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Condition
Used--good
Description of
Used Offering
2003; Paperback; No notes/hiliting; Clean pages; No dog-ears; Strong binding
Media
Book; Paperback
Release Date
2003-04
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN or ASIN
0740735233
SKU
44057 E
Product DescriptionEducational leaders and parents agree that parents must be involved in their children's education for them to reach their potential. But even students whose parents are actively engaged in their education can underachieve if their teachers aren't focused on the right things. What should parents do then?A+ Teachers empowers parents with the knowledge needed to ensure their kids get the best education they can right now. The book walks through the basic teaching skills every teacher must master to be successful and then gives parents the tools needed to analyze how their kids' teachers measure up. This groundbreaking book then provides the steps for working with teachers, the school administration, and the PTA to ensure that all teachers in their local schools acquire these critical skills if they don't possess them already.Parents will learn how to assess and encourage improved performance in their children's classrooms by uncovering:o What's really involved in effective teachingo How to better support their kids' teacherso Strategies for raising the level of instruction for all kidso How to be more education-committed parentso How to inspire their children to fulfill their academic potentialThere is not another book available that emboldens, empowers, and enlightens parents about what really goes on in today's classrooms. With A+ Teachers as their guide, parents will be armed with the ability to quickly evaluate their children's teachers-and then foster high standards within their schools.
Average Customer Product Rating
A Must-Read Book for Educators!
I highly recommend Dr. Karres' book, A+ Teachers, as a teaching tool for educators themselves. While this book was written to help parents discover ways to empower their child's teacher, I found this book to be eye-opening and equipping for myself as a teacher. The book is filled with valuable teaching tips, checklists, and surveys, which teachers can use to assess their own performance and ensure they are measuring up to higher standards of excellence in the classroom. Not only does Dr. Karres' book offer practical wisdom from her 35 years of teaching experience, but the book is filled with new ideas that many teachers may not have considered in their teaching practice. In addition, this book is a bridge builder between parents and teachers, providing both with strategies to see that we help our children succeed inside and outside the classroom. A+ teachers was clearly written by an A+ teacher herself. I feel her book has inspired and encouraged me to become a the teacher depicted on the pages of her book. It is simply a must-read.
An EXCELLENT Empowerment Guide for parents and kids!
As an experienced parent, middle school and elementary teacher, and independent empowerment coach/consultant -- someone suggested<br>I read this book and I just finished it. IT IS EXCELLENT -- a well-written and well-organized approach for parents, caregivers, and children/tweens/teens to get a handle on what really happens in the teaching/classroom and overall educational communications process(es)...and it has chapter by chapter explanations and guides to direct and help parents and students to open up positive, compatible, and successful doors for improved teacher/student relationships to improve the learning and classroom experience IN ANY GRADE. I like the way the author, Ms. Karres, ( who is obviously very scholarly in the field of education), writes in such a down-to-earth manner and has such a clear understanding of what all parties (teacher, parent, and student) go through sometimes -- she pinpoints realistic problems and gets to the bottomline with simple fair advice for solutions. <br>I recommend this book -- and think it's a new,unique, and both logical and sensitive guide to help parents and kids through any school year...and improving the relationship between the parenting community and their local educators...to help our youth. You won't be sorry you grabbed a copy!
A Must-Read Book for Educators!