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The School Improvement Network increases student learning by improving teacher quality through professional development resources and services that are practical, researched-based, and proven to increase student achievement. We can either manage your entire school improvement program, which includes training, evaluation, and on-going implementation guidance; or, we can supplement your current efforts with our award winning video, online and CD-ROM-based professional development?every solution we offer features real teachers in real classrooms applying research-based practices. In business for over 15 years, the School Improvement Network has visited over 3,000 classrooms throughout North America helping thousands of school systems increase student learning.
Without understanding the world of poverty that some children come from, educators will have great difficulty in helping them achieve in schools that are based on middle class values. Our program teaches educators how to accept, accommodate, and affirm students from an impoverished background, many of which are minority students. All of our programs are focused on driving classroom implementation and increasing student learning.
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The culture of poverty refers to the unique set of beliefs, behaviors, and ways of living that impoverished people transmit to their children from generation to generation. Because the vast majority of educators hold middle class values, which are very different from those held in the culture of poverty, they can find it difficult to understand and work with students who come from impoverished backgrounds.In Working with Students from the Culture of Poverty, expert Mary Montle Bacon examines the culture of poverty and how educators can come to understand and reach students from this culture. The program helps educators examine their own values and the importance of creating classroom environments where difference is the norm. Also, the program outlines three key principles that educators must learn and implement in order to better understand and teach their impoverished students: acceptance, accommodation, and affirmation. Acceptance focuses on acknowledging that although students from a culture of poverty may not have the same tools as other students, they do have unique strengths. Accommodation refers to making adjustments in the school environment that favorably respond to the characteristics of poor students and allow them to understand and learn. Finally, affirmation concentrates on raising expectations, engaging families, and celebrating the successes of students from the culture of poverty. From this program, educators will learn how to adjust and change their teaching methods to reach and encourage students of poverty.
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Our Working with Students from the Culture of Poverty program includes everything you need for over 8 hours of ongoing professional development training. Both a Facilitator Pack and Teacher Packs are included.
The Facilitator Pack has all the necessary tools for ongoing group training. Included is material for follow-up, in-depth and differentiated teacher learning, and group discussions and activities.
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The Teacher Pack is a companion to the Facilitator Pack. It is designed for teachers to individually study the material presented in the group training, allowing for greater internalization and classroom implementation.
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Learn about our process guaranteed to drive classroom implementation
1. Use the instruction video programs to enhance live training and to allow teachers to review materials. The videos are designed for group settings and are broken into segments to allow for several training sessions. Both Elementary and Secondary Editions are available, and each contains examples from urban, suburban, and rural schools.
2. Use the Implementation Guide contained in the Facilitator Pack to introduce key concepts and guide discussions in each group training session.
3. Use the Teacher Pack to guide self-study, to show real examples of the strategies, and to provide implementation projects and activities that will increase the use of specific tactics in the classroom. The Teacher Pack provides detailed follow-up for teachers.
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