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WEEK of October 10, 2005 |
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A Double-Header in October PAT Lecture Series Off and Running with Donna Goldberg and Sara Lawrence Lightfoot. The Brooklyn Friends School PAT (Parent and Teacher) Association is proud to launch a Speaker Series for Parents, with two lectures this month. (See more PAT news.) Lecture 1: Organization and time management are fundamental skills for students, just as they are for adults. These skills need to be taught and reinforced in a way that encourages kids to discover the systems and tools that work best for them. Donna Goldberg will introduce these principles, together with hands-on lessons, to parents, teachers and anyone else who is invested in helping students develop their full potential. Children in middle and upper school are welcome to attend; we’ll provide childcare for younger kids. Lecture 2: Acclaimed educator and author Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot explores the intricacies of the parent-teacher conference, a dialogue that takes place more than one hundred million times a year across this country. Professor Lawrence-Lightfoot contends that this conversation is both a mirror of and metaphor for the larger cultural forces that shape children’s development, and that the relationship between parents and teachers is complex and intense, even in the most decorous and polite of meetings. Come hear Professor Lawrence-Lightfoot talk about how to improve family-school relationships. A question-and-answer session will follow her talk, along with a book signing. |
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