Content: Understanding the stakes : why we should address chronic absence -- Building an effective team -- Creating systems to regularly collect data and set priorities -- Engaging and supporting staff in attendance efforts -- Creating and sustaining an attendance campaign -- Teaching students about the importance of regular attendance -- Enhancing family and community involvement -- Implementi…
Contents: What is giftedness?, Identifying gifted kids, Emotional dimensions of giftedness, Being a gifted education teacher, Understanding gifted kids from the inside out, Underachiever or selective consumer, The eight great gripes of gifted kids, and Making it safe to be smart: creating the gifted- friendly classroom.
Contents: Preface : live long and prosper -- What is well-being? Why does it matter? -- Theories of well-being and social and emotional learning : evidence and influence -- Questioning well-being : the quest to do better -- The rise of well-being : between GERM and VUCA -- Prosperity for all : the social economics of well-being -- Ethical technology use : the moral side of screen life -- Restor…