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Supporting Therapy in the Classroom : Strategies for Occupational, Speech/Language, and Physical Therapy
Get PDFWith so many developmental differences early in life, it is important for early childhood educators to be just as supportive as therapists, and possibly more so, because they spend more time with children. This guide is intended for early childhood educators working with young children who receive services in occupational therapy, speech- language therapy, and/or physical therapy. When children receive therapy services, they are often removed from the classroom setting and are seen privately by a therapist, or with a small group, in a separate room. However, intervention strategies are also effective when implemented in the child’s natural environment, such as the school setting or the home. This handbook will review specific strategies and activities that therapists use with children during their sessions, in order for teachers of these children to apply and reinforce the work of the therapist in the classroom. The targeted population for this guide is young children in a preschool setting. Mainly, these strategies aim to benefit and support children who are working with occupational therapists, speech-language therapists, and/or physical therapists. However, these strategies could also be beneficial for children who do not receive therapy, or whose developmental variations have not yet been identified
New York State Root Causes
Get PDFWhen teachers quit, education fails. Teacher residencies can reduce turnover, diversify the teaching profession, and support student learning. New York State has an opportunity to transform teacher preparation.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/faculty-staff/1046/thumbnail.jp
Money Matters
Get PDFThis short document summarizes the research supporting a unified P-20 system and how teacher residencies can bring us closer to achieving that goal.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/faculty-staff/1044/thumbnail.jp
Coherent Schools, Powerful Learning: When Shared Beliefs Fuse School Culture, Structures, and Instruction
Get PDFDescribes the evolution of a theoretical model of school quality drawn from my experiences teaching at different schools, pursuing graduate studies, leading district policy and support networks, and partnering with school systems, as I presently do at Bank Street College of Education. The model positions schools as the key lever for improvement and equity in our public system and focuses on the coherence of school culture, structures, and instructional approach grounded in beliefs of human development and learning. Using two contrasting schools as cases to explore and develop this model, I offer one as an example of incoherence and the other, Humanities Preparatory Academy in New York City, as an exemplar of how culture, structures, and instruction are fused by shared beliefs and made manifest by leveraging a set of core values. I then turn to the role of districts and state agencies, which cannot directly generate coherence in schools from the outside in. Recent research underscores the importance of school-level coherence and also indicates that the ecosystem of schools must change to foster such coherence. I end with a brief discussion of our need to shift our systemic policies and approaches away from the reductive forces of high-stakes testing and instead embrace this holistic vision of schooling to shape future school improvement and reform efforts.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/faculty-staff/1061/thumbnail.jp
The Best Children\u27s Picture Books of the Year in Spanish [2019 edition]
Get PDFAn annotated list of the best children\u27s books in Spanish published or translated in 2018. In English and Spanish.
Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles en Español.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/1008/thumbnail.jp
Power to Change: Math as a Social-Emotional Language in a Classroom of 4 and 5 Year Olds
Get PDFTells the story of how mathematics influenced a long term investigation around feeling powerful within an early childhood classroom. Written by Early Childhood Teacher, Elinor J. Albin, and Dean of Faculty, Gretchen Vice, this essay outlines the guiding questions by which teachers at The Advent School in Boston, MA connect mathematics to overarching themes and social-emotional learning. “Power to Change” concludes with observations about how and why mathematics provided a language for building social-emotional intelligence in four and five year olds
Re-designing Mathematics Education for Social Justice: A Vision
Get PDFWith a recent push within recent years incorporate issues of social justice within mathematics classrooms, it is important to consider the practicality of addressing these issues in classrooms. Using a theoretical framework developed through a historical analysis of mathematics and its development in school systems around the world, this paper addresses aspects of the current US educational system that limit the feasibility of incorporating social justice in mathematics classrooms. The author also provides recommendations for the field that might pave the way for progress towards a socio-analytical focus in mathematics classrooms in the future
Learner-Centered Nature Walks
Get PDFLearner-Centered Nature Walks details the research of Heather van der Grinten in supplementing Junior Ranger Walks with a learner-centered mindset. The approach was intended to reflect her personal growth as a museum educator, demonstrate the viability of the Bank Street praxis of progressive education in an environmental education setting, and highlight potential growth for future Junior Ranger lesson-planning. The methodology involved experimenting with lesson plans, keeping a detailed reflection journal, and asking for voluntary feedback from peers, supervisors, and participants from June to September 2018. The samples of student work as shown in Appendix A and B were voluntarily given to van der Grinten to be used as part of her analysis. The research has found that asking for input as an initiation to an experience creates an immediate sense of engagement on the part of the participants. The research also concluded that inviting learners to create a visual artifact after a direct sensory experience provided an opportunity for reflection, group discussion, and an informal evaluation tool for the educator to monitor the program’s effectiveness. These findings support the ideal conclusion of a Junior Ranger Walk – an empowered youth who has the skill and desire to engage meaningfully in public lands
How To : An Original Picture Book for Children
Get PDFThis independent study was focused on the creation of an original, social-emotionally oriented “how to” picture and poetry book for children ages five through seven. A wide variety of books for children, from old classics to recent publications, deal with themes relevant to children’s social-emotional lives. However, many of these books are written in narrative fiction form, or are framed using a logical, adult-centered lens. The goal of this book project was to create poetry and illustrations which authentically conveyed the unique emotional textures and roundabout logic of childhood associated with everyday experiences. Child development research included cognitive and emotional development in ages five through seven, as well as perspectives on literacy, language, and functional development. A review of the literature for children analyzed poetry books, how-to books, books dealing with abstract themes, illustrations, formatting, and the depiction of the logical and emotional lives of children. The original work was shared with two groups of children of different ages. Children in both age groups expressed engagement and enjoyment, and seemed to connect readily with the content and form of the book. Major conclusions of the project include the necessity of in-depth investigation of child development in order to authentically capture a child’s viewpoint; the importance of bringing teachers’ creative selves to their work; and the powerful impact that sharing the book with children had on the author’s perspective on the final product