Resources
The Fairness Checklist
Professional development
School-Family partnerships
Bullying/Harassment
Proactive communication
Discipline
Equity education
Special education
25 Tips
Research
Other topics
The Fairness Checklist
OEO has developed a helpful tool for educators and other professionals who routinely make decisions that affect students. Procedural Fairness is the legal term that encompasses fundamental and common sense approaches that decision-makers must consider every time they make a decision. We encourage decision-makers to try this tool and give OEO a call if they have any questions or comments.
Professional development
- Forming Essential Partnerships – Involving Families for Student Success
- Difficult Conversations - Preventing and Resolving Conflict with Families
- Explaining the Public Education System to Parents
- Involving Families of ELL Students in Public Schools
School-Family partnerships
- 101 Ways to Create Real Family Involvement
Steven M. Constantino, Ed.D. - Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships
Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson and Don Davies - Data Collection Instruments for Evaluating Family Involvement
Helen Westmoreland, Suzanne Bouffard, Kelley O’Carroll and Heidi Rosenberg
May 2009 FINE Newsletter - The Essential Conversation
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot - Evaluation Exchange: Building the Future of Family Involvement
Harvard Family Research Project - Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)
- Family Involvement Policy by The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)
May 2009 newsletter
Harvard Graduate School of Education - Family-School Partnerships: An Essential Component of Student Achievement
S. Christenson, R. Palan and S. Scullin in Principal Leadership, May 2009 - Growing Your Capacity to Engage Diverse Communities by Working with Community Liaisons and Cultural Brokers
W. Jones and T. Thomas
National Center for Family Professional Partnerships, Family Voices, Inc. - How to be an Education Advocate: A Handbook for Parents with Children in Elementary and Secondary Public Schools in the State of Washington
Office of the Education Ombudsman - Let’s Talk About It booklet (in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Vietnamese)
CISL
Order from http://www.k12.wa.us/cisl/FamilyCommunity/LetsTalk.aspx - Let’s Talk About It CD-ROM (in English and Spanish)
CISL
http://www.k12.wa.us/cisl/FamilyCommunity/LetsTalk.aspx - National Dropout Prevention Center/Network - Family Engagement Resources
- A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Anne T. Henderson and Karen L. Mapp - Parent, Family, Community Involvement in Education: An NEA Policy Brief by National Education Association
- Parent Involvement: Research Summary (2006)
National Middle School Association - Principals Matter: A Guide to School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Mavis G. Sanders and Steven B. Sheldon - Promoting Family Involvement
S.M. Bouffard and N. Stephens
Principals’ Research Review 2(6) - School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action
Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Beth S. Simon, Karen Clark Salinas, Natalie Rodriguez Jansorn, Francis L. Van Voorhis - The School-Family Connection: Looking at the Larger Picture - A Review of Current Literature
Chris Ferguson - The SEDL National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
- A Shared Responsibility: Recommendations for Increasing Family & Community Involvement in Schools
Maryland’s Parent Advisory Council - The State of Family, School and Community Partnerships in Washington State Schools
CISL - http://www.k12.wa.us/CISL/ - Supporting Parents as Leaders: Stories of Dedication, Determination, and Inspiration
Institute for Responsive Education, Parent Leadership Exchange Project - What Works in Schools (Chapter 5)
Robert J. Marzano
Bullying/Harassment
- Bully Free Classroom: Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K – 8
Allan L. Beane - Bully Proofing Your School
Garrity, Jens, Porter, Sager and Short-Camilli - Cyberbullying Fact Sheet
http://www.cyberbullying.us - Facts for Teens: Bullying
http://www.safeyouth.org - Please Stop Laughing at Me…: One Woman’s Inspirational Story
Jodee Blanco - Please Stop Laughing at Us…: One Survivor’s Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying
Jodee Blanco - Safe Schools Coalition
www.safeschoolscoalition.org - Steps to Respect: Bullying Prevention Program
The Committee for Children - Stop Bullying Now
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov - Stop School Bullying
www.kzoo.edu/psych/stop_bullying/
Proactive communication (conflict prevention and resolution)
- Conflict Resolution Education Connection
http://www.creducation.org/cre/home - Conflict Resolution in Teacher Education (CRETE) Project
http://www.creducation.org/cre/home/crete_connection_newsletter - CRU Institute
http://www.cruinstitute.org/ - Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss Matters that Matter Most
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen - Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations
William Ury - Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher and William Ury - Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
Lisa Delpit and Herbert Kohl - The Third Side
William Ury
Discipline
- Discipline in Public Schools: A Handbook for Parents with Children in Elementary and Secondary Public Schools in the State of Washington
Office of the Education Ombudsman - The Explosive Child
Robert W. Greene - Lost at School
Robert W. Greene
Equity education
- Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
Jonathon Kozol - Basic Education Rights and Opportunities in Public Schools: A Handbook for Parents with Children in Elementary and Secondary Public Schools in the State of Washington
Office of the Education Ombudsman - Collected Wisdom: American Indian Education
Linda Miller Cleary and Thomas D. Peacock - Culturally Responsive Teacher: Theory, Research, and Practice
Geneva Gay - Culture and Power in the Classroom: A Critical Foundation for Bicultural Education
Antonia Darder - A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
Ronald Takaki - The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children
Gloria Ladson-Billings - Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective
Jeffrey Trawick-Smith - Educating Second Language Children: The Whole Child, the Whole Curriculum, the Whole Community
Fred Genesee, Editor - A Framework for Understanding Poverty
Ruby Payne, - How to Teach Students Who Don’t Look Like You: Culturally Relevant Teaching Strategies
Bonnie M. Davis - Illiterate America
Jonathon Kozol - The Inclusive School: Sustaining Equity and Standards
Judy W. Kugelmass - Inside Full-Service Community Schools
Joy Dryfoos and Sue Maguire - Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
James W. Loewen - Multicultural Manners: New Rules of Etiquette for Changing Society
Norine Dresser - Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives
Edited by James A. Banks and Cherry A. McGee Banks - Savage Inequalities
Jonathon Kozol - Teens in Between: The Stories of Five Immigrant Teens in America
MHz Networks - Transforming School Leadership and Management to Support Student Learning and Development: The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action
Edward T. Joyner, Michael Ben-Avie and James P. Comer - On Being a Teacher
Jonathon Kozol - Understanding and Working with Parents and Children from Rural Mexico: What Professionals Need to Know About Child-rearing Practices, the School Experience, and Health Care Concerns
B. Annye Rothenberg, - Understanding Learning: The How, The Why, The What
Ruby Payne - Urban Schools Public Will: Making Education Work for All Our Children
Norm Fruchter
Special education
- Washington State Resources for Teachers Working with Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Autism Guidebook for Washington State: A Resource for Individuals, Families and Professionals
The Autism Task Force (Washington state) - Autism Outreach Project
- The IEP Primer and the Individualized Program: Preschool Through Post-Secondary Transition
Beverly A. School and Arlene Cooper - Protecting the Educational Rights of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools: A Handbook for Parents with Children in Elementary and Secondary Public Schools in Washington State | Español (Spanish)
Office of the Education Ombudsman - Survival Kit for the Special Education Teacher
Roger Pierangelo - Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents
Russell A. Barkley, PhD
25 Tips
- 25 Tips to Get Involved in Your Child’s Education | Español (Spanish)
- 25 Tips for Schools to Involve Parents | Español (Spanish)
Research
Other topics
- Phone Interpretation Services: If you are a public school staff member and are having problems communicating with ELL families, this service is for you! The State has set up contracts with three vendors that provide immediate 3-way phone interpretation in over 100 languages for school district to access. This makes it easy for School Districts to set up their own accounts and start using the services. Districts can have separate accounts for their school buildings and are billed individually.
- Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief - Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence, and Abuse (2nd Edition)
Linda Goldman - The Class of 2010 Graduation Toolkit: A resource to help educators and families understand state graduation requirements. The toolkit will be periodically updated with new materials and when changes occur.
- Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society
Linda Goldman - How the Brain Learns to Read
David A. Sousa - The Nine Characteristics of High-Performing Schools: A Research-Based Resource for Schools and Districts to Assist with Improving Student Learning (2nd Edition)
G. Sue Shannon and Pete Bylsma - Raising Our Children to Be Resilient: A Guide to Helping Children Cope with Trauma in Today’s World
Linda Goldman - 7 Resources for Parents & Schools
Publications in multiple languages by Office of the Education Ombudsman