Settling in

By about this time of the school year, things have settled in a bit. You know the names of your students and feel a bit more comfortable in each class. You're accustomned to your new routine, the way the classes rotate, the new rules that may have changed over the summer with perhaps a new administrator or just a new outlook for the school at large.

This was one of my favorite times of the school year. The year was still fresh but we were past that 'new year' feeling when students were usually too quiet because they didn't feel too comfortable in the class. In that first month, I had so much on my plate that I wasn't opened to one more new idea from anyone. I just needed to survive the day to day workload while trying to get a handle on the 150 or students who had joined that scholastic journey with me.

I know most of the people on this list because you were in one of my speaking sessions at a national convention. Most of you know that I've been working on a compilation of the strategies that worked for me in the classroom, strategies that caused my students to ask repeatedly, "Why doesn't everyone teach like you?" Those techniques also got me named Teacher of the Year and recognized as a leader in learning by Cable in the Classroom and the US Senate.

Well, that compilation is finally done and is now ready for those of who you feel you could benefit from some of the things I've learned in my 28 years in the classroom. You'll see a link for it to the left of this posting or you can just click here.

I dropped the price from $15.99 which was suggested by my publisher to $11.99 for those of you on my mailing list because of all the great comments you've left for me which has allowed me to get booked into other events.

This book will also be available in paperback form and as an audio CD later this fall.

This will be my only posting where I talk about my book although the link for it will always be on this site. Feel free to pass the link along to friends who might benefit from this book too!

Hope you're having a great school year!