Early Childhood Education and the Student Empowerment Program

Dr. Mario C. Barbiere and Jane C. Wiatr have developed a practical and informative guide to teaching for both new and seasoned teachers, administrators and their support staff. This book spotlights The Student Empowerment Program© and is the foundation for a positive climate and culture in the early childhood classroom. The program is detailed chapter by chapter and addresses the nature of the learner from play and exploration to technology, to rubrics and assessments. This covers the gamut of what every educator needs to know to become a master in their field. The Student Empowerment Program© contains the 5’R’s which is the architecture a teacher needs to build a solid foundation for learning and self-regulation. Any educator, who wants to make a positive change and become enabled to teach more and discipline less, will appreciate the simplicity of our program in this step by step handbook. Every word, whether it is our personal experience or research based is dedicated to facilitating a smooth transition toward positive discipline, student self-regulation and student empowerment.

As the director of a preschool and as an elementary school principal, I found this book to be an excellent knowledge base for the development of young children. The book introduced new strategies and approaches to brain based learning and its application for the “whole child” teaching approach in early childhood education. This book encourages learning and promoting children’s social and emotional development in the early school years., Jane and Mario combine research and real teaching experience to provide ideas that are effective and realistic. They are able to effectively communicate with teachers to provide simple implementation ideas that support current research in the field. They are an invaluable resource for teachers and administrators., Jane and Mario provide both new as well as veteran teachers practical strategies that can be used right away in the classroom. They offer ideas and solutions to problem behaviors that may seem overwhelming to a classroom teacher, utilizing a straight forward, sensible approach... a must read for any teacher! 

Dr. Mario Barbiere was a teacher, school administrator, superintendent, professor and school turnaround educator committed to closing the achievement gap and positive student academic success who worked at the district and State level for school turnaround promoting student self-regulation and teacher empowerment.Jane Wiatr is a 34 year early childhood education veteran, Intervention and Referral Services, and Anti-Bullying Specialist in the State of NJ.