{"product_id":"quick-and-easy-ways-to-connect-with-students-and-their-parents-grades-k-8-improving-student-achievement-through-parent-involvement-9780761931805","title":"Quick and Easy Ways to Connect with Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8: Improving Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement","description":"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Novice teachers should find Mierzwik′s book to be quite helpful as they face the many challenges of modern-day classroom teaching.\"\u003cbr\u003eKent Hayden, Field Supervisor, Student\/Intern Teachers\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Redlands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As a veteran teacher, I wondered what this book could teach me. Well, it taught me valuable ideas, some new, some long forgotten. It resulted in my brain processing a deluge of new ways to look at old behavior problems.\"\u003cbr\u003eLinda Mercier, High School French Teacher\u003cbr\u003eConestoga Valley High School, Lancaster, PA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an excellent resource for veteran and beginning teachers. It contains a number of simple, practical, useful, and effective ideas, suggestions, and practices that can be easily implemented.\"\u003cbr\u003eBernard Cavanagh, Director of Curriculum, Secondary\u003cbr\u003eYucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District, Yucaipa, CA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Diane Mierzwik offers an approach to teaching which is both humane and effective. Her suggestions are backed by years of experience and research and will help everyone, from the brand new teachers to the old hand.\"\u003cbr\u003eMartha Plender, Co-Director, Inland Area Writing Project\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of California, Riverside\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave fewer confrontations with students, gain support from parents, and increase student achievement!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe research is indisputable. The more involved parents are with their child′s education, the more successful that child will be in school. Therefore, finding ways as a teacher to reach out to students and their parents is crucial in improving academic performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuick and Easy Ways to Connect With Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8 provides strategies to enrich the classroom environment, motivate students, and improve communication with parents. Supplying numerous sample forms, documents, and letters that teachers can use or adapt for their own purposes, author Diane Mierzwik offers simple, classroom-tested methods for building relationships with students and their parents. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned for both beginning and experienced teachers, this hands-on guidebook includes information on: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFacilitating constructive parent-teacher conferences \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreparing for Back-to-School nights \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaching out to uninvolved parents \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalking to parents about troubled students \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotivating even the most difficult students \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing e-mail as a communication tool and other time-saving tips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe activities, suggestions, and techniques in this book can help any teacher make a substantive impact on the lives of students. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Diane Mierzwik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Corwin Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761931805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane Mierzwik currently teaches seventh and eighth grade English at Parkview Middle School for the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District in California. In her 16 years of teaching, she has had experience with first- through 12th graders. She has been Gifted And Talented Education coordinator, Leadership team member, Department Head, a mentor teacher, completed the Inland Empire Writing Project, and served as a Language Arts consultant for the California Language Arts Project. She is also the author of Quick and Easy Ways to Connect With Students and Their Parents, available from Corwin Press, and Wishes in the Field, a middle grade historical fiction novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Corwin Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45290032824435,"sku":"9780761931805","price":64.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_879d7c71-d00f-41ef-914d-04afe3101aaa.jpg?v=1785331309","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/quick-and-easy-ways-to-connect-with-students-and-their-parents-grades-k-8-improving-student-achievement-through-parent-involvement-9780761931805","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}