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    612-822-4611

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What Have I Learned?: Eighteen teachers reflect on teaching and the wisdom they've gained along the way

What Have I Learned?: Eighteen teachers reflect on teaching and the wisdom they've gained along the way

Bacon, Katie
Dolbear, Emily
Roffman, Ian

Paperback

General Education

ISBN10: 1530381134
ISBN13: 9781530381135
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 16 2016
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Great teaching happens every day in classrooms all across the country. But it is usually concealed from view. It happens behind a classroom door and out of sight from all but those in the room. There is rarely an audience for it. We don't celebrate it on the news or on websites or talk shows. The Brookline Education Foundation, founded in 1981 in Brookline, Massachusetts, was one of the country's first local education foundations supporting public elementary and secondary schools. In 1984, the BEF decided to shine a light on great teaching. The Ernest R. Caverly Award recognizes teaching excellence, and has been awarded to fifty-eight teachers, from the preschool level through high school. Each winner is asked to deliver a talk at our annual Celebrating Teachers event about their experiences in the classroom and their journey to get there. This book is a collection of eighteen of those talks. Teachers, just like their students, arrive in the classroom along many different paths. Some, such as Barbara Scotto, learned to teach on the job in a challenging environment. Some, such as Ricardo Calleja, came close to quitting before finding their way. Others, such as Mary Burchenal, knew at a young age that they wanted to follow in the footsteps of a beloved teacher. Still others, such as Amy Neale, lived a lifetime of experiences before landing in the classroom. Whatever their path, the teachers in this collection share an understanding that teaching is a craft and that the best in this profession are always looking for ways to grow and improve. Great teachers are great learners. In the words of the late Margaret Metzger, In education, I do not find answers, but I do find questions worthy of a lifetime of thought.

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