Education

Positive youth development (PYD) is a strengths-based, positive psychology approach to fostering adolescents educational engagement and achievement. It focuses not just on students academic development but also on their vocational, social, and emotional development. The PYD philosophy is at the heart of Cynthia Hazel's unique model of secondary school change, which is presented in this book. Hazel's model uses a multi-tiered system of support to challenge the status quo of widespread achievement gaps. Because students' own voices are critical to their empowerment and strong outcomes, the model calls for students to participate alongside parents, teachers, and administrators in designing and guiding the school's support.

This title compiles the advice of experts who not only know the theory behind certain educational practices, but also have experience in the secondary classroom. In each user-friendly chapter, key information on a topic vital to secondary educators is boiled down and presented in a straightforward way. Whether you're a new educator, or just seeking to build new skills, you'll benefit from Insight into a handful of innovative topics in instruction; including using technology, UDL, co-teaching, and assessment Novel approaches for classroom management and strategies to engage students. Useful reproducible and resources for every topic area.