Building Student Resilience, K-8: Strategies to Overcome Risk and Adversity
Proven strategies for helping students rebound from risk

An experienced teacher and principal of a Title I school, Gabe Simon provides classroom practitioners, support team specialists, and all levels of schools leaders with numerous strategies for forging strong relationships and providing scaffolded supports to help students rebound from risk. Included are:


• Compelling descriptions of research on the link between resiliency and academic achievement
• The most important steps educators can take to build students' resiliency
• Game plans for creating caring school-wide teams and classroom structures that engage students
• Comments and perspectives from students considered to be at risk

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Building Student Resilience, K-8: Strategies to Overcome Risk and Adversity
Proven strategies for helping students rebound from risk

An experienced teacher and principal of a Title I school, Gabe Simon provides classroom practitioners, support team specialists, and all levels of schools leaders with numerous strategies for forging strong relationships and providing scaffolded supports to help students rebound from risk. Included are:


• Compelling descriptions of research on the link between resiliency and academic achievement
• The most important steps educators can take to build students' resiliency
• Game plans for creating caring school-wide teams and classroom structures that engage students
• Comments and perspectives from students considered to be at risk

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Building Student Resilience, K-8: Strategies to Overcome Risk and Adversity

Building Student Resilience, K-8: Strategies to Overcome Risk and Adversity

by Gabriel H. Simon
Building Student Resilience, K-8: Strategies to Overcome Risk and Adversity

Building Student Resilience, K-8: Strategies to Overcome Risk and Adversity

by Gabriel H. Simon

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Proven strategies for helping students rebound from risk

An experienced teacher and principal of a Title I school, Gabe Simon provides classroom practitioners, support team specialists, and all levels of schools leaders with numerous strategies for forging strong relationships and providing scaffolded supports to help students rebound from risk. Included are:


• Compelling descriptions of research on the link between resiliency and academic achievement
• The most important steps educators can take to build students' resiliency
• Game plans for creating caring school-wide teams and classroom structures that engage students
• Comments and perspectives from students considered to be at risk


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781452258676
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 11/21/2012
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.60(d)

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Table of Contents

Preface vii

About the Author ix

Introduction: Turning Points 1

Our Current Landscape 2

Rebounds: Resiliency Overview 5

The Need for Turning Points 7

Including Student Voices in the Game Plan 9

The Significance of This Work 9

1 How Do We Know They Will Bounce Back? 11

Evidence From the Record Books 11

The Impact of the Resiliency Protective Factors 13

Summary of Theoretical Base 14

Seminal Work on Resilience: the Kauai Study 16

Specific Resiliency Protective Factors Impacting Student Achievement 17

Conclusion 24

2 The Caring School Team 25

The Schoolwide Game Plan 25

Students' Perspectives on Support 25

3 The Engaging Classroom Team: The Classroom Game Plan 39

Perspectives on Engagement 39

Practical Applications 42

4 What We Urgently Stand For and Against: Does Your School Truly Put Student Learning First? 49

Teacher- Versus Learner-Centered Practices 50

Creating a Sense of Urgency 52

Faces of the Achievement Gap 52

Own It! 52

5 All-Star Performance: What Will Your Legacy Be? The Leadership Implications of Systemic Change for All Students 55

Transformational Leaders as Agents of Change 55

Own the Challenge 56

The Soul of a Leader 57

Conclusion 58

Turning Points 59

Appendices

Appendix A Envisioning Life Beyond High School 61

Appendix B Demystifying College 65

Appendix C Life Skills 67

Appendix D Enrichment Opportunities 69

Appendix E Student Growth Plan 71

Appendix F Schoolwide Standards for Behavior 75

Appendix G Classroom Goals (Fifth-Grade Example) 79

Appendix H Dreamboard Template 81

Appendix I Hattie's Meta-Strategies for Student Growth 83

Appendix J My Plan for Success 85

Appendix K Grade Improvement Plan 87

Appendix L Levels of Support 89

References 93

Index 99

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