Who's In My Classroom?: Building Developmentally and Culturally Responsive School Communities - Tapa blanda

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GESS LEBLANC, PHD, belongs to the Hunter College School of Education. He is the Co-founder of Hunter’s Urban Center for Assessment, Research, and Evaluation and Co-founder of the college’s MA Program in Educational Psychology. He is a sought-after speaker and writer on the subject of culturally responsive teaching.

TIM FREDRICK, PHD, is Senior Director of Education Programs at Youth Communication where he oversees social and emotional learning programs and professional development. He is a teacher and teacher educator with 20 years’ experience working with students in kindergarten through graduate school.

YOUTH COMMUNICATION provides professional development based on true stories by teens that helps educators work with students to strengthen the social, emotional, and literacy skills they need to achieve their academic and life goals.

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Who’s in My Classroom? combines the latest research in educational and developmental psychology with excerpts from powerful personal essays by more than 50 high school students that illuminate the research findings.

Dr. Gess LeBlanc, a culturally responsive teaching expert, shows how to use the research and the young people’s experiences to support students’ well-being and academic achievement. The student stories show how race, gender, trauma, homelessness, poverty, disability, and other challenges interact with teacher practices and school policies to affect student persistence and performance.

From the research and the stories, Dr. LeBlanc distills best practices for building school cultures of belonging and achievement.

Perfect for grade 6-12 educators, counselors and administrators, and for higher education professionals and teachers in training who seek practical and compelling resources for building developmentally and culturally responsive schools and classrooms.