Parents Are You Ready The Practical Guide To Launching A Successful High School Student The 15 Step Roadmap

Parenting high schoolers is scary, if not downright terrifying. If you are not scared, you should be. Did you ever wish there was a book that could walk you and your child through a proven set of steps to get through a successful high school journey? This book is not a theoretical academic thesis. This book is a back to the basics, in the trenches, block and tackle practical guide, based on interviews with hundreds of parents, teachers, and students; and over a decade of experience helping parents create a plethora of options for their children. What you learned in your day about getting through high school successfully isn't necessarily heralded anymore. What used to work and be revered: hard work, perseverance, dedication, character, common sense, and rigor is minimized and even ostracized. How many years ago were you in high school? 20, 25, 30? The world has changed dramatically. You didn't have to deal with the potential peril of cell phones or social media or the challenges of a worldwide pandemic. Does your child have incredible talent and potential, but you don't know how to guide them to be their best or gain admission to their college of choice? Or worse, is your child not living up to their potential? Are you concerned their young adult foundation isn't as solid as it should be? If you answer yes to just one of these questions, you need to read this book. It is your job to guide them, and this book will show you how. What you will learn: How to Avoid Mistakes Parents Often Make How to Identify and Develop Your Child's Superpower Fifteen Critical Success Factors of Middle School Life Fifteen Critical Success Factors of High School Life How to Create Options: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Years Parents - Are You Ready?: The Practical Guide to Launching a Successful High School Student takes a step-by-step approach to help parents unleash a productive, driven, successful young adult!

Dear Parent: This guide will explain what you can expect from the book, how it is structured, and the educational principles on which it is based. It will also walk you through the book’s major components and how to implement them. As the parent, you will need to provide certain things for your teen or preteen to gain the book’s full value. The Parent’s Role in Fostering Good Studentship Every conscientious parent wants their child to do well in school, but not all parents know how to make that happen. They tell their child to study hard and to take school seriously, but that usually isn’t enough. They then may resort to nagging, scolding, or threatening, which only makes things worse. Many loving parents had trouble in school themselves and really don’t know the solution to their child’s problems. Kids need three things to turn around a losing streak in the classroom: 1) They need to be motivated, to be given reasons why they should study and work hard. 2) They need to be shown that they can be successful if they do this. 3) And they need to be shown how to do it: what studying and working hard in school actually means. This book will address all three issues. But by itself, it is only a book, a bunch of information buried between two pieces of cardboard. To get the knowledge out of the book and into the head and heart of your student, a facilitator is needed. That facilitator is you. (Or it could be another adult whom your child respects acting in the role of a mentor. The Student’s Advantage: Your Guide to Getting the Most out of School and Creating a Fabulous Future will empower students who have been struggling in middle and high school to maximize their capabilities and will inspire good students to transform themselves into great students. All too often students do not really understand why they need to learn. With US academic performance in decline, particularly in science and math, the time has come to tackle the question of why students are not doing better, and to emphasize to students the why of learning, making clear to them how education will affect their adult lives. The Student's Advantage: Your Guide to Getting the Most out of School and Creating a Fabulous Future is a practical guide that will motivate middle and high school students by providing a vital understanding of the keys to succeeding in school, the importance of investigating potential career interests, and the need to take an active role in preparing for the years ahead. The Student's Advantage demonstrates through dramatic examples the indisputable power of motivation and commitment. The Student's Advantage is not exclusively a goal-setting workbook, merely a manual of study habits, or just a career-search guidebook. It draws together all of these crucial areas in a highly interactive and engaging manner, yet remains a straightforward reference that will inspire and motivate. The Student's Advantage aims to give students momentum on the road to academic success. Each comprehensive chapter is easily referenced, with the Student’s Success Roadmap offering corresponding exercises. Practical devices like the Seven Learning Secrets and overviews of various careers are presented in a candid and accessible fashion. Thanks.

The Truth About Career Planning and the College Search Process “...the go-to guide for students to find the right path, at the right time, for the right tuition amount to lead to their best career outcome.” ?Anna Costaras and Gail Liss, authors of The College Bound Organizer #1 New Release in Education Research Society's guiding “truths” about higher education are now incorrect. In What Every Parent Needs to Know About College Admissions, Christie Barnes helps parents and students alike cut through the noise and find the best school, which might not always be the most prestigious or expensive one. College planning re-examined. All economic levels are getting vastly incorrect information for college and career planning, leading to anxiety-ridden youth and crippling student debt. Less affluent students are being led to more expensive options and high achievers feel compelled to apply for college at the most prestigious institutions. But, whether it’s a state school, safety school, or public school?there are other options beside an overpriced private school. It could be, but it might not be. A guidance counselor for parents. Learn that it’s not just about the “right” college, it’s about the “right fit” college. Using statistics, experts, and multi-factor analysis to clarify what should and should not be a worry in college planning, Barnes helps parents identify better, and often overlooked, options. In this guide, she dissects the top ten parental worries about how to get into college, including college applications, college admissions, college requirements, and college acceptance. Inside find: The first comprehensive individualized career and academic planning guide available to parents and teens Details on new innovative programs endorsed by schools, colleges, and HR departments A bonus “Academic Planning Guide” If you enjoyed books like Launch, Prepared, or Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, you’ll love What Every Parent Needs to Know About College Admissions.

What does it take to be successful in college? Is your student prepared? If you read the headlines and listen to the news, you will believe that every parent of a high school student is nervous, anxious, and a bit worried about his student¿s future. The good news is that you can do something now. We draw on our combined experience of over 40 years of teaching and administration in both community colleges and universities to provide parents like you with the information and tools to get your student ready for the challenges and opportunities that college will offer.

The author, Joe Barnes, had a unique opportunity to interview several parents and teachers of high performing students within the United States and around the world. He wrote this book to share his learnings from those conversations and offer his heart-felt advice on what it takes to be an A student. In this book, he shares his perspectives on what it takes for a student to be successful in the classroom. This book provides detailed discussion and step-by-step guidance on the following: - How students of all ages can succeed in school and make A's - How students and parents can work together to achieve academic success - How to use checklists to guide at-home studies and help students prepare to take a test - How students can use their testing experience to improve and do better on the next test - How parents can start their children on the road to academic success at an early age - Student wondering how to improve test scores and make better grades - Parent wanting to help your student study better and excel in school - College student seeking to raise your grade point average in order to land the best job possible, or - Family member or family friend looking to help others improve academically This Book Is Written For You.

A fellow educator once told me that her goal was to help students thrive, not just survive. The goal of this book is to help parents do the same while their children are in middle school. Middle school offers many challenges for families. Here you will find practical, easy to implement solutions to these challenges, as well as tools to keep the connection with your child during these years. Preserving your relationship with your child is not only important to make it through the middle school years, but essential to being an effective parent during the next stage of adolescence, Teenagers. This book was written to help you retain your sanity and sense of humor while persevering through these often challenging times as a parent.Parenting is not an easy job. So many parents have said to me, "If they (my kids) only came with a book!” Well, here is the book that should have come with your kids and will help your whole family get through the tough middle school years.