in Georgia. She is the author of seven books, including How to Interview, Hire, and Retain High-Quality New Teachers and Building the Best Faculty. She has presented on the topic of teacher hiring at national ASCD, NAESP, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Delta Kappa conferences. A high school foreign language teacher for eight years, Clement received her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before entering higher education.

   

   

   

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  Originally Broadcast on August 9, 2010 • $249
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Originally Broadcast on May 10, 2010 • $249
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While there are many discipline programs principals can implement, there are general strategies that she can adopt to ensure that the disciplinary action is fair and a learning experience for both the student and the teacher. Dealing with Student Discipline focuses on specific strategies to deal with students, teachers and parents.

Principals who deal with student discipline need to be fair and consistent and must have the skills to communicate the disciplinary action to everyone involved. Even when the correct criteria is met the principal may face criticism. Some of the criticism is unavoidable but the principal must make the best call that she can make.

Former principal and superintended Suzanne Tingley will reviews appropriate steps principals can take to make sure the disciplinary actions of students are consistent, fair and communicated to all parties involved effectively.

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After viewing Dealing with Student Discipline you will be able to:

• Explain why their school-wide discipline policy should be part of the school culture for everyone, not just for students who get into trouble
• Identify and resolve points of conflict between teachers and principals regarding the application of the school discipline code
• Address problems of inconsistency in applying school rules
• Identify the “circle of discipline” a principal should use when dealing with a student who has been removed from the classroom
• Develop a plan for including teachers, principals, students and parents for a periodic review of the discipline program

About the Presenter:
Suzanne Tingley began her career in education by teaching English in Paraguay, South America as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She was a high school and middle school English teacher and Department Chair for 10 years before becoming the Academic Dean at a private school. Returning to public education 5 years later, she served as an elementary school principal for 3 years and then became a superintendent of schools, retiring in January 2008 after 15 years in that position.

Tingley has published over 60 articles in education journals including seven Commentaries in Education Week, the education journal of record. One of her essays was included in The Last Word: The Best Commentary in American Education (Education Week Press 2007).

She is an adjunct professor for the State University of New York in the Department of Education Administration and was recognized by the university with an award for her “unique contributions” to the program. She is an “Outstanding Administrator Award” recipient, given by the New York State School Library Association. In 2007 she was named a “Woman of Distinction” by the New York State Senate. She has served on many boards, including the Board of Trustees of the local college.

She has taught many workshops and seminars and currently works as an education writer and consultant. Her book, How to Handle Difficult Parents: A Teacher’s Survival Guide (Cottonwood Press 2006) received very favorable national reviews and was praised by nationally syndicated columnist John Rosemond in his column shortly after the book appeared.

She holds a BA from The Ohio State University and an MS from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Available in CD or print transcript format. The CD contains a video presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard computer equipped with the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-in. Our CDs are not compatible with Macintosh computer systems. Presenter’s handouts are included as a PDF on CDs and in hard copy with transcript purchases. For a discount, you can receive both the CD and transcript in a convenient package.

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Originally Broadcast on May 10, 2010 • $249
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Originally Broadcast on May 17, 2010 • $249
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School districts receive hundreds of applications for a limited number of job openings. Yet, retaining quality teachers is a top priority for administrators who want to build a quality faculty. Administrators face constant criticism over teacher retention and hiring. Parents are vocal if teacher turnover is high. And hiring new teachers isn’t cheap. New teachers need training in the school district’s curriculum and mentoring new hires takes time from everyone’s schedule.

It’s a lot less expensive, less time-consuming, and better for students if a school can retain the teachers it already has. However, no one wants a teacher who is not a good fit for the school or the kids. A teacher who burns out, but stays in the classroom isn’t doing herself or her students any good.

For many years, educators and policy makers have heard about the research regarding teacher dropouts. Fifty percent of all new teachers leave the profession within the first five years. The revolving door at the district’s H.R. office hurts staff morale, and impedes the continuity of the school’s mission and curriculum.

Inside The School’s online seminar Ways to Retain Teachers When Budgets are Tight will focus on strategies for retaining quality teachers. Keeping in mind the school’s tight budgets, the ways to retain teachers can include very important, yet very affordable, support programs. Retention is best thought of as a continuum that begins with hiring and includes opportunities for teachers’ professional leadership.

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In Ways to Retain Teachers When Budgets are Tight you will:

• Learn how to understand the need for hiring new teachers who are the right match for the job opening
• Learn how to see the value of induction programs for increasing the retention of new hires
• Provide supervision that is collegial and helps the new hire
• Learn how to establish professional learning communities that allow new teachers to study common classroom issues with other teachers
• Know how to set a businesslike tone in the workplace
• Personalize administrator support of new teachers
• Be able to plan professional development opportunities that are effective and reasonably priced
• Know how to provide teachers with leadership opportunities in the school and district

About the Presenter:
Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in Georgia. She is the author of seven books, including How to Interview, Hire, and Retain High-Quality New Teachers and Building the Best Faculty. She has presented on the topic of teacher hiring at national ASCD, NAESP, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Delta Kappa conferences. A high school foreign language teacher for eight years, Clement received her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before entering higher education.

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Originally Broadcast on May 17, 2010 • $249
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Part 1: Breaking Barriers: How Teachers Can Help Black Males Achieve

Help African-American Males Achieve Academic Success

The declining graduation rate of black males is a national problem and getting worse. The current high school graduation rate for black males hovers around the 50% mark according to the Open Society Institute’s Campaign for Black Male Achievement. This trend can be reversed with the commitment of educators who can influence these young men and encourage them to succeed.

Inside the School’s online seminar Breaking Barriers: How Teachers Can Help Black Males Achieve presents practical applications educators can use to reach out and help school-aged African-American males succeed.

Presenter Dr. Ivory Toldson will review the findings from national surveys and explain how they can be used as classroom solutions. His research discusses the importance of personal, emotional, social and school factors and how those factors impacts academic success for black males.

Toldson will discuss a first-hand experience an educator had on him as a student and how that teacher steered him on a path to academic success. Toldson will review the importance of building relationships with students and give advice on how to act as a long-term guide to them.

In Breaking Barriers: How Teachers Can Help Black Males Achieve you will review factors that have been linked to academic achievement in black males. These factors are:

• Personal and emotional factors, including emotional well being and self-esteem, future aspirations, nutrition, peer relationships and substance use
• Family factors, including household composition, parents’ education and parents’ relationship with children
• Social and environmental factors, including economic standing, population density, the juvenile justice system, and civic, community, school-based and extracurricular activities
• School factors, including perceptions of school, relationships with teachers and school safety

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Part 2: Breaking Barriers: Reducing Gang Violence, Improving Security and Creating a Culture of Learning in Schools

Establish priorities and review the best practices for educators in schools with violence and other gang-related activity

Currently, more than one third of all students from 5th-12th grade report gang activity at their schools. Breaking Barriers: Reducing Gang Violence, Improving Security and Creating a Culture of Learning in Schools will highlight original analyses of nearly 4,600 students who completed the National Crime Victimization Study – School Crime Supplement. From that study, educators will learn ways to guide students away from gang violence and toward academic success.

Presenter Dr. Ivory Toldson shares characteristics of students and schools most likely to be affected by school violence, and the effectiveness of commonly implemented school violence reduction strategies. The seminar will emphasize the emotional toll school violence has on students, and how teachers, counselors, and school administrators can create an environment to help students overcome violence-related stress and enjoy higher levels of academic success.

Breaking Barriers will discuss the increased anxiety, lower levels of academic achievement and satisfaction among students and how educators can support student success. Educators will review practices for confronting school violence and explore the unintended consequences of violence awareness.

In Breaking Barriers: Reducing Gang Violence, Improving Security and Creating a Culture of Learning in Schools you will review:

• Shared characteristics of students and schools most likely to be affected by school violence
• The efficacy of commonly implemented school violence reduction strategies, such as metal detectors and violence prevention programs
• The emotional toll school violence has on students and school personnel
• How educators, counselors, and school administrators can cultivate an environment to help students overcome violence-related stress and enjoy higher levels of academic success and school satisfaction

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About the Series…

In the 2-part-series, Breaking Barriers, the entire school staff can watch the presentation as a group for staff development training or they can watch it on their preparation hours from the convenience of their own home. Your entire school district will have the 2-part-series at their fingertips for years to come.

The seminar is presented in a special browser window that features a slide show presentation in one panel and sound and playback controls in another panel. The seminar can be viewed on a single computer screen or be projected onto a larger one for a group setting.

The entire 2-part package is delivered in one convenient binder that contains the CDs, handout materials and transcripts.

Who would benefit from this series?

• Administrators
• Teachers
• Counselors
• Support staff members
• School psychologists
• Community Stakeholders

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More about Ivory Toldson
Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is an associate professor at Howard University, Senior Research Analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Editor-In-Chief of The Journal of Negro Education, the country’s oldest black continuous publication. Dr. Toldson is the author of Breaking Barriers: Plotting the Path to Academic Success for School-age African-American Males. He has held visiting research appointments at Emory, Drexel, and Morehouse School of Medicine.

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Originally Broadcast October 6, 2008 and rebroadcast on May 24, 2010

As you know, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, ensures that student data will be kept confidential. Student records are more than just the last quiz grade; they deal with students on the free or reduced-price lunch program, the students’ address, and the number of siblings a student has.

No matter how trivial the data and regardless of whether it’s electronic or hand-written, student records are protected by law.

• Is everything part of the student record? What if a substitute teacher writes a note about a student’s behavior? Is that protected?
• Is a student’s parole record part of her student record?
• Is a videotape that the students create in class part of their records?

In response to recent school shootings and the Patriot Act, the U.S. Department of Education proposed in May 2008 the largest changes to FERPA in 20 years.

• Are students enrolled in online classes considered in attendance?
• Will schools be required to give out student addresses and phone numbers unless parents sign a paper that refusing to allow the school to distribute directory information?
• Is information about student alumni still considered private?
• Are peer-graded papers protected under FERPA?

In this video online seminar, School Law: Pupil Records – Rules, Responsibilities, and Requirements, participants will learn about the current privacy law, the proposed changes, and how the law affects classroom teachers.

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After viewing this online video seminar, participants will have a better feel for FERPA and the proposed changes to the privacy law. Participants will learn:

• How to apply FERPA requirements in the school setting
• How to identify legal restrictions for use and disclosure of pupil records
• How the recent changes to FERPA will impact the classroom

About the Presenter: Thomas Shorter
Thomas N. Shorter is a shareholder in the Employment, Health Care and Education Practice Groups in the Madison, Wis., office of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Tom represents health care and educational institutions, providing counsel in labor and employment and regulatory matters such as collective bargaining, FMLA compliance, discrimination issues, discipline and discharge, services for children with disabilities, IDEA, Section 504, ADA, HIPAA, EMTALA, Stark, and Anti-Kickback issues. His heath care practice includes working with hospitals, physicians’ groups, research institutions and other health care organizations. His education clients include public and private K-12 educational institutions.

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Originally Broadcast October 6, 2008 and rebroadcast on May 24, 2010

Originally Broadcast on May 3, 2010 • $249
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Every teacher has experienced it at one time or another, most likely on a daily basis. When you ask students an open-ended question that requires critical thinking the students aren’t waving their hands in the air or blurting out answers. Instead, they’re looking at you with blank stares. The more you encourage your students to think, the more confused the students become and their stare just intensifies.

You are not alone dealing with the blank stare. It’s not something new either; students have been giving teachers that empty look since teachers began asking them to think for themselves.

Former teacher, professor and author Stanley Pogrow, Ph.D, decided to try to understand why students stare when they are asked to think critically and abstractly. Over 20 years ago he developed the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) program to explore the effects of providing an intensive conversation environment as a substitute for supplemental drill and test prep.

Inside the School is offering a Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills for Educationally Disadvantaged Students seminar to address the blank stare. Presenter Stanley Pogrow, Ph.D, discusses how to encourage students to think beyond the obvious and move their questions and answers from recall to analysis. His research of 2,600 schools showed that with the right type of engaging and consistent conversation, the blank stares disappear and students can participate in thought-provoking discussions.

In Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills for Educationally Disadvantaged Students you will be able to:

• Learn why students seem to not understand what it means to think or understand how to use and generalize ideas
• Learn to develop thinking skills via key conversation and questioning techniques, and why approaches to develop such skills have historically not been effective with students born into poverty
• What you as a teacher and school can do to overcome the blank stare and develop your students’ ability to spontaneously engage in higher order thinking
• Know how, and under what conditions, thinking skills enhance content learning

Who should attend?

• Teachers
• Teaching Assistants
• Administrative staff

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About the Presenter:
Stanley Pogrow is a professor Emeritus of education at the University of Arizona and a professor of Educational Leadership at San Francisco State University. Dr. Pogrow specializes in advanced forms of teaching and learning to reduce the achievement gap. He is the author of more than 120 articles and 5 books, including: Teaching Content Outrageously: How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning, Grades 4-12 (Jossey Bass). He is the developer of the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) project for Title I and LD students that has been adopted in 2600 schools nationally. He is also a very dynamic speaker.

Pogrow earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University, an M.B.A from Bernard Baruch University and his B.S. from the City College of New York.

Pogrow earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University, an M.B.A from Bernard Baruch University and his B.S. from the City College of New York.

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Originally Broadcast on May 3, 2010 • $249
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Originally Broadcast on April 19, 2010 • $249
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Administrators and teachers have most likely taken courses in child development, psychology, understanding emotional needs and motivating students. But let’s face it – there is little or no training in the teacher hiring process. Strategies to Improve Teacher Hiring changes that. This online seminar will help you sort through the stack of candidates and select the right person.

Strategies to Improve Teacher Hiring will help you decide what skills a successful teaching candidate should have, develop the right questions to ask, understand how to evaluate answers, find the right applicants and much more.

Many schools create a committee to select the next teacher and the committee members may all agree unanimously on a candidate. But does that make the candidate the right choice? Teachers, department chairs, administrative staff and board members all have a different idea of what a qualified teaching candidate is. Even when their ideas converge, the candidate still might not be a good fit for the students, the school, or the district.

Author, professor, speaker and former high school teacher Mary C. Clement has written several books on the hiring process and knows how to attract top-quality educators and how to decide who the best fit is. Her 60-minute seminar will leave you with more confidence in selecting the right candidate to teach in your district.

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In Strategies to Improve Teacher Hiring you will learn:

• How to write a job advertisement that is "truth in advertising"
• How to take the skills listed in the job advertisement and turn them into behavior based interviewing style questions
• How to complete the steps for writing the behavior-based interview questions
• How to use 4-5 questions for the preliminary phone and job fair questions
• How to use behavior based interviewing questions in the all important on site interview
• How to create an interview evaluation instrument and/or rubric
• Training in illegal questions that can not be asked
• How to make the final hiring decision
• How to use interviewing as a recruitment tool for your district

About the Presenter:
Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in Georgia. She is the author of seven books, including How to Interview, Hire, and Retain High-Quality New Teachers and Building the Best Faculty. She has presented on the topic of teacher hiring at national ASCD, NAESP, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Delta Kappa conferences. A high school foreign language teacher for eight years, Clement received her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before entering higher education.

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Available in CD or print transcript format. The CD contains an audio presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard computer equipped with the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-in. Our CDs are not compatible with Macintosh computer systems. Presenter’s handouts are included as a PDF on CDs and in hard copy with transcript purchases. For a discount, you can receive both the CD and transcript in a convenient package.

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Originally Broadcast on April 12, 2010 • $249
60-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar

Originally Broadcast on April 26, 2010 • $249
60-Minute Recording of Video Online Seminar

When teachers attempt to bring up new content, they can be met with groans, excuses, pointless requests, requests to go to the bathroom, and so on. Inside the School’s online seminar Teaching Content Outrageously will review strategies and ideas teachers can apply to their lesson plans that will put a stop to the time wasting and non-engagement.

Presenter Stanley Pogrow, Ed.D., believes that when teachers apply their imagination to teaching, students will apply their imagination to learning. He will review tips on the best way teachers can start developing outrageous lesson plans, apply the best of conventional and outrageous teaching and gather the courage to attempt at least one outrageous lesson.

Teachers that do take the leap of faith to teach outrageously might discover changes in student behavior and attitude. An unusual teaching approach or lesson can get even the most uninterested students participating. The imaginative, playful and old-fashioned weird lessons will also leave a lasting impression on students and open new doors to your teaching style.

The techniques you will learn in Teaching Content Outrageously will provide practical ways to realize the ideal that drew you to the teaching profession in the first place: inspiring your students.

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In Teaching Content Outrageously you will be able to:

• Learn why creative approaches to teaching increase learning
• Know why the approach of outrageous instruction is unique in the application of creative technique to the teaching of content standards
• Learn the basic lesson planning techniques of developing outrageous lessons
• Learn the schoolwide and teacher benefits of outrageous instruction

About the Presenter:
Stanley Pogrow is a professor Emeritus of education at the University of Arizona and a professor of Educational Leadership at San Francisco State University. Dr. Pogrow specializes in advanced forms of teaching and learning to reduce the achievement gap. He is the author of more than 120 articles and 5 books, including: Teaching Content Outrageously: How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning, Grades 4-12 (Jossey Bass). He is also a very dynamic speaker.

Pogrow earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University, an M.B.A from Bernard Baruch University and his B.S. from the City College of New York.

Available in CD or print transcript format. The CD contains an audio presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard computer equipped with the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-in. Our CDs are not compatible with Macintosh computer systems. Presenter’s handouts are included as a PDF on CDs and in hard copy with transcript purchases. For a discount, you can receive both the CD and transcript in a convenient package.

For your convenience, you may order online and pay with a purchase order or check. Simply select the "Bill Me" option. You may also order by phone at 1-800-433-0499 ext. 2 or by fax/mail by downloading the PDF order form.

All of our products have a satisfaction guaranteed policy. It’s simple – if you are not satisfied with your CD or transcript, contact us and we’ll refund your money. No questions asked.

Originally Broadcast on April 26, 2010 • $249
60-Minute Recording of Video Online Seminar

Or click here for the downloadble PDF order form or call 1-800-433-0499 ext. 2.

Originally Broadcast on April 12, 2010 • $249
60-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar

Some people outside education might think school is simply teachers teaching and students learning. Shame on them. We know that today’s learning experience involves much more than that. To truly excel in academics, students need empowered administrators, active community members, and supportive parents.

The student-teacher relationship is just one component of student success. We need to bring the other two on board.

Inside the School’s seminar on CD Communicating with Parents and Community Stakeholders will review the vital need to increase parent and community involvement as a part of school improvement. The discussion will provide ideas for educators to address the significant and often overlooked component of student achievement – parent involvement. After viewing the seminar teachers, administrators and staff will better understand how to begin and keep the important dialogue with parents.

Presenter Vera Blake Ph.D. is a retired principal, author of several books and a former state principal of the year. As a consultant to school districts across the country, she understands the current challenges schools face as well as the future trends in education. Blake will focuses on successful approaches for schools that are experiencing rapidly changing demographics and increasing requirements to meet higher standards.

After viewing Communicating with Parents and Community Stakeholders you will be able to:

• Identify school district stakeholders
• Understand the importance of parent involvement at all levels
• Know the difference between inclusion and involvement
• Know ways to provide timely information to parents
• Apply techniques to bring families, area businesses and students together
• Build trust with community stakeholders

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About the Presenter: Dr. Vera J. Blake
Vera J. Blake, Ph.D. is the retired principal of Falls Church High School. A graduate of St. Paul’s College (B.S.), the University of Virginia (M.Ed) and Vanderbilt University (Ed.D), she served as principal for 12 years at Homes Middle School; both schools are located in Fairfax County, Virginia. She was a contributing author to the book, Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Schools: Middle School Change (NMSA, 2001), co-authored "Middle School Partnerships: The More, the Better" (Principal Magazine, Fall, 1999) and "Addressing Diversity Through Partnerships" (Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Summer, 1998). Dr. Blake was the 2000 Virginia Middle School Principal of the Year, the 1999 Fairfax County Principal of the Year, and a 2000 Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leader.

Currently, Dr. Blake is working as a school improvement coach/consultant in several school districts including: Illinois, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Michigan, Nebraska, Virginia, Hawaii, Texas, and Washington, DC. In addition, she was the lead coach for all of the K-12 U.S. Virgin Island Public Schools. She maintains a professional interest in curriculum supervision and in middle and high school levels of teacher and administrator preparation. Dr. Blake continues to serve as a professional development consultant to ASCD and as a consultant and coach to schools and districts to improve schools and student achievement. She is an ASCD cadre member for What Works in Schools and Differentiated Instruction and she is a NMSA Site-Based Services Cadre member.

Yes, I want Communicating with Parents and Community Stakeholders

Or click here for the downloadable PDF order form or call 1-800-433-0499 ext. 2.

Available in CD or print transcript format. The CD contains an audio presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard computer equipped with the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-in. Our CDs are not compatible with Macintosh computer systems. Presenter’s handouts are included as a PDF on CDs and in hard copy with transcript purchases. For a discount, you can receive both the CD and transcript in a convenient package.

For your convenience, you may order online and pay with a purchase order or check. Simply select the "Bill Me" option. You may also order by phone at 1-800-433-0499 ext. 2 or by fax/mail by downloading the PDF order form.

All of our products have a satisfaction guaranteed policy. It’s simple – if you are not satisfied with your CD or transcript, contact us and we’ll refund your money. No questions asked.

Originally Broadcast on April 12, 2010 • $249
60-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar