The Power of One: How You Can Help or Harm African American Students

by Gail L. Thompson

Book Overview

YOU have the power to make a difference with your African American students

This interactive staff development resource helps educators deal with the main barriers--often personal assumptions or mind-sets--that can impede their progress with African American K-12 students. Calling upon readers to embark upon a personal journey to address these issues, the author skillfully combines moving first-person narratives, personal growth exercises, and informational text, and shows educators how to:

Deal with obstacles to successful classroom management Foster positive interactions within the classroom Prepare African American students to succeed on standardized tests Build positive relationships with African American parents

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412976766
• ISBN13: 9781412976763
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"