community and school

"A resource guide designed to help teachers, administrators, students and parents incorporate the practice of Circles into the everyday life of the school community... offers comprehensive step-by-step instructions for how to plan, facilitate, and implement the Circle for a variety of purposes within the school environment. It describes the basic process, essential elements and a step-by-step guide for how to organize, plan, and lead Circles. It also provides over one hundred specific lesson plans and ideas for the application of Circles in the following areas of school life: learning and establishing a Circle practice; establishing and affirming community norms; teaching and learning in Circle; building connection and community; promoting social-emotional skills; facilitating important but difficult conversations; Working together as adults; engaging parents and the wider community; developing students as leaders in peer Circles; [and] using Circles for restorative discipline"--Amazon.com.

"Teaches readers how to use design thinking principles to become positive change-makers in their school communities. Beginning with a detailed look at the steps involved in design thinking, readers are guided through the process so they can design their own solutions to big issues--from inclusivity to bullying to learning needs"--Provided by publisher.

The author reflects on the #Iwishmyteacherknew movement, and how the emotional answers to this statement from students all over the world has launched more meaningful dialogue on issues of family, poverty, isolation, divorce, and hunger.

"Make responsible digital citizenship part of your school's culture. Use this book's community-based approach to building digital citizenship to teach, learn, and thrive in today's digital environment... Educators, parents, and students will discover how to: protect privacy and leave positive online footprints, understand creative credits and copyright freedoms, foster responsible digital behaviors through safe and secure practices, and enlist all stakeholders to help ingrain digital citizenship into the school culture."--Publisher.

Collects essays on school improvement, covering topics such as instructional focus at the school level, district level change, and large scale reform.

The third book in the "What's Worth Fighting For?" trilogy, arguing that strong, open, and interactive connections must be forged with communities in order to bring about significant improvements in teaching and learning within the schools.

Presents a collection of essays the provide an examination of violence in schools, providing information for educators and administrators that includes workable solutions for stemming the growing problem.