Preparing educators to communicate and connect with families and communities
By: edited by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt.
Contributors: Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano, 1944-
Series: Language, literacy, and learning
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Parent-teacher relationships -- New York (State) -- Case studies.; Home and school -- New York (State) -- Case studies.; Community and school -- New York (State) -- Case studies.; Communication in education -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: Home-to-school communication / Grace Ibanez Friedman; Ascertaining and influencing pre-service teacher disposition(s) to family engagement / Tracy Knight Lackey; Ways in which teachers may incorporate the cultural and social contributions of family into schools / Ellen Chernoff; Activities to empower parents as collaborators in their children's education / Amanda Fenlon; Positive leadership for family engagement / Peter L. Kozik; Afterword: culturally relevant or culturally responsive pedagogy / Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt.