New Parenting Workshop!
Boy Smarts Action Talk - How to talk so boys will listen and listen so boys will talk
October 4 and November 8, 2008.
For registration details click here




2008 Boy Smarts 2 hour Parent Evening Presentations
Jan 30, 2008 Vancouver, West Point Grey Academy Click here for flyer
Feb 6, 2008 Vancouver, Sir William MacDonald Elementary Click here for flyer
Feb 10, 2008 Courtney, DPAC Event, Isfeld Secondary Click here for flyer
Feb 13, 2008 North Vancouver, Brockton Preparatory School Click here for flyer
Feb 16, 2008 Surrey, Boy Smarts Action Talk – 4 hour workshop  
Feb 19, 2008 Abbotsford, Robert Bateman Secondary Click here for flyer
Feb 20, 2008 Vancouver, Vancouver College Click here for flyer
Feb 25, 2008 Positive Parenting at White Rock Star of the Sea School Click here for flyer
Feb 26, 2008 New Westminster, F.W. Howay Community School Click here for flyer
Feb 27, 2008 Vancouver, Tyee Elementary & Laura Secord Elementary
Click here for flyer
March 4, 2008 Surrey, Cambridge Elementary Click here for flyer
March 6, 2008 Prince George Playhouse, Prince George Click here for flyer
March 8, 2008 Caregiver Conference, Chilliwack Click here for flyer
April 2, 2008 Richmond, Hamilton Elementary Click here for flyer
April 9, 2008 West Vancouver, Mulgrave School Click here for flyer
April 19, 2008 Gender Smarts keynote address at Edmonton Literacy & Learning Day 2008 Conference Visit website
April 24, 2008 Langley, Langley Secondary School Click here for flyer
May 15, 2008 St John’s, NF, Reid Theatre Click here for flyer
Sept 2, 2008 Skidegate, Haida Gwaii Click here for flyer
 
Questions about parenting and teaching boys?
Dear Barry questions and answers posted in Boy Smarts Newsletter
Email your questions to boysmarts@mentoringboys.com
 

Feb 11, 2008
Courtney Boy Smarts keynote address at Diversity 2008 Conference
Click here for flyer

March 7, 2008
Keynote Address, BC North Central Teachers’ Conference
Visit website

May 2, 2008
Keynote Address, Cowichan District Teachers’ Conference
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October 24, 2008 PD Day

Boy Smarts Literacy (Relevant – Realistic – Responsive Education) Vancouver
Flyer to be posted in early 2008

Boy Smarts Keynote at the Canadian National Principal’s Association
Conference in 2008

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May 27 – 30, 2008
Belize Boy Smarts Literacy Project

Boy Smarts Summer Institutes
One day - Vernon, August 26, 2008 - Click here for flyer
  Grand Forks, August 27, 2008 - Click here for flyer

September 2, 2008
Haida Gwaii Teachers’ Conference, Sandspit





Boy Smarts Action Study Guide
Revitalize teacher inquiry & stimulate success among boys!
With 4 options for purchase…



“We must help boys to use their time, energy, and talents in positive and contributory ways – it’s that simple. The Boy Smarts Action Study Guide provides perceptive and thoughtful points of inquiry for learning communities to accomplish this goal with boys of all ages and from all walks of life. It lays the foundation for constructive and positive futures.”
- Marilyn McGuire, Author, Gangs and Violence: School-wide Strategies for Prevention and Intervention

“This guide is written with clarity and heartfelt understanding. MacDonald asks illuminating questions that evoke dialogue and optimistic action.”
– Karen Elkins, Vancouver Gifted Association, and President – www.silbury.ca

To read the Book Foreword by Linda Albert, Author of Cooperative Discipline click here.

Questions about parenting and teaching boys?

Dear Barry questions and answers posted in Boy Smarts Newsletter
Email your questions to sagepoint@telus.net

 

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» Electronic Literacy
» Homework Relief
» Boys and Virginity
» Single-gender Classrooms?
» Teen Brains
» Spider Senses in Boys
» Self-Esteem and Chores
» Hitting
» Responding to a bully
» Health Literacy - Is being male
   dangerous to boys’ health?
» Parent-Teacher Conferences
» Positive Discipline -
    Is your son a CEO in training?
» Auditory Processing Challenges
» Boys Read!
» Boys Learning Needs -
    Collaboration or Conflict?
» Cash for Grades Undermines
    Achievement
» Cultural Realities -
    Enter the Forbidden Zone
» Rambunctious Play
» Questioning Zero Tolerance
    and School Suspensions

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