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aha! Process Products
DVD: Strategies for Today’s Teacher Candidates: Applications of the work of Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., for use in teacher education methods curricula
$99.00
Authors: Materials developed in collaboration with professors from West Virginia colleges, universities, and the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts.
aha! Process, Inc. collaborated with educators from West Virginia institutions of higher education to apply the strategies and concepts from the work of Dr. Ruby Payne, and that can easily be easily included in current courses, and implemented at various levels of education courses.
Plus! All 8 modules are In digital format and easy to modify and implement within the courses you teach!
Each module contains:
- Instructor’s Guide: Includes an overview of timeframe, materials, activities for teacher candidates, and suggested assessments for each topic within the module. Within the Instructor’s Guide you will also find handouts and other ancillary materials.
- PowerPoint Presentation: The presentations include all the slides required to share the module with your teacher candidates.
- BONUS Video Clips: Selected video clips illustrate concepts and contain interviews with real teachers and administrators
Contents:
Module 1: Theoretical Framework
Module 2: Monitoring Student Progress: Six‐Step Process
Module 3: Relationships
Module 4: Classroom Management and Discipline
Module 5: Building Family and Parent Relationships
Module 6: Strategies and Application
Module 7: Building Community Support and Resources
Module 8: Assessment.
Each module requires the use of at least one text that is available from aha! Process. See Coursepack
Teacher candidates and pre‐service teachers need a thorough preparation program that provides a balance of educational theory, research, instructional strategies, and curriculum and instruction design, as well as field experiences and an understanding of the needs of today’s learners combined with local, state, and national requirements.
Order now, or call (800) 424‐9484. aha! Process can also work with your bookstore to arrange for student course packs with selected electronic chapters of A Framework for Understanding Poverty and/or Under‐Resourced Learners at a reduced rate. A specially‐priced package ($67) of all 6 texts including the Classroom Simulation is also available
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement
$1,014.00
($999 plus $15.00 shipping)
By Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., this Under-Resourced Learners DVD series identifies 8 strategies that can help raise student achievement. Emphasizing the importance of resources to student success, Dr. Ruby Payne identifies a gold mine of best practices and interventions to address the needs of today’s under-resourced students, and every student.
The 8 modules are:
- Assess Resources
- Build Relationships of Mutual Respect with Students.
- Teach Formal Register and Story Structure
- Negotiating the Abstract Representational World
- Teach Appropriate Behaviors
- The Six-Step Process
- Build Relationships of Mutual Respect with Parents
- Develop Community Collaboration Models
Perfect for mentoring your new teachers, for staff development, to accompany an in-house book study, or even for faculty meetings.
Bonus: 7 vignettes with real students and administrators: Hear the debriefing too!
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 1
$175.00
Disc 1 - Assess Resources.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study.
Dr. Payne, in this DVD, discusses these resources and how to assess them.
- Financial
- Language
- Emotional
- Mental
- Spiritual
- Physical
- Support systems
- Relationships/role models
- Knowledge of hidden rules
The good news is that resources can be developed – at any stage in life! Discover how to create successful interventions that build on a student’s strongest resource.
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 2
$175.00
Disc 2 - Build Relationships of Mutual Respect with Students.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study.
In this DVD, Dr. Payne discusses seven characteristics of relational learning as the foundation of an environment that promotes cognitive success.
A student’s relational learning can be determined by these characteristics:
- Relationships of mutual respect
- Positive peer groups
- Coaches or advocates
- Successful role models
- Bridging social capital
- A plan for learning performance
- A safe environment
Bonus: Role play vignettes with real students and administrators, demonstrating key concepts. Hear the debriefing too!
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 3
$175.00
Disc 3 - Teach Formal Register and Story Structure.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study.
Referencing the work of Martin Joos, who noted that every language in the world has five registers
- Frozen
- Formal
- Consultative
- Casual
- Intimate
Dr. Payne, defines these registers, and explains their role in student vocabulary development, conceptual organization, and conflict resolution issues.
Bonus: Role play vignettes with real students and administrators, demonstrating key concepts. Hear the debriefing too!
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 4
$175.00
Disc 4 - Negotiating the Abstract Representational World.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study. --Ruby Payne
Dr. Payne, in this DVD, discusses the tools you can use to begin a student’s transition to an abstract representational world:
- Mental models
- Specificity of vocabulary
- Direct-teach the processes – the “How”
- Question-making skills
- Relational learning
- Content availability
Using these tools will help provide your students with the bridge to comfortably move between the concrete sensory world and the abstract representational world.
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 5
$175.00
Disc 5 - Teach Appropriate Behaviors.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study.
In this DVD, Dr. Payne states that the real purpose of discipline is to have a safe environment so that learning can actually occur. And the first thing in any environment that makes it safer is whether or not there are relationships of mutual respect. Other components of a safe environment include:
- A system-wide approach to discipline
- Using the "Adult Voice"
- Biochemical issues
- Administrative support
- The Law of Truly Large Numbers
School safety comprises all these issues, and more. This DVD describes ways to bring emotional safety, as well as physical safety, to the school environment.
Bonus: Role play vignettes with real students and administrators, demonstrating key concepts. Hear the debriefing too!
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 6
$175.00
Disc 6 - A Six Step Process.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study.
Dr. Payne shares six simple steps to gain a complete picture of a student’s academic progress, and to raise achievement, including how to:
- Grid individual student performance
- Establish a relationship between content and time
- Provide high-quality instruction
- Measure the learning through formative assessments
- Create interventions
- Embed processes into the schedule
Using this DVD will help build professional dialogue, and focus school activities on student learning –a systematic and collegial approach to monitoring student learning.
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 7
$175.00
Disc 7 - Build Relationships of Mutual Respect with Parents.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study.
In this DVD, Dr. Payne discusses how to make it possible for all parents to be part of the support system at school, regardless of their varying parenting style. She makes recommendations for working with parents including:
- Creating communities of support for parents
- Building mutual respect with parents
- Setting parameters and boundaries of your campus
- Working with both resourced and under-resourced parents
A "one-size-fits-all" approach never works. Use this DVD to get ideas for relating to parents as assets and allies in the education of their children – your students.
Bonus: Role play vignettes with real students and administrators, demonstrating key concepts. Hear the debriefing too!
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DVD: Under-Resourced Learners—8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement - Disc 8
$175.00
Disc 8 - Develop Community Collaboration Models.
This single DVD from the Under-Resourced Learners series of 8 , accompanies the book by the same title. A perfect fit for staff development, at staff meetings, or with an in-house book study.
Sometimes the school is not resourced enough to help all the children. What then?
Partnerships between school personnel, parents, and community groups can be an effective way to address this issue.
This DVD, hosted by Dr. Payne, describes three models that are being used successfully in communities.
- Collaboration For Kids
- Move the Mountain’s Circles™ Campaign
- Menominee Indian School and Community Project
Dr. Payne describes how schools can be successful by involving the larger community in a networked, linked system. You will find the narratives of these community collaborations to be inspiring.
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DVD: Welcome to U.S. Schools - A Guide for Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Parents; Essential information to share with families on registration day
$103.50
($97 plus $6.50 shipping)
SPANISH DVD with option for English subtitles
Includes orientation on attendance, grades, school culture, and more
Author: Rubén Pérez; Host Pablo Bracho is an internationally renowned stage and screen actor.
Open the door to better communication from day one
Immigrant and first-generation Hispanic/Latino students face unique struggles in U.S. schools and are among the highest dropout populations.
If your school struggles to bridge the learning and social gaps with new Hispanic/Latino students and families, this remarkable DVD is your answer. Speaking directly to parents in their native language, this DVD explains cultural and academic differences, as well as expectations for performance and attendance.
At purchase, a downloadable link will be sent to your email address.
The DVD helps schools:
- Initiate positive communication with Spanish-speaking parents on the first day
- Reduce language and cultural barriers between parents and staff
- Make staff aware of the issues that many Hispanic/Latino students face
- Give immigrant parents great reasons to learn English and U.S. culture
- Save time during registration and throughout the school year as new students enroll
- Save money by reducing costs associated with poor attendance
- Increase understanding of school policies and practices
- Improve student performance and participation
Includes a customizable handout for your school’s specific issues. Parents appreciate this at-a-glance, take-home information!
Endorsement:
"Rubén Pérez creates an environment in which students, parents, and educators can successfully navigate social and cultural barriers. His work bridges the gap between what is said and what is understood, allowing a clear path to student success."
—David Anthony, Superintendent, Ph.D., Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Houston, TX
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Read an Interview with Rubén Pérez, author of Welcome to U.S. Schools.
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Material: Texas Middle School Association Journal
$8.00
Dr. Ruby K. Payne and aha! Process associates contributed valuable research and tools for the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of the Texas Middle School Association Journal. Articles cover many aspects of classroom instruction and offer tips and strategies you can use. See the full contents below:
What You Should Know About Middle School Boys
by Paul D. Slocumb, Ed.D.
Reading Becomes a Moving Experience!
by Bethanie H. Tucker, Ed.D.
Tucker Signing Strategies is a series of 44 hand signals that affect a multimodal approach to learning.
Classroom and Campus Procedures
by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
Mental Models in Math That Work
by Shelley Rex
Tools and Approaches That Enhance Science Learning for Middle School Students
by Terry S. Ross
Teaching Hispanic Immigrants and First-Generation American Students
by Rúben G. Pérez
Improving Student Achievement, Pre K–12: A Model You Can Copy!
by Frances B. Karanovich, Ph.D. and Maria Dunstan
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Workbook: The R Rules - A guide for teens to identify and build resources
Ruby Payne’s Framework concepts adapted for middle and high school!
By Elizabeth Souther. Contributing author: Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
Jam-packed full of tools and activities to:
- Help recognize and build individual resources
- Learn how to recognize and use patterns to predict, problem-solve, and plan
- Work with hidden rules, to checking accounts, to career surveys and resume writing and more
- Identify, develop, and access community resources
- Explore economic issues and their relationship to earning and learning
Endorsement: The R Rules helped me focus on what's important for my future. The college clusters were helpful! Walden B.
Endorsement: The R Rules ROCK! Ashley M.
Includes The Facilitator Guide for The R Rules: A Guide for teens to identify and build resources
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Read an Interview with R Rules author, Betti Souther.
By Elizabeth Souther with contributions by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
- Everything you need for a semester or 9 week course!
- Can be aligned to state standards for Life Skills, Career and Technical Education courses
- Written for flexible delivery, with detailed 45 day plan
- Includes DVD with robust PowerPoint – slide presentations to lead you through the course
- Supports components and objectives of the American School Counselors Association National Model
- Supports recommendations in Breaking Ranks and High Schools That Work - SREB
- Provides activities and strategies that can be used as Response To Intervention
- Supports elements of Professional Learning Communities
- Foundational knowledge of Framework or Bridges concepts recommended
- Perfect for aha! Process certified trainers
Endorsement: The curriculum for my Life Skills Class has been built around this exceptional book. Terri Owen, Rocinante High School, NM.
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SP: R Rules (1 Workbook + 1 Facilitator Guide)
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SP: R Rules (20 Workbooks + 1 Facilitator Guide)
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Workbook: The R Rules - Facilitator Guide: Includes DVD with robust PowerPoint + bonus Video
$50.00
By Elizabeth Souther with contributions by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
- Everything you need for a semester or 9 week course!
- Can be aligned to state standards for Life Skills, Career and Technical Education courses
- Written for flexible delivery, with detailed 45 day plan
- Includes DVD with robust PowerPoint – slide presentations to lead you through the course
- Supports components and objectives of the American School Counselors Association National Model
- Supports recommendations in Breaking Ranks and High Schools That Work - SREB
- Provides activities and strategies that can be used as Response To Intervention
- Supports elements of Professional Learning Communities
- Foundational knowledge of Framework or Bridges concepts recommended
- Perfect for aha! Process certified trainers!
Endorsement: The curriculum for my Life Skills Class has been built around this exceptional book. Terri Owen, Rocinante High School, NM.
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