Resources & Tools:

1. To Move Forward, Know Where You’re Starting…

Click below for a “My Voice Matters” survey for students on how they feel about school, their abilities, peers and teachers

- created by Ms. Chatty Teach

– Please feel free to modify & Chat Share back on what you learned from your children:

My Voice Matters Student Survey

2. Multicultural book lists to help honor your population:

By Dr. Robert F. Smith, Professor Emeritus, Towson University, Towson, MD

http://www.multiculturalchildrenslit.com/

3. Teacher Effectiveness Quiz by Harry K. Wong:Take it & Chat Share back what you learned!

http://www.effectiveteaching.com/cart.php?m=content&page=7

4. Books for improving Management & Effectiveness

by Harry K. Wong

(I personally recommend The First Days of School

– it’s a game changer!)

http://www.effectiveteaching.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=1

5. Get to know what your middle & high school students are up against:

The California Student Survey (CSS) is a voluntary, anonymous, and confidential self-report survey of substance use, school safety, harassment and violence, youth resilience factors, and health-related behaviors.

Caution: this survey contains explicit questions about drug and alcohol use!

http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/hhdp/css_midd_0910_inddversion.pdf

6. Tim Wise's Blog - CHECK IT OUT, CHECK YOURSELF, CHECK YOUR PRACTICE!

Mr. Wise is one of the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists of our time

http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/this-your-nation-white-privilege

Also check his video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-VEWJncnsk

7. If you're serious, try and implement this...
Tools to Assess the ecology of your classroom

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603055/

See My QuickLinks at the Top Too!

MORE TO COME…

(please send me any links, resources, or homemade docs you wish to share)