For far too long, disadvantaged students in urban environments have believed the fallacy that academic success is unattainable. Why? The unfortunate... answer is that too many urban school systems preemptively declare underperforming students to be failures, a practice that fosters dysfunctional classrooms that fail to motivate, engage, and inspire students to succeed.In Create Success!, Kadhir Rajagopal, affectionately known as Dr. Raja to his students, outlines his no-holds-barred approach to teaching urban students. Through his CREATE model of instruction, students are held accountable for their own learning, taught at an appropriate level and in familiar language, and imbued with the sense that learning and personal achievement are qualities of which they should be proud not ashamed. Dr. Raja s CREATE model also places an emphasis on the active participation of teachers, parents, caregivers, and coaches in each student s success.Resulting in unprecedented success among students previously dismissed as lost causes and academic failures, the CREATE model has demonstrated that it is indeed possible to close the achievement gap, even in the most difficult cases. Rajagopal has also shown that his model can be replicated in any classroom by a teacher who is willing to assume responsibility for each student s success, hold students accountable, embrace culturally responsive instruction, and vigorously work on behalf of all students.Filled with personal insights and battle-tested strategies that promote student achievement, Create Success! is a pioneering approach to urban education from a 2011 California Teacher of the Year.

Some pursue happiness - Others create it! - Anonymous The chief purpose of Create Your Ideal Life is to empower you to proactively (intentionally... and consciously) and continually create your ideal life in a joyful and balanced fashion by following the holistic (emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts) Life Creation Process described in it. Following the Life Creation Process will help you to gain the level of self-understanding required to optimize the quality of your life and achieve personal growth. As you read this book, you will be introduced to the key concepts of applied psychology of personal adjustment and growth. The term applied indicates that the material provided is practical and that you can readily use the concepts provided to create and control your self and your life. The words psychology of personal adjustment indicate that one focus of the book is upon "... the individual's response to the physical, psychological, and social demands of the self, other people, and the environment" (Napoli, Kilbridge & Tebbs, 1996, p. 4). The words psychology of personal growth indicate that another focus is upon "... the process by which the individual changes his or her thoughts, feelings, or behaviors regarding the self, others, or the environment" (Napoli and others, 1996, p. 4). Additionally, you will learn effective strategies for exploring life choices and making decisions, managing life changes, changing self-defeating beliefs and habits, coping effectively with stress, and developing effective interpersonal relationships. You will also discover the important role that essential beliefs and core values play in the decision-making process and the problems that can arise out of value conflicts. I have provided true stories from my own life and from the lives of my family members, friends, and students to clarify and underscore key points. The stories are all true. However, some of the names were changed to protect each person's privacy, except in cases where permission was granted to use the person's real name. Throughout this book, I have used a cinematic (pertaining to the movie industry) analogy to explain the spiritual, psychological, physical, and social issues involved in personal adjustment and growth across the life span. I have used the cinematic analogy to both simplify and dramatize the key concepts in the holistic Life Creation Process in order to make them easier for you to understand, learn to use, and remember. In addition to the mnemonic (memory-enhancing) value of the cinematic analogy, I believe it makes the complex concepts involved in the holistic Life Creation Process easy to discuss with and teach other people. Most people are already familiar with the meaning of most of the movie industry terms used such as star, actor, screen image, script, cast, producer, director, and sequel, and they understand how all the key aspects of a movie can either contribute to its success or ruin the entire project. Therefore, using the cinematic terms makes it easier for people to comprehend how all the key aspects of their Ideal Future Life must be harmonious in order to achieve the desired results. As you complete the Life Creation Process Exercises, you will be directed to analyze the key aspects of your Present Life and create a script for your Ideal Future Life using techniques that are similar to those employed by successful movie stars, directors, producers, set designers, and script writers (e.g., DiTillio.;, 1995). You will also be guided to identify the Transitional Life goals that you will need to achieve in order to segue from living your Present Life to living your Ideal Future Life.

Create Your Own Blog 6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro Second Edition   6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro Personal Blogging... Using WordPress.com • Build a Website Around Your Blog • Business Blogging Using WordPress.org Software • Multimedia Blogging • Portfolio Blogging for Artists • Blogging with Tumblr   Build a great personal or business blog… absolutely no experience needed!   Want a personal or business blog of your own? It’s easy! In this simple guide, one of the world’s most experienced bloggers walks you through every step of building your own WordPress blog, from getting started to building a worldwide audience. Tris Hussey covers it all, from low-cost blogging tools to high-powered writing tips! Get this book, and get started fast—with a professional-quality blog that meets your goals, whatever they are!   6 Easy Projects Build great blogs like these, the easy way! ¶ Personal Blogs ¶ Business Blogs ¶ Audio and Video Podcasting Blogs ¶ Portfolio Blogs for Artists ¶ Blogging with Tumblr ¶ Creating a Website with WordPress   Learn from a pro! Discover tips, tricks, and great solutions for: ¶ Setting up your blog the right way—in just minutes! ¶ Writing blog entries people want to read ¶ Handling comments—even nasty ones! ¶ Creating a conversation and building a community ¶ Publicizing your blog ¶ Choosing the right free or low-cost blogging tools ¶ Avoiding beginner mistakes ¶ Earning cash from your blog!     You won’t believe how easy it is to create your own blog… or how much fun!    Tris Hussey is a speaker, teacher, charter member of the Professional Bloggers Association, and social media consultant. He has been a blogger since 2004 and was one of Canada's first professional bloggers. The author of thousands of posts and articles on social media, blogging, and technology, he was named one of Vancouver's top 20 social media people. He is also a professional photographer and regularly teaches blogging, WordPress, and social media at several Vancouver-area universities.

Provide your employees with a handbook that spells out your company's benefits, policies and procedures with this practical legal guide. Every company,... no matter how big or small, needs to provide workers with an employee handbook. Create Your Own Employee Handbook gives you all the information and policies managers, HR professionals and business owners need to create their own reader-friendly guide, no matter what state you live in. Each chapter covers a different topic, including: at-will employment hiring pay and payroll workdays and hours performance evaluations benefits discrimination and harassment complaints and investigations leave health and safety substance abuse privacy in the workplace discipline You'll get the lowdown on the legal and practical considerations that apply to each topic in your state, plus sample policies that you can use as-is, or tailor to meet your needs. The CD-ROM lets you cut-and-paste the language you need to complete your own handbook instantly. The 4th edition is completely updated to include the latest developments in federal and state law, and covers emerging workplace issues such as lactation breaks, instant messaging, and new regulations for dealing with victims of domestic violence.

Whether a business has only one employee or several thousand, managers, HR professionals and business owners need to provide their workers with a... handbook that spells out the company's benefits, policies, procedures and more. Create Your Own Employee Handbook provides all the information and sample forms users need to create their own readerfriendly policy guide. Each chapter covers a different topic, including:atwill employment, hiring, pay and payroll, workdays and hours, performance evaluations, benefits, discrimination and harassment,complaint policies and investigations, leave, health and safety, substance abuse, privacy in the workplace, discipline. Each chapter first explains the legal and practical considerations that apply to its topic then supplies sample policies which readers can tailor to meet their needs. A CDROM lets readers cutandpaste policies to create their own handbook.

Challenge students to be daring, creative, and confident revisers and editors with the help of writing expert Vicki Spandel!   Based on its highly... successful parent texts, Creating Writers and Creating Young Writers, this new grade-level series Creating 6-Trait Revisers and Editors offers teachers a fresh, multi-level lesson series written for the second grade through eighth grade classroom. Vicki Spandel presents classroom teachers with effective tools for strengthening revision and editing skills—thereby increasing the power of writing process. These focused lessons allow students to experience dramatically heightened success as revisers--something many have never known. Each research-based volume includes a wealth of interactive lessons based on samples of problematic writing that students revise or edit in teams, with a follow-up coaching discussion led by the teacher. Clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions for each lesson help teachers know precisely what writing skill to focus on—how to introduce it, present it, and reinforce it in students’ own writing.   Unlike most writing lessons, Creating 6-Trait Revisers and Editors shows revision in action. Students practice revision and editing skills on texts other than their own--in groups, individually, and with partners. A goldmine of focused revision opportunities helps students build skills gradually and systematically, using their knowledge of the six traits. A focused approach ensures that the content of each lesson is manageable.   Vicki skillfully incorporates strategies, ideas, and samples from literature so that even teachers who have previously felt timid about modeling writing and revision will gain the confidence they need to jump right in and lead students in effectively taking control of their own writing process. Complements and extends your own instructional ideas or materials such as Creating Writers (for grades 3 through college). Allows students to work on text that is not their own and encourages students to take risks and try new strategies. Shows teachers how-to actively "teach" and "model" revision. Focuses on one kind of writer's problem at at time to make revision small and manageable--and lets students experience the power that comes with being in charge of their own text. Incorporates very student- and teacher-friendly revision and editing practice that EVERY teacher can use. Presents a clear pedagogy to invigorate your writing instruction: organized into 15 revision lessons and 15 editing lessons, perfect for alternating: one revision lesson, followed by one editing lesson, and so on or introducing conventions and editing skills as you go along each revision and editing lesson contains basic components and timelines Includes samples of writing and suggestions to guide you and your students in identifying problems in the text. Fits perfectly into any writing workshop format that stresses a process approach to writing. Offers tips for extending the lesson and making it more effective for your students.

* Takes an interdisciplinary approach to interpreting global civil society* Contributors are some of the leading theoreticians in the field* A sound... handbook for activismThe term "global civil society" has become a catchphrase of our times. But efforts to define and interpret what global civil society actually is have led to ambiguity and dispute. This major work of scholarship and advocacy pierces through the generalizations and debates. It presents cogent examples of groups within civil society--from the Seattle and Genoa protesters to transnational grassroots movements, such as Slum/Shack Dwellers International--that are creatively meeting the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly interconnected world.The contributors offer clarity and the hope that another world is possible--one in which civil society’s global networks can effectively create a free, fair, and just global order. Scholars, students, and anyone interested in understanding new forces influencing contemporary world politics will want to have this book on their shelves.