Phyl Macomber
What Does It Take For Schools To Close The Academic Gaps
How Can Parents Help To Ensure The Academic Success Of Their Scholars?
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Forest Of The Rain Productions asked several educators to share their thoughts on what it will take for schools to close the academic gaps facing so many of our most vulnerable students and what role should parents have in helping to ensure the academic success of their scholars?
Phyl Macomber, President of Make A Difference, Inc. offered her perspective by answering these 3 questions:
1. How important is family in the academic success or failure of a student?
2. What can educators or school systems do to help those families who may not make the connection they have an important role in the academic success of their scholar?
3. Do you find there is at times a communication gap between school and the home of students? What are the causes you have observed, and how frequently are these communication gaps occurring at all levels of a school system?
Bio
Since completing a fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital's Kennedy-Krieger Institute in 1988, Phyl Macomber has become an award-winning national speaker, author, inclusion specialist, and curriculum strategist. As President of Make A Difference, Inc., Phyl has consulted with and trained thousands of teaching staff and is a passionate catalyst for systems change in education.
Phyl was featured in the Common Threads Trilogy book series in 2015 as one of the top 100 empowering women from around the globe and has been a guest on several radio shows to discuss simplifying instruction for students of all abilities. In 2016, Phyl was appointed the first ambassador of the educational affairs organization, I AM L.E.E. (I AM Living Education Everyday), whose goal is toexpand conversations on educational issues and challenges impacting families and communities.
Phyl has created a 4-step simple system for how to teach anything to anyone – in a way that students of any ability learn faster and deeper – and, teachers succeed in reaching and teaching ALL students while meeting the standards.Her research-based teaching strategies have been published in several articles featured in clinical publications in education since 2009 and are being successfully used across North America, and in parts of Australia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. This systems-based instruction, called T.H.E. P.A.C.T., is outlined in Phyl's first book and is being referred to as "the simple, evidence-based solution for differentiated instruction and meaningful inclusion.”
Phyl Macomber, President of Make A Difference, Inc. offered her perspective by answering these 3 questions:
1. How important is family in the academic success or failure of a student?
2. What can educators or school systems do to help those families who may not make the connection they have an important role in the academic success of their scholar?
3. Do you find there is at times a communication gap between school and the home of students? What are the causes you have observed, and how frequently are these communication gaps occurring at all levels of a school system?
Bio
Since completing a fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital's Kennedy-Krieger Institute in 1988, Phyl Macomber has become an award-winning national speaker, author, inclusion specialist, and curriculum strategist. As President of Make A Difference, Inc., Phyl has consulted with and trained thousands of teaching staff and is a passionate catalyst for systems change in education.
Phyl was featured in the Common Threads Trilogy book series in 2015 as one of the top 100 empowering women from around the globe and has been a guest on several radio shows to discuss simplifying instruction for students of all abilities. In 2016, Phyl was appointed the first ambassador of the educational affairs organization, I AM L.E.E. (I AM Living Education Everyday), whose goal is toexpand conversations on educational issues and challenges impacting families and communities.
Phyl has created a 4-step simple system for how to teach anything to anyone – in a way that students of any ability learn faster and deeper – and, teachers succeed in reaching and teaching ALL students while meeting the standards.Her research-based teaching strategies have been published in several articles featured in clinical publications in education since 2009 and are being successfully used across North America, and in parts of Australia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. This systems-based instruction, called T.H.E. P.A.C.T., is outlined in Phyl's first book and is being referred to as "the simple, evidence-based solution for differentiated instruction and meaningful inclusion.”
1. How important is family in the academic success or failure of a student?
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2. What can educators or school systems do to help those families who may not make the connection they have an important role in the academic success of their scholar?
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3. Do you find there is at times a communication gap between school and the home of students? What are the causes you have observed, and how frequently are these communication gaps occurring at all levels of a school system?
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