Schools of Fish!: Welcome Back to the Reason You Became an Educator by Strand

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Book Title
Schools of Fish!: Welcome Back to the Reason You Became an Educat
Publication Date
2006-06-01
Pages
224
ISBN
9781401303006
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
1401303005
ISBN-13
9781401303006
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53563902

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Schools of Fish!
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Personal Success, Professional Development, Classroom Management, Essays
Type
Textbook
Author
Philip Strand, John Christensen, Andy Halper
Subject Area
Education, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
32.6 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Illustrated
Yes
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
It's two minutes to 8:00. Time to put on your tights and cape. As an educator, every time that bell rings, you face dozens of challenges. Students with overwhelming personal and academic needs. Creativity-stifling mandates. Administrivia. Cynicism. Apathy. The things that keep you from being the educator you want to be. The FISH! Philosophy--four simple principles: Be There, Play, Make Their Day, and Choose Your Attitude--has helped educators around the world build more effective, fulfilling relationships that lead to better learning. It is also backed by tons (OK, about a hundred pounds) of research on classroom management. Schools of FISH! is full of inspiring and instructive stories about people just like you--with hopes and challenges just like yours. It's about real-life heroes who give the best in themselves to help their students find the best in themselves . Schools of FISH! offers practical ideas on classroom management. It addresses the issues you deal with every day--improving learning, respect and personal accountability, self-discipline and internal motivation, and finding ways to make learning more fun. Because you're not just teaching students to learn . . . you're inspiring them to want to learn., Educators receive a groundbreaking, empowering, and exciting new application of the bestselling "FISH! "philosophy, inspired by the unique culture of Seattle's Pike Place Fish market. Full color., It's two minutes to 8:00. Time to put on your tights and cape. As an educator, every time that bell rings, you face dozens of challenges. Students with overwhelming personal and academic needs. Creativity-stifling mandates. Administrivia. Cynicism. Apathy. The things that keep you from being the educator you want to be. The FISH Philosophy--four simple principles: Be There, Play, Make Their Day, and Choose Your Attitude--has helped educators around the world build more effective, fulfilling relationships that lead to better learning. It is also backed by tons (OK, about a hundred pounds) of research on classroom management. Schools of FISH is full of inspiring and instructive stories about people just like you--with hopes and challenges just like yours. It's about real-life heroes who give the best in themselves to help their students find the best in themselves . Schools of FISH offers practical ideas on classroom management. It addresses the issues you deal with every day--improving learning, respect and personal accountability, self-discipline and internal motivation, and finding ways to make learning more fun. Because you're not just teaching students to learn . . . you're inspiring them to want to learn.

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