Ensuring That No Child Is Left Behind

About the Book

“As a former college professor and school administrator, I have always had a focus on teaching and learning as well as providing a safe school environment for all. Jerry Dale Jones’s book is a strategic mentor program that is proactive in preventing many of the difficult school situations that we read about daily” (Dr. Reginald Oxendine, president and CEO, Reading Solutions Inc., Pembroke, North Carolina). “This is an important work that offers insight in creating success for students within a school setting. The information and ideas presented will be invaluable to anyone involved in education seeking a new approach for a safe school environment” (Dr. Mickey Blackwell, former middle school principal and executive director of Elementary and Middle School Principals in West Virginia). Ensuring that no child is left behind: A Strategic mentoring program for middle and high school students is not a quick fix, but if used in a thoughtful manner, it has hope for creating a culture for safe schools as well as assisting all students to persist to graduation. This strategic mentoring program has a common sense approach that is backed by many years of practical and day-to-day activities that work. Throughout my career, I have heard the term at-risk used often. I now believe we are all at risk, depending on each day that we approach. It can be a miracle or a nightmare, depending on the many unforeseen encounters that occur daily in our life.

About the Author

JD Jones served with the United States Navy and is an honorary Submariner and as a young man taught school in Guatemala, Central American, he holds a Doctorate in Supervision from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He served as Superintendent of schools in two school districts in West Virginia, and was the first Joseph Oxendine distinguished professor in Leadership at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke. After serving on the Doctoral faculties at Marshall and West Virginia University he is now involved as the principal of JD Jones and Associates in Charleston, West Virginia focusing on Organizational Intervention and Renewal.

JD Jones additional books include:

• Positive Creativity
• The Republic of Creative Thought
• 101 Tips for School District Leadership
• A View from the Bleachers “Where the real game of live is played”
• Play: Not Yet Here

A SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM