A 1997 Department of Education study showed that only 27% of the dads they surveyed were considered “highly involved” in their children’s education (compared to 56% for moms). They rated dads as “highly involved” if they participated in at least three of the four following activities: attending general school meetings, attending regular parent-teacher conferences, attending school or class events, and volunteering at the school.
According to the National Center for Fathers dads need to get involved in their children’s education. Schools need and welcome fathers who are willing to chaperone, sponsor, monitor, assist, and help in other ways. In addition, administrators and teachers are more willing to listen to dads if they are actively involved.
Committed Fathers should:
• Get to know their child’s teacher and express support for what he/she does. Make sure the first meeting isn’t over a problem.
• Talk with the whole family about establishing a homework routine. Be sensitive to each child’s unique learning style and clear some time each weeknight so dads can be involved.
• As much as you can, adjust your schedule so you can participate in your child’s school activities. If you’re an employer, be more understanding about unusual work hours during these next few weeks.
• Determine to maintain a positive attitude when talking to your child about school. Keep pointing out the good things to help them get past whatever anxiety they has.
For more ideas on getting involved in your child’s education, dads should go to the website for the National Center for Fathers at http://www.fathers.com
Permanent Help for Educators for Managing Difficult Students
DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, CHILD STUDY TEAM MEMBERS, OR ANY YOUTH CARE PROVIDER
• Learn the symptoms of difficult students and treatment plans that work
• Build respect and rapport with your most difficult students
• Understand why students don’t care
• Develop language that confronts without condemning
• Break through the emotional wall of your students and increase motivation and responsibility
• Strengthen relationships with your students
PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR DEALING WITH NON-COMPLIANCE
There is a direct relationship between motivation and discipline. The hard to motivate are often hard to discipline. Teachers are becoming increasingly more frustrated and are asking what do we do with students who are not prepared, don’t care, will not work, and are on track for failure as adults. Finding tools and strategies to increase motivation can solve many behavior problems. There are many things educators can do to reawaken motivation in students who have lost interest and perhaps hope. This seminar helps teachers develop techniques that build respect, increase responsibility, and develop greater compliance in students who are hard to handle. It helps teachers overcome the strong emotional frustration that saps their energy and ultimately leads to burnout.
SEVEN PRINCIPLES THAT HELP EDUCATORS HELP STUDENTS
1. Design – All students are designed in a unique way. This program helps teachers understand the problems that difficult students face and how we can improve their self-esteem and permanently change their behavior.
2. Authority – Help students understand the definition of maturity. Teach them respond to authority correctly to create more freedom.
3. Responsibility – Learn the five key areas students are responsible for and stop their reactive and escalating behavior.
4. Ownership – Help students manage anger. Students will understand that they are not victims but people who can control their own responses.
5. Freedom – Help stop violent and aggressive behavior and help your students understand the signals for a reduction in their own frustration tolerance.
6. Success – Help your students find answers to problems that occur and give them hope for the future. Get students to respond correctly in key relationships.
7. Problem Solving – Give your students the skills to self generate behaviors that build independence and maturity.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:
• Emphasize effort, create hope, build relationships, respect power, and express enthusiasm
• Teach respect, responsibility, and compliance
• Build relationships with even the most difficult students
• Establish guidelines for correcting inappropriate behavior
• Use the three-step process for correcting behaviors that works without fail
• Give a warning that communicates you say what you mean and mean what you say
• Build a student’s self esteem
• Help a student control his anger
• Teach relationship skills that work for a lifetime
• Use visual cues that prevent confrontations and stop power struggles
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