1 option
Parents as advocates : supporting K-12 students and their families across identities / Liz Dempsey Lee ; edited by Janise Hurtig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dempsey Lee, Liz, author.
- Series:
- Education studies collection (Series)
- Education Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Early childhood education--United States.
- Early childhood education.
- Discrimination in education--United States.
- Discrimination in education.
- Minorities--Education--United States.
- Minorities.
- Education--Social aspects--United States.
- Education.
- Legal assistance to children.
- Group identity.
- Education--Parent participation.
- Parent-teacher relationships.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Long Island, New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2023.
- New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2023.
- Summary:
- Explore how social identities can impact teacher-parent relationships and children's individual goals for educational success.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Learning objectives
- Introduction: "Now you try."
- Chapter learning objectives
- Genesis of book
- Parent advocacy
- Getting started: American families
- What is a family?
- Families-race and ethnicity
- Families and ability
- Families with transgender or nonbinary children
- Families-socioeconomic status
- Social identities and biases
- The "good parent"
- The family-school relationship
- Relational engagement
- The educator and parent advocacy
- Discussion questions
- Extension activities
- 1 Race and ethnicity: "Oh, he's just a troublemaker."
- Introduction
- Vignettes
- Emily and Lewis's story
- Angela and Adan's story
- Vocabulary
- Reflection
- Deficit views and parent advocacy
- Deficit views-are you a gatekeeper or an ally?
- Deepen your practice
- Flip the script by considering the issues from other perspectives
- "Acceptable" parent advocacy
- Acceptable advocacy-are you a gatekeeper or an ally?
- Advocating across the discipline gap
- The discipline gap-are you a gatekeeper or an ally?
- The parent advocacy bind
- Unconventional advocacy (Marchand, 2019, p. 376)
- Bold gestures
- Cautious anger
- The parent bind- are you a gatekeeper or an ally?
- Chapter discussion questions
- 2 Ability: "No one else gets how hard it is."
- Eve and Toby's story
- Cassie and Joseph's story
- Common vocabulary
- Knowledgeable advocacy
- Advocacy and relationships
- Stigma and judgment
- School relationships
- Deepen your practice.
- Impact of resources on parent advocacy
- 3 Gender identity: "Will my child be OK in this school?"
- Kit, Geoff, and Leah's story
- Alex, Rich, and Willa's story
- Coming out and coming to terms
- Adjusting and adapting
- Parental transformation
- Gathering information
- Facing stigma
- Compassion
- Will my child be OK?
- Extension activity
- 4 High socioeconomic status: "C is for Community College."
- Ben's story
- Beth, Rose, and Shawn's story
- Shane, Ginny, and Patrick's story
- Ryan's story
- Types of advocacies
- "More is better" advocacy
- The unintended consequences of privilege
- "Elevated maladjustment"
- Conclusion
- Final reflections on parent advocacy: issues of urgency and possibility.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dempsey Lee, Liz Parents As Advocates
- ISBN:
- 9781915271617
- 1915271614
- 9781915271624
- 1915271622
- OCLC:
- 1381708708
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.