More than ever, parents and students face a high stakes academic journey as many schools eliminate recess and begin standardized testing in the primary grades to meet the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind law. In an era that emphasizes high standards for learning, parents need to know what to expect of their children at important stages of social, emotional and intellectual development. Get On the Bus! Tools for School shares with parents exactly what is important and why. It is the perfect follow-up to Don't Miss the Bus! Steering Your Child to Success in School. Dr. Mary Ann Smialek has done it again! She has given today's busy parents a user-friendly guide to ensure their children's school success. This book is an important tool - providing strategies, tips, techniques in each chapter - to help parents assist their children with what they need to know and do at each developmental level throughout the elementary school years.

Howie Schaffer
Media Director
Public Education Network

An interesting and beneficial read! Mary Ann Smialek's book, Get On the Bus! Tools for School, outlines a common-sense, step by step approach to helping your kids in school - without becoming, on one hand, overbearing or, on the other hand, doing their work for them, two of the most prevalent problems parents have when it comes to their children and school. From the first chapters on how to give your youngsters support and creating guidelines for both parents and students, to the middle chapters that provide the basic building blocks to academic learning, and finally to the later chapters that introduce parents to possible problem areas they need to be aware of, Get On the Bus! is a straight forward guide on how to successfully steer their kids through their formative years.

Susann Krouse
Educational Applications Specialist

In these times of national accountability through No Child Left Behind requirements, Get On the Bus! will provide busy parents with the much needed guidance helping their children succeed...the suggestions and directions provided by Dr. Mary Ann Smialek are right on target for all parents in all types of families and communities!

Eduardo R. Rivas, Ed. D.
Administrative Director
Office of Strategic Planning

Written in the words spoken as a mother and educator, Dr. Mary Ann Smialek captures the very essence of our thoughts and feelings for our children. Get On the Bus! Tools for School accelerates the journey that highlights the challenges and successes that parents and children face as they begin the trip on the path of learning. This book puts parents behind the wheel and in the driver's seat to assure that their children have a well-rounded education as they travel the bends, curves, and bumps on the roads that lead to school success and achievement throughout future years.

Donna M. Vlassich
Project Director of Public Engagement

Mary Ann's experience as an educator and parent and her appreciation of and respect for children shine on every page of this wonderful book. She provides clearly defined information about reading, language, math and basic study skills that will be of immeasurable help to parents in their quest to understand and support the education of their children. Her belief in nurturing the "whole child" is evident in her suggestions for ways in which to enhance the social-emotional growth of children, including their self-esteem, confidence, and ability to deal with stress and pressure. She truly appreciates that children learn best when they feel safe, secure, and competent and are not burdened by feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt.

Robert Brooks, Ph.D.
Faculty Harvard Medical School
Author of The Self-Esteem Teacher and Co-author of Raising Resilient Children

Don’t Miss the Bus! is thoughtful and supportive in its approach; practical, direct and clear in its action plans. Dr. Smialek shares strategies for school success that are easy to read, understand and follow. This guide will help steer parents and educators to positive home-school partnerships that can lead to the development of comprehensive community schools.

Martin J. Blank
Staff Director,
Coalition for Community Schools
Institute for Educational Leadership

Endorsements For Team Strategies For Success Doing What Counts In Education- “As director of a doctoral program in educational leadership, I agree with two truths promoted by Mary Ann Smialek: you have what it takes to initiate teams in your organization; no one is going to do it for you. What is often needed, however, is the knowledge of how to do it. Mary Ann provides that in a succinct and interesting way – basing it in both research and practice.”

Dr. Helen C. Sobehart, Director Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program for Educational Leaders and The Leadership Institute, Duquesne University


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By Mary Ann Smialek, Ed. D.

Current statistics suggest that more children than ever before are struggling academically, emotionally, and behaviorally in school. In turn, schools are recognizing that the foundation of well-adjusted students lies beyond the classroom setting, in the vital principles that parents provide for their children long before they enter kindergarten.

As this need increases, today's busy parents are seeking resources to understand the educational system and to interact positively with their children and their children's teachers. They want most importantly to guide their youngsters to develop a resilient mind-set and help them adapt to the challenges they face in school and later on in their lives.

Get on the Bus! is focused on assisting parents on how to help their children with what they need to know and do at each developmental level throughout the elementary school years. Strategies, tips, and techniques in each of the chapter Bus Stops will serve as detailed maps for parents to ensure their children a smooth school journey ahead.

The topics covered in this resource include:

How Children Develop and Learn
Developmental Stages: Characteristics and Strategies
The Homework Myth
Avoid the "Homework Blues"
Manage Time and Win!
Motivation Essentials
Self-Esteem Boosts

Help Children Learn From Mistakes and Failures
"Study Smarts" Game Plan
Back to Learning Basics
Rescue Your Stressed Out Kids
Staying Safe Online
The Internet as a Resource Tool

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	ISBN 1-57886-212-4 To order call 1-800-462-6429 or visit the online bookstore at www.rowmaneducation.com for an additional 15% discount.

Don't Miss the Bus! Steering Your Child to Success in School CD Set will guide parents who despite their best intentions, unknowingly, undermine their children's capacity for school success. The message of the CD's is thoughtful in its approach; practical, direct, and clear in its action plans. It is a unique wise guide that will appeal to today's busy parents on the go with its "heart-to-heart" conversational tone

Current statistics suggest that more and more children than ever before are struggling academically, emotionally, and behaviorally in school. In turn, school are recognizing that the foundation of well-adjusted students lies beyond the classroom setting, in the vital principles that parents provide for their young ones long before they enter he school doors for the first time.

As this need increases, today's busy parents are seeking resources to understand the educational system, to interact positively with their children and their children's teachers. They want most importantly to guide their youngsters to develop a resilient mind-set and help them adapt to the challenges they face in school and later on in their lives.

The strategies, tips, and techniques on each CD will serve as detailed maps for parents to ensure their children a smooth school journey ahead.

Don't Miss the Bus! CD Set is parent friendly resource. They are focused on guiding today's busy parents, grandparents and educators on what they need to know and do now to help children overcome the odds to school success.

If you are serious and committed about improving the quality of your relations with your children and want to give them the best chance at a remarkable school experience this book is for you. If you want to make certain that your children have the prerequisites for confident filled school years, this book will guide and encourage you on your journey. It provides an important element for your faith and reliance in its promise: the guiding hand of a teacher who has helped other parents and their children on their rewarding school journeys.

As a parent, you have a powerful role to fulfill in supporting your children's school achievement through structured home activities. It is not assumed that you must be knowledgeable of curriculum scope and sequence skills or expertise in content subject areas. However, you are expected to create expectations for time spent on homework enrichment activities, assignment completion and assistance in homework problem areas and downtime. By monitoring school related activities, you are sending a most important message about the value of school and the importance of effort in your children's lives. This vital message will reach into other important areas of their lives and assure continued achievement through life's ups and downs.

Featured on the CDS:

4 Steps to Good Parenting
Roadblocks to Motivation
Homework Tips and Test Taking Techniques
Positive Home-School Partnerships
Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences
Every Child is Special
Discipline Without Tears

The 4 CD Set focuses on children's strengths and not their weaknesses. The result for parents and their kids is a happier, more knowledgeable, more resilient parent-child-teacher relationship.

Don't Miss the Bus! CDs are focused on guiding today's busy parents, grandparents and educators. It provides them with the knowledge and action plans needed to help children with what they need to know and do throughout the elementary school years.

Throughout my search of the competition I have found that no other book/CD Set that addresses parent-child-teacher issues with the wisdom, knowledge "tried and true" methods and anecdotes from a seasoned teacher's perspective and from the teacher's own parenting and classroom experiences to guide parents on their journey to their children's school success..

Don't Miss the Bus! Steering Your Child to Success in School is the perfect resource for managing each wonderfully different area of your children's education development during the elementary school years. It is filled with many tips, techniques and strategies that will bring your children closer to school achievement and a successful future. The CD Set presents the things parents need to know and the action plans for children to thrive in their home and school environment and development. It is designed for today's busy parents to guide them to achieve positive results and a better relationship with their children. It is for those parents who are seeking a resource to better understand the educational system and to interact positively with their children and their children's teachers along the school journey ahead.

Don't Miss the Bus! CDS will enable parents to help their youngsters develop a resilient mind set and guide them adapt to the challenges they face in school each day. These CDS offers a valuable, comprehensive and detailed guide to assist parents guide their precious ones to a most desired successful school year.

If you, as a parent, are serious and committed about improving the quality of your relations with your children and want to give them the best chance at a remarkable school experience, this CD Set is for you. If you want to make certain that your young ones have the prerequisite skills for confident school years, Don't Miss the Bus! CDS will both guide and encourage you on your journey. They also provide an important element for your faith and reliance in its promise: the guiding hand of a teacher who has helped other parents and their children on the rewarding school journeys.

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Don’t Miss the Bus! Steering Your Child to Success in School - A Unique Approach to Positive Parenting for School Success

By Mary Ann Smialek, Ed. D.

Don’t Miss the Bus! Steering Your Child to Success in School is thoughtful and supportive in its approach; practical, direct and clear in its action plans. A unique, wise guide that will appeal to today’s busy parents with its “heart–to-heart” conversational tone in an easy to read and understand format. This book will guide parents who despite their best intentions unknowingly undermine their child’s capacity for school success.

Don’t Miss the Bus! Steering Your Child to Success in School informs parents what they need to know and do now to help their child overcome the odds to school success. Discovering these parent friendly strategies, you will get immediate results. Dr. Smialek realizes parents’ busy and stressful life styles from her years of experience as a regular and special education teacher with a specialization in specific learning problems. She shares her wisdom, experience, “tried and true” methods and anecdotes from own parenting and classroom experiences.

The Stop! Look! Take Action! section at the end of each chapter gives anxious parents the benefit of instant mini-lessons to give them the advantage of a quick intervention when needed. These strategies will give concerned parents the edge that will make the difference by taking immediate, positive action.

Featured in this book are 4 Steps to Good Parenting, Roadblocks to Motivation, Homework Tips and Test Taking Techniques based on a perceptual – organizational approach to the remediation of developmental problems, Positive Home – School Partnerships, Effective Parent – Teacher Conferences ( before, during and after ) and Every Child Is Special. Highlighted is Discipline Without Tears! a “win – win” approach with a concise action plan to prevent most discipline problems before they occur while maintaining dignity for both parents and child.

Don’t Miss the Bus! focuses on children’s strengths not their weaknesses. The result for parents and their child is a happier, more knowledgeable, more resilient parent – child – teacher relationship.

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Team Strategies For Success
Doing What Counts In Education

By Mary Ann Smialek, Ed. D.

Break down the barriers within your school organization!

Teaming is a collaborative educational model necessary for the increasingly sophisticated world of the Information Age. This book is a primer – based on both theory and practice – for the educator looking for team strategies and success through smarter management. It is designed around the principle that teams in education are composed of highly interrelated processes. From this book you will explore possibilities for continuous improvement using seven steps for team development and implementation that offer you a workable team empowerment design.

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By Mary Ann Smialek, Ed. D.

Schools must change if they are to meet the challenges and opportunities that arise every day. Until now, schools attempted to adopt changes without altering the existing systems and structures of education. However, to meet the needs of the future, school leaders must guide in unaccustomed and unconventional ways. They face a major challenge: to attract others to common purposes and then to empower them to act. Involving others in planning, solving problems and implementing solutions in a balanced way is the next important step in initiating continuous improvement in education. These collaborative efforts are the key to revitalizing schools to meet the challenges of the future in the world of the Information Age.

Inside Teams in Education is an abstract of the book Team Strategies for Success – Doing What Counts in Education. It is a Phi Delta Kappa Fastback #496 and is a focused, authoritative work on the subject of the successful implementation and use of cross-functional teams in education. It is of current interest to education practitioners and university personnel and other interested readers in continuous improvement strategies for education.

To order Inside Teams in Education 0-87367-69603 Fastback # 496
Call 1-800-766-1156 or visit the online bookstore www.pdkintl.org.

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Don’t Miss the Bus! Steering Your Child to Success in School - A Unique Approach to Positive Parenting for School Success

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Team Strategies For Success Doing What Counts In Education

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Team Strategies For Success
Doing What Counts In Education

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