Passion-centered learning focuses on things students are excited about, interested in, want to learn more about and/or want to do more of.
Schools need to partner with parents to support learning for every student. Towards this end, we need to ensure we have equitable means of engaging with parents, as conventional partnerships need to shift to one of working together as equal members at the table.
Practice is essential for learning. Ask any professional athlete, musician or home cook: you get better at something by doing it over and over.
Momentum is an equity-centered guide to empower young readers to learn to read by fostering their passion, partnering with their families, and increasing reading practice.
Momentum Family Guide is an equity-centered guide for families to empower your child to read while maintaining your sanity and sense of humor. This companion guide written for families aligns with Momentum.
Janine Roy is an award-winning school principal, author, speaker and experienced educational leader in both the United States and Canada. She is the author of Momentum, and the companion book for parents, Momentum Family Guide: Empowering Your Child’s Learning While Maintaining Your Sanity and Sense of Humor. Today, she is a Professional Development Manager for Seattle Public Schools, a professional development facilitator and a co-facilitator at North Seattle College. She lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and is the very proud mother of two grown children and one perfect grandson. To contact the author, go to www.janineroy.com.