Quick and Easy Ways to Connect With Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8: Improving Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement
"A novice teacher should find Mierzwik’s book to be quite helpful as they face the many challenges of modern day classroom teaching."(Kent Hayden, Field Supervisor, Student/Intern Teachers)"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."(Linda Mercier, High School French Teacher)"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."(Bernard Cavanagh, Director of Curriculum, Secondary)"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."(Martha Plender, Co-Director, Inland Area Writing Project)"This book is not only for the beginning teacher, but for the seasoned teacher that needs new and innovative ways of touching the lives of our growing student population with diverse needs."(Lynn Anderson, School Psychologist)"This book is chock full of ideas that can be put into place immediately. From personally greeting each child every morning to conducting parent conferences, the author provides practical, easy-to-accomplish strategies for building relationships that let students and parents know you care."(Principal Navigator, March 2007 2007-04-10)