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Parents, Educators Learn Ways To Increase Student Brain Power
January 14, 2015
Parents should be engaged in the education of their children — that was the message Tuesday night from world-renowned educational consultant Marcia Tate during a workshop at Ernest Ward Middle School in Walnut Hill.
About 75 adults, both parents and educators, attended the two-hour “Preparing Children for Success in School and Life: 20 Ways to increase Your Child’s Brain Power” event where they learned a variety of skills for parenting a better students or improving classroom learning. Many of the sessions had the audience on their feet, participating and moving.
She focused on 20 brain-building ideas from her bestselling books on how brain power can be increased — from movement and role playing during learning, storytelling, to colors and sounds, to important relationships within the family.
Tate conceded that it is hard being a parent in today’s society, but raising prepared children is still a very viable option. One a 40-point “Developmental Assets for Adolescents” checklist completed by attendees, Tate admitted she could only check about three-quarters of positive attributes.
“Was I a perfect parent? Not on your life,” Tate said. “But the point is to strive to better and better.”
Tate is the former executive director of Professional Development for the DeKalb County School System in Georgia. During her 30-year career with the district, she was a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and a staff development executive director. As an educational consultant, she has taught more than 350,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world, and she is the author of five bestsellers.
Pictured top inset: Educational consultant Marcia Tate presents workshop Tuesday night at Ernest Ward Middle School in Walnut Hill. Pictured above and below: Parents and educators take part in Tate’s worskhop sessions. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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Thank You NorthEscambia for helping to get out the word about this great workshop. So glad you could come by last night. And – thank you to everyone who came out and participated!