Learning Lifeguards
Your 10-Step Guide to Building a Team that Motivates Struggling Students to Love Learning and Stay in School
By Sherri Nelson
In classrooms nationwide, many students are grappling with the academic riptides, desperately trying to stay afloat. As educators, do we turn away—or do we pool our resources and skills to prevent them from drowning
Discover the ultimate lifeline for supporting students from Sherri Nelson with Learning Lifeguards: Your 10-Step Guide to Building a Team That Motivates Struggling Students to Love Learning and Stay in School. This empowering guide offers struggling learners a lifeline by equipping educators with actionable strategies for creating a school community where every student not only treads water but succeeds.Â
Through 10 actionable Hacks, longtime educator Sherri Nelson shares valuable insights from her previous school’s transformative journey, revealing how they broke free from their state’s school improvement label after more than a decade of struggle.Â
You’ll learn how to:
- Elevate academic expectations for all students
- Strengthen relationships for student success
- Establish non-negotiables for student learning
- Provide lifeline support for struggling students
- Craft a collaborative community culture
Each chapter provides practical solutions for a specific challenge, but the true power of this guidebook lies in assembling a lifeguarding team at your school. Like support personnel on sandy shores, these teams stand ready to assist struggling students until they can independently navigate their academic journeys.
Whether you’re a teacher seeking classroom solutions or a visionary principal shaping your school’s future, Learning Lifeguards provides the tools to create a learning community where academic success for every student is not just a goal but a reality. Take action now to be the lifeline for your students’ success!
Readers are loving Learning Lifeguards
Wow, the concept of Learning Lifeguards is so timely. I feel that educators have been trying to either help students on their own or to gather their own team to help at a grassroots level. Sherri Nelson sets out a clear path, shows what we can do now and in the long-term and refutes so much of the inevitable pushback. My favorite sections are the Hack in Actions, which give us hope that it is truly possible.
This is an excellent read to share with a team. Not only are their solid strategies and ideas, but also actionable items that can immediately benefit student learning. The storyline and theme make it easy to quickly move through the book and stay engaged.
Learning Lifeguards has an easy-to-read, yet detailed format laying out ways in which we, as educators, can help all of our students, especially those who struggle the most. The book provides the reader with detailed steps for the implementation of high expectations in the classroom, positive student and coworker relationships, and extra support at school and at home. It then goes on to outline real situations that encourage the reader to consider and recognize the steps that were taken after implementation occurred. As education continues to be challenging, the goal throughout the book is to assist educators in creating a community of success for all students with a realistic plan to meet that goal.
Beautiful, easily-digestible content
