Writing the Playbook - A Practitioner''s Guide to Creating a Boy-Friendly School

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Kelley King is a Corwin author and has been a  Visible Learning consultant since the North American launch in 2013.  With over 35 years of service in K-12 schools, Kelley has worked in both public and private schools and in regular education, special education and gifted education. As an award-winning school principal, Kelley's success in leading initiatives to close gender achievement gaps has been featured on  The Today Show , in  Newsweek  magazine, on  National Public Radio , in EdWeek, in  Education Leadership  and more.  Kelley's book with Corwin Press is titled  Writing the Playbook: A Practitioner's Guide to Creating a Boy-Friendly School  and is a K-12 "how-to" guide for raising boys' achievement, reducing discipline and fostering a sense of belonging and relevance for boys at school. Kelley has written two other books that take a brain-based approach to addressing gender gaps for girls in math and science and boys in literacy. Kelley holds a Doctorate of Education in Educational Administration and Leadership and a Masters Degree in Special Education. Klappentext Your game plan for getting boys on the path to higher achievementAs a school leader, Kelley King has walked the talk: she successfully led her own staff to close the achievement gap between boys and girls in reading and writing in just one year. In this book, readers get King's step-by-step, research-based leadership plan for jump-starting boys' achievement. King shares: Critical insight into the brain-based differences between boys and girls First-hand leadership and classroom experiences to provide educators with a blueprint for creating schools where boys (and girls!) thrive Ready-to-use activities and resources for leading a successful gap-closing initiative Zusammenfassung This "how-to" book is the perfect mix of theory and practice for the busy educator who needs an immediate game plan for getting boys on the path to higher achievement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Michael Gurian Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Making the Call: Is There Really a Boy Crisis? Final Buzzer 2. Getting Your Head in the Game: "Need-to-Knows" about the Male Brain Laying the Groundwork Why Do These Sex Differences Exist? Our Beginnings Does That Mean That Our Abilities Aare Fixed? The Male Brain 101 Is There Such a Thing as an "Extreme Male Brain"? The Male Adolescent Brain It¿s Nature AND Nuture The Final Buzzer 3. Chalk Talk: A Game Plan for Moving Your Team down the Field School Climate and Culture - What¿s the Difference? Activities for Your Professional Learning Communities Got Data? Getting Teacher Buy-In SMART Goals Developing an Action Plan School Improvement and Teacher Growth Developing a Yearlong Professional Development Plan The Final Buzzer 4. Leveling the Playing Field: School Policies and Procedures That Don¿t Squeeze Boys out Expectations and the Stereotype Threat Discipline Time, Place, and Manner Grades and Homework Banning Aggression Themes The Final Buzzer 5. Touching Base: Relationship-Building to Guide Boys on Their Journey The Social-Emotional Lives of Boys Forging Positive Relationships With Boys Male Mentoring and Role Models The Final Buzzer 6. The Ground Game: Setting up Classrooms That Help Boys Succeed Physical Arrangement of the Classroom Classroom Procedures The Final Buzzer 7. Hitting It out of the Park: Game-Winning Instructional Strategies for Boys (and Girls!) Lecture Strategies Movement Strategies Student Interests Strategies Real-World Learning Strategies Student Choice Strategies Visual-Spatial Strategies Technology Strategies Competition Strateg...

Product details

• Authors: Kelley King, Kelley King, Kelley E. King, KING KELLEY E
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2013
• EAN: 9781452242989
• ISBN: 978-1-4522-4298-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system