Donna Gerard

Who's Tougher Than Us? (eBook, ePUB)

The Realities of Teaching

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Who's Tougher Than Us? is a collection of true stories entirely from the author's personal experience as an educator. She shares three kinds of stories. Student stories, both good and bad, tell of the student who came to school with his books, pencils, razor blade, and suicide note, and of the former student who yelled "Ms. Gerard!" across a department store to tell her how well she was doing, all because Ms. Gerard broke a rule. Also, it is not impossible to pay $2 to stop a student from having temper tantrums.

There are everyday teacher stories, such as the drama surrounding the copy machine. She includes her top and bottom ten lists of teacher life where she shares the joy of the Catch Up Day, field trip adventures in the rain, and why you need to keep an extra shirt in the classroom.

Finally, there are stories about administrative issues, such as trying to follow the statewide seating mandate in a room where the desks just don't fit, or navigating dress code policies that cause more problems than they solve. Teaching is a complex profession that is in trouble, as evidenced by our current teacher shortage. By examining and addressing the issues that drive teachers out, we can bring teachers in.

Teachers in all stages, from new classroom teachers to veteran educators, will relate to Donna Gerard's experiences and see themselves in these stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Three Fountain Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798986612010
• Artikelnr.: 65597210

Autorenporträt

Donna Gerard has a BA in sociology, a state teaching certification for K-8, an MA in Middle School Science, and state endorsements in middle school science, secondary social studies, and secondary social science. More importantly, she had 34 years of teaching experience, including K-12 substitute teaching, K-4 basic skills math and reading, grades 5-8 social studies, grades 1, 5, 6 language arts, math, science, and social studies, grade 6 health, and grades 7-8 science. She has taught students classified as special education, gifted and talented, struggling learners, ELL, and general program. Gerard was a practitioner of learning stations, project-based learning, basal readers, formal spelling programs, phonics, whole language, call and response, book learning, hands-on learning, multiple intelligences, computer-based learning, individualized instruction, and cooperative learning, to name a few. She drew the conclusion that every trend in education has merit and should be used, but none are the "answer" to how to teach students or should be used exclusively. Aside from teaching, Gerard loves every kind of water sport, from swimming laps to parasailing and kayaking. She is an avid game player, a die-hard Star Trek fan, and an aspiring world traveler. She lives with her husband and her part-time dog in New Jersey. Learn more at www.DonnaGerard.com.