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This is an exciting year for your teen, as high school graduation is on the horizon. This realization adds another level to the anxiety and anticipation for the post-high school future. If you're wondering how you can help your senior navigate this important last year of high school, you'll find loads of information in 12th Grade Ready useful to you and your student. Each contributor to 12th Grade Ready is a current or former high school teacher or administrator who has worked extensively with parents and families of students. Contributors have all been Teachers of the Year, finalists in their state, or otherwise recognized on the state level for their abilities in the classroom and high school environment. 12th Grade Ready includes: How 12th grade differs from 11th and moving through preparing for post-secondary school plans. How to avoid senioritis and enjoy all the celebratory milestones of senior year. Expert advice on a wide range of topics, from academic expectations to emotional and social development. Practical suggestions and relatable anecdotes. Conversation starters for you and your senior to open new lines of communication that can continue throughout the school year. Effective strategies to balance guidance and support with encouraging self-reliance, helping parents strike the right balance. Twelfth grade can be an emotional year for your teen. We hope this book helps you as you support your student to enjoy it thoroughly. 12th Grade Ready is one of a series of guides published by Parent Ready. Parent Ready's guides help parents navigate the milestones, challenges, and passions of their adolescent and young adult kids. More at https: //parentready.com. 12th Grade Ready is edited by Timothy M. Dove, who was the 2011 and 2012 Ohio State Teacher of the Year, where he was a 7th and 8th grade teacher. He has also been an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University. Since retirement from K-12, Tim has been a consultant with Battelle for Kids in Hong Kong, Learning Forward, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and the Collaboration for Effective Education, Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center. Contributors include: Andrea Sachs, History Teacher and former College Counselor, Minnesota Lorynn Guerrero, 2022 New Mexico State Teacher of the Year Darryl Johnson, 2007 Missouri State Teacher of the Year and 2013 National Teachers Hall of Fame Inductee Mary Lou Mendoza, High School Counselor, New Mexico Shari Collins, Educational Consultant, Nebraska Al Rabanera, High School Algebra Teacher, California Antoine Sharpe, 2020 Department of Defense Teacher of the Year Leron McAdoo, Educational Consultant, Arkansas Amybeth Taylor, High School English Teacher, New Hampshire Courtney Walker, 2024 GASSP Assistant Principal of the Year, Georgia Casie Wise, EdD, High School English Teacher, Tennessee Laura-Jeanne Penrod, 2024 Nevada State Teacher of the Year Jessica Volker, South Dakota State Teacher of the Year Finalist

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"""Whether it's your first time with a senior in your house or the fourth, 12th Grade Ready provides parents and seniors the tools they need to not only survive their final year of high school, but to thrive in it! As the father of four and an educator for more than 30 years, I highly recommend 12th Grade Ready, which offers parents both real-life scenarios and prompting questions to help start what can be difficult conversations with your senior. The contributing authors, all experienced in helping hundreds, if not thousands, of students successfully close their high school careers and go on to adulthood, weave together a tapestry of topics from setting the tone for their last year of high school to how to help your senior embrace the future with a passion. 12th Grade Ready will help you avoid the roadblocks seniors face every year, whether it's writing college applications, asking for letters of recommendation, or shaking off a bad case of senioritis. The contributing authors not only focus on students moving on to college, but also give practical advice to the parent whose graduate is going into the military, a trade school, or taking a gap year. Every parent will find something in this book to give their teen both the practical skills to make the most of their final year but, even more importantly, the gift of enjoying and relishing every moment.""-Tom Akers, Superintendent of Cambridge Schools and author of Things We Don't Talk About ""Being both an educator and parent of a rising 12th grade student, I can personally relate to this paradoxical moment as the best of times but a striking resemblance to an overwhelming time. I appreciate Tim Dove's creative genius to bring together valued voices from the field that are relevant and relatable. This book will be life changing for so many families.""- Dr. Zelphine Smith-Dixon, Former Georgia State Director of Special Education and NASDSE Board President ""12th Grade Ready isn't about checking off boxes or micromanaging your child's every move during senior year-it's about fostering a relationship of trust, respect, and mutual growth. Through poignant anecdotes and practical advice, Tim and his colleagues remind us that while senior year marks the end of one chapter, it's also the beginning of an exciting new phase where parent-child dynamics evolve into adult-to-adult relationships.""-Jeffrey Maddox, Director of Human Resources, Worthington Schools, Ohio"

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Timothy M. Dove, an educator for 42 years, is the Ohio State Teacher of the Year in 2011 and 2012. Dove was a middle school teacher for 32 years and helped develop the Global Scholars Diploma program. He taught high schoolers for three years, was an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University for 20 years, and for the past decade has worked with state and national education agencies supporting educators and students in a variety of ways. He has been a consultant with Battelle for Kids in Hong Kong, Learning Forward, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center.

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