Angels and Superheroes (eBook)

Compassionate Educators in an Era of School Accountability

Jack M. Jose, Krista L. Taylor (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
202 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3803-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Angels and Superheroes provides support for teachers to who wish to build a culture of trust and compassion in the classroom, while maintaining high academic standards to manage the culture of standardized test accountability. This book provides engaging examples, concrete strategies, and implementable resources to meet the needs of children.

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The school accountability movement's focus solely on improving standardized test scores is dehumanizing. There is no standardized child. In the rush to quantify, evaluate, and ostensibly improve the American educational system, we have forgotten that education is complicated. Any attempt to distill it into a simplistic measure will fall short - and will compromise the nobility of the work.How can teachers continue to do the incredibly challenging work of effective education in an environment that can be downright damaging?We can save the soul of education by resisting the dehumanization of students. Teachers can shield children by embracing social-emotional learning, building trust, and displaying compassion. There is no quick-fix to creating a nurturing relationship. There is no single data point that can measure it. Teachers must commit to being present, paying attention, maintaining consistency, engaging in hard work, practicing humility, and working together.Angels and Superheroes provides specific, reproducible practices designed to help teachers cultivate trust and compassion, while managing the pressures of the testing movement. With time-proven theories and cutting-edge research, this book provides engaging examples, concrete strategies, and implementable resources to support teachers in bridging the divide between why they chose this career field - the children, and that which is currently being required of them - the test scores.

Autor

Jack M. Jose became the Principal of Gamble Montessori High School in 2009 after having taught in Cincinnati Public Schools for 14 years. He earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescent English Language Arts in 1997. Krista L. Taylor is an intervention specialist and CPS Lead Teacher with a passion for including students with a wide range of disabilities. In 2015, Krista was named the Western and Southern Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year in Cincinnati Public Schools.

Inhalt

Foreword- Paula Polk LillardBibliography

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: Community • compassionate teaching • Elementary School • helping troubled kids • High School • inclusive teaching • middle school • Montessori • professional development • student behavior • student discipline • student teacher trust • supporting students • Teacher leadership • Teachers • teacher student relationships
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3803-4 / 1475838034
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3803-9 / 9781475838039