Connecting with Students: Strategies for Building Rapport with Urban Learners should be required reading for any teacher and school administrator working with urban students. As a veteran urban educator, Ms. Higgs relies on her extensive knowledge and successful teaching experiences to present realistic scenarios and case studies of the urban classroom and urban learners. Her common-sense strategies for developing more ... Read moreeffective rapport with urban students make this a "must read" book on any educators' reading list.
Dr. Mary Kolesinski, program professor of elementary education, gifted education, and urban education, Nova Southeastern University Connecting with Students: Strategies for Building Rapport with Urban Learners written by Crystal Higgs focuses on the importance of building relationships with urban students. Written in a lively style, this book describes essential practices that are simple to implement in order to build connections with students so that they can continue to develop personally and academically.
Ellen S. Amatea, professor of counselor education, University of Florida If you desire to dig a little deeper, reach a little further, and create life-changing relationships with your urban students, Connecting with Students: Strategies for Building Rapport with Urban Learners will give you the insight and tools to make it happen. Through a genuine and in-depth look at the cultural, emotional, mental and physical dynamics of urban students, you will gain tremendous perspective, engage in meaningful reflection, and find skills to be an even better teacher than you are today.
Jennifer Bohn, People Magazine's 2012 Teacher of the Year As the former Principal of Evans High school, an inner-city school that improved from an “F”grade to a “B” grade, we were fortunate to have educators like Crystal Higgs who understood the complexity of urban teaching and learning. In the words of M s. Higgs, “Urban classrooms possess a unique beauty.” In Connecting with Students: Strategies for Building Rapport with Urban Learners, she is able to deeply understand the beauty and complexity of an urban classroom and innovative approaches to teaching and learning in an urban classroom.
David Christiansen, Ed.D., associate superintendent, curriculum and instruction, Fresno Unified School District, California Show Less