A Cognitive Approach to Understanding Poverty

About the Course
This course will provide participants with an opportunity to explore how poverty affects behavior and academic performance in students. Participants will be engaged in ensuring a positive school environment that embodies respect and inclusivity. Participants will discuss the mindset of change and how accountability strengthens the SHARE model. Participants will collaboratively create a school-wide resource of strategies to encourage students to participate emotionally, cognitively, and behaviorally.
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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Recognize how having a framework of poverty can help better understand students living in poverty and what can be done to ensure success.
- Identify the ‘hidden rules’ of school and access what children living in poverty need to know in order to be successful at school.
- Implement a school-wide plan for engaged learning where relationships are reaffirmed and emotional, cognitive, and behavioral participation at school is encouraged.
- Develop a school environment where a child’s risk factors do not impair his or her success, including enrichment activities for students.
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Elizabeth Young
I read this book many years ago. Reading this updated version was great, I'm really glad I took this course.
Amy was a great instructor, very responsive and engaging. I am new to COpilot classes, and really enjoying them. Well worth my time!
sylvie fambrini
Good insight to how families and students learn and live.
Michael Jadd
Another great class offered by COpilot! This book study was very insightful as to how the learning of students of poverty can be impacted and offers some key strategies to implement into your classroom. The instructor Amy does a great job giving feedback and guidance all throughout the course.
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