This independent study course is designed to provide teachers with tools and strategies to teach like a PIRATE. The word “PIRATE” in his book is an acronym describing six traits of a passionate, on-fire, engaging teacher. It stands for:
- Passion: Infusing your teaching with content passion, professional passion and personal passion
- Immersion: Your ability to completely give yourself up to the moment and fully “be” with your students
- Rapport: Making students feel important by developing relationships with them
- Ask and Analyze: Ask great questions and always analyze your situation
- Transformation: Make your classroom and teaching exceptional and worth noticing
- Enthusiasm: Light fires under your students with zeal for education
As teachers complete the course lessons they will be able to reflect on their current teaching strategies and begin to implement new, possibly more effective teaching strategies.
In this course you will:
- Develop engaging lessons that will draw students into the content being taught.
- Learn techniques to help increase your own passion as an educator and pass that passion onto the students
- Create and develop your own teaching strategies and provide examples to implement in the classroom
- Acquire skills beneficial not only for your students, but for yourself as an educator as well.
- Develop techniques unique to your own classroom subject area
- Describe the effects of implementing particular techniques in the classroom and the impact it has on students
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“This was an excellent book study and one that I will recommend to other teachers! It refreshed me and rejuvenated me and gave me ideas to continue to think about in my lesson planning.” –Jennifer J., IA
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I loved this class. I had heard my co-workers talk about this book but this was the first time I read it. I really enjoyed and it sparked tons of great ideas for me to use in my classroom. Nicole Z., NE.
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I always love taking classes through Be A Great Teacher because they lead me to think outside of the box and to strive to be better. They don’t make things confusing or complicated. They push teachers to add humor and relationship building into their classrooms daily and that is going to lead to better classes and people. Thank you Be A Great Teacher!
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Great book to remind us that it is ok to think outside the box. Christy F., NE.
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I appreciate the class being relevant to what a teacher can use in their classroom. The questions were thought-provoking and the assignments were useful to use in creating lessons. Amber F., WY.
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This is a great book full of energy. I feel like the ease of the read helps as well. It isn’t a massive stat book so I can glean more its topics. Great idea sparker. Bryan M., NE.