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Frameworks for Understanding Poverty & Learning
Structures
This
training program provides a comprehensive discussion of the impact
of generational poverty on academic achievement. The three-day program
is based upon Dr. Ruby Payne’s work in helping educators gain
a deeper understanding of how cultural issues impact educational
success. Our consultant is a certified trainer and will assist your
staff in understanding the culture of poverty and how it impacts
student behavior in the classroom; as well as provide strategies
for closing the achievement gap between children of poverty and
those of middle and upper class cultures. This service can be delivered
in an intensive three-day workshop or through shortened sessions/modules
to accommodate district/school calendar.
Ashland University
credit is optional.
What We Offer/Performance
Promises:
- 18 hours
of interactive learning experiences (modules) that address key
issues related to working with students and families experiencing
poverty.
- Topics addressed
in the first training (Frameworks for Understanding Poverty) include
how economic class impacts behaviors and mindsets, why students
from generational poverty fear being educated, the “hidden
rules” within economic classes, discipline interventions
that improve behavior and the eight resources that make a difference
in success.
- Topics in
the second training (Learning Structures) include developing emotional
resources and learning structures, building mental models, identifying
payoffs (incentives) for learning, developing questioning skills
and labeling and sorting strategies that use patterns.
Key
Benefits:
- Participants
will understand how socio-economic conditions impact student learning
and behavior.
- Participants
will understand how to adjust their teaching practices to address
the needs of students from poverty.
- Participants
will learn strategies for working with parents.
- Participants
will be introduced to instructional strategies that have “pay-off”
in learning for students from poverty.
- Participants
who receive college credit will engage in a classroom/school action
research project.
For more information
contact: Dr. Ted Knapke, Ted.Knapke@fcesc.org.
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