Now available on CD: Beyond the grade retention vs. social promotion debate: New perspectives on promoting school success
Your price includes free transcript ($50 value) $197.00
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For: Principals, Assistant Principals, Special Education Directors, Teachers and all concerned educators Educate your staff for one low price! Your purchase includes PowerPoint presentation and CD of 90-minute audioconference. SNAPSHOT: It's the proverbial no-win situation: Do you retain a student who isn't meeting standards or do you ignore the standards and promote the student to the next grade?
Educational research has documented many of the negative effects of retention from lagging achievement in later grades to an increased risk for dropping out. Yet, social promotion is hardly a good option. It only perpetuates a system that graduates students who can barely read and write.
In this audioconference, Dr. Sharon Palsha introduces a new perspective on grade retention in grades K-3 by providing strategies that North Carolina school systems have used in helping children meet with school success. While her focus is on grades K-3, most of the strategies are also relevant to middle schools and high schools.
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CD, Powerpoint and transcript $247
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To order CD, and complete transcript: In her presentation, Dr. Palsha will share successful alternatives to grade retention. Key steps include: - Early Intervention--Successful districts use K-2 Assessments and other instructional assessments to identify children who need extra support as soon as possible.
- Interventions in the regular classroom setting--Successful districts create teams of regular education teachers, special education teachers, and other specialists to develop the interventions.
- Parent Involvement --Successful districts partner with parents, working closely with them as soon as problems are identified.
- After-School Support--Successful districts offer extra support to low-achieving students after the regular school day by using volunteers as well as regular school personnel.
Other topics covered in Dr. Palsha's dynamic presentation include: - Summer School--Many successful districts offer summer school as a way for students to catch up and have concentrated instruction in a smaller setting with new instructional techniques implemented.
- Early Literacy--Successful districts provide intensive early literacy experiences for all children, with a special emphasis on those who begin school with few literacy experiences.
- Professional Development--Successful districts recognize the importance of educating all staff members about interventions for low-achieving students. Schools often provide intensive training on a particular intervention.
- Taking advantage of community resources--Volunteers are trained so that they approach instruction in a way that is consistent with the philosophy of the school.
- Instilling a 'can-do attitude'--Successful districts view their mission as trying to do everything possible to avoid student failure.
To order by phone, call 1-207-632-1954. Purchase orders may be faxed to: 815-461-5647 WHO'S IT FOR? Superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, curriculum directors, special education directors, teachers, education consultants and other concerned educators. ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Palsha is an author of the report, "North Carolina Early Grade Retention in the Age of Accountability," published by Partners in Research Forum at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). FPG is one of the oldest multidisciplinary centers devoted to the study of children and families. Most of the institute's work addresses young children ages birth through eight years. Dr. Palsha spent eight years as a special education teacher and 15 years as a researcher at FPG before joining the School of Education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where she is now a clinical assistant professor and coordinator of the undergraduate Child Development and Family Studies Program. As part of her research on retention, Dr. Palsha works with mentor teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School system and closely followed several North Carolina school districts that have been successful in keeping student achievement high while, at the same time, reducing retention rates.
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