Building Alliances between School and Home: Applying the All Kinds of Minds Philosophy
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Building Alliances between School and Home: Applying the All Kinds of Minds Philosophy
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Module Objectives
> Understand the value of building a learning alliance with parents and caregivers.
> Implement the Action Plan strategy for building alliances between school and home.
> Infuse All Kinds of Minds philosophy into future communications (e.g., digital, written, and oral) to continue to build alliances between school and home.
> Network with other educators around the subject of building alliances between school and home using the All Kinds of Minds approach.
Upon completion of this module, participants will:
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All Kinds of Minds Conceptual Model
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A Positive View of ND Diversity – Activity Instructions
1. Review All Kinds of Minds Principle #1
2. Read Question #1, think about it, then share with your partner.
3. Read Question #2, think about it, then share with your partner.
4. Read Question #3, think about it, then share with your partner.
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The Nine Principles: Strategies for Integration – Activity Instructions
1. Review the Nine Principles on page 3.
2. With your Table Group, brainstorm strategies for integrating All Kinds of Minds philosophy into the category listed on your chart.
3. At the end of each round, the entire group should move on to the next chart and add new ideas.
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All Kinds of Minds Conceptual Model
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Building Alliances Strategy Grid
EVENTSORAL
COMMUNICATIONWRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATION
Host an All Kinds of Minds Fair
Send home Tip Sheets (available in Online Educator Resources)
Add a link from classroom Web site to Parent Toolkit
Host a Learning about Learning Workshop
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All Kinds of Minds – Resources
> Articles> Case studies> LearningBase> Online newsletter> And more!
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All Kinds of Minds – Parent Toolkit
Insights and strategies for parents on attention, math, reading, and writing
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Parent Toolkit (continued)
In each Toolkit section:> Activities and videos> Basics> Difficulties> Strategies > Resources
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Online Educator Resources – Building Alliances with Parents
> Portal for Understanding All Kinds of Minds Program
> Tip sheets, templates> Building Alliance strategy
ideas> And more!
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Understanding All Kinds of Minds
>All Kinds of Minds Fair>Learning about Learning Workshops
Building Alliances
with Parents (continued)
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Understanding All Kinds of Minds
home page
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All Kinds of Minds Fair home page
Everything you’ll need to conduct a fair at your school!
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Learning about Learning Workshops
home page
Everything you’ll need to facilitate the workshop(s)!
Workshop topics
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List of materials provided for one of the
workshops
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Action Plan Instructions – Parts 1-3
1. PART 1 – Develop Building Alliances goal.
2. PART 2 – Select a strategy.
3. PART 3 – Determine resources needed to implement strategy.
4. Work session
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Action Plan Instructions – Parts 4-6
1. PART 4 – Create a support plan for implementing strategy.
2. PART 5 – Reflect on impact of Action Plan.
3. PART 6 – Determine how you will identify success.
4. Share Action Plan with a partner.
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Phases of Implementation