Title
Inviting families into the classroom : learning from a life in teaching / Lynne Yermanock Strieb ; foreword by Joseph Featherstone.
ISBN
9780807750834 (alk. paper)
0807750832 (alk. paper)
9780807750827 (pbk : alk. paper)
0807750824 (pbk : alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Teachers College Press ; Berkeley, CA : National Writing Project, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
LC226 .S87 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.19/2
Summary
Drawing on an extensive archive of documents she kept as a first- and second-grade public school teacher in Philadelphia, Strieb captures the complexity and nuance of working with the families of her students. Readers experience how her teaching developed over time and gain access to the useful materials she created throughout her career, including a successful newsletter for parents. Her story also provides an example of practitioner research, showing how teachers can use a variety of data collected in the classroom to both enhance their own practice and to inform that of others. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Practitioner inquiry series.
I'm a parent and a teacher: how my own experiences have informed by stance toward parent involvement
Learning about parental concerns, interests, and issues
Homework: the school at home
Children's behavior and parents' reactions
Opening the classroom door: inviting parents and preparing to work together in classrooms
Bringing home into school: parent work in the classroom
Learning from a life in teaching.
