The No Child Left Behind Act has brought new accountability to all phases of education. Of tremendous concern is the minority gap and the achievement levels of African American students in our nation's classrooms.
DayOne Publishing is proud to offer this laminated reference card, "Reaching the African American Student," as part of the solution for closing the minority gap in our public education.
Covered on This Laminated Card
This card includes a wealth of strategies regarding minority learning styles, culture and education approaches---techniques proven by research and classroom implementation:
- What to do on the first day and the first week of school
- A wide range of strategies for learning about your students and their community
- How to build academic self-esteem in your minority students
- Specific strategies for eliminating the gap
- Understanding Field Dependency
- Teaching strategies for engaging your students
- Routines to establish in your classroom.
- Subject-specific strategies.
Within each category is a wealth of information, including suggestions for implementation, examples and expected outcomes.
Specific techniques discussed on this card include:
- Establishing Social Learning Sets
- Building Inference Skills
And many, many more.
The success and learning of all children has never been more important. Add this card to your planning book and let it help you reach your minority students as you've never done before.
