This volume is a primer - containing both theory and practice - for the educator looking for team strategies and success. It is designed around the principle that educational teams are composed of highly interrelated processes. From this book, the educator should be able to learn how to bring a school together using seven steps for development and implementation which offer a workable team empowerment design.

Off the Bus! is written for both seasoned and beginning teachers. It will equip educators with the strategies needed to assure that students get the best education they can during the middle school years.

Don't Miss the Bus is a thoughtful and practical guide that will appeal to today's busy parents. Mary Ann Smialek brings years of experience as a parent and teacher, to the book, as she shares methods and anecdotes from her own home and classroom. The "Stop Look Take Action " section at the end of each chapter gives anxious parents instant mini-lessons--quick suggestions that are effective and easy. The book also features "4 Steps to Good Parenting," "Roadblocks to Motivation," "Homework Tips," "Test Taking Techniques," "Positive Home-School Partnerships," and "Effective Parent-Teacher...