Teaching in the Hood

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           The Urban School Toolkit, Keeps it Real for Inner City Educators
                   Detroit, MI –The Urban School Transformations LLC is proud to release, “The Urban School Toolkit, Strategies, Templates and Resources for Inner-City Educators” by Verna Felder
A teacher discovers a bag of marijuana on a student...the buzz is several students may be selling drugs on campus. It doesn’t matter that in many states’ marijuana is legal because schools are still Drug Free Zones! It’s time to launch an investigation, which means a school lockdown and locker search. For the sake of transparency communication to parents is necessary.
This scenario is one of many that are examined in the book The Urban School Toolkit, Strategies, Templates and Resources for Inner-City Educators and while drugs are not exclusive to urban schools it is one of the many challenges that plague school systems all over the nation. This toolkit offers heartfelt real stories, templates, and best practices on a plethora of subjects from bedbugs, to parent engagement. This handbook is loaded with templates, strategies, and resources to communicate, assist, and serve struggling students and families.
                   The Urban School Toolkit is an asset to the educator looking for concise, relevant, strategies, procedures, and insight to turn an ordinary school into a holistic culture with emphasis on engagement, youth development, family support, social services, and more. This book is an excellent resource for academic professional development, education majors, non-profit organizations and parent groups.
What Educators are Saying
“Verna Felder provides ‘real talk’ to the urban challenges facing families and children who live in the inner cities across the United States. She presents ‘real solutions and strategies’ to problems many children face on a daily basis.”
— Rod Atkins, Ph.D., MBA, Director of Operations, Voyageur K–12 School District
                   “This book written by Verna Felder has captured the essences of the current landscape in urban education. She provides a toolkit for all educators to effectively communicate with parents and students of low socio-economic status, which is the foundation of urban education. Verna combines research from academic experts with personal experiences to substantiate the success of the strategies suggested. Through heartfelt stories, Verna gives the reader a multidimensional look at the behaviors, attitudes, and paradigms of urban families.”
 “This book is definitely a must-read for teachers new to education as well as the seasoned professional looking for outside-the-box procedures to improve their school culture.”
— Alonzo Terry, Principal, Emerson Elementary and Middle School, Detroit Public Schools Community District
                                   Educators hail The Urban School Toolkit as one of the most relevant, informative resource texts in years!
About the Author
For more than 20 years Verna Felder has worked in Urban Education. She has served as a Teacher, Media Specialist, Homeless Liaison, and Director of Community and Parent Relations for a Title I school in Detroit. Verna has trained hundreds of educators in the areas of Workplace Diversity, Marketing, and Community Relations. She is a leader in the field of Public Relations, Community Outreach, and Cultural Competence for inner-city schools. She introduces this Toolkit of strategies, templates, and resources specifically for the Urban School Professional.
For More information on The Urban School Toolkit, Strategies, Resources and Templates for Inner-City Educators please visit https://www.theurbanschooltoolkit.com/ , call (313) 444-9656 or email, theurbanschooltoolkit@gmail.com.
Watch the book trailer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8yMSaEN3Lg&t=12s