Inspirational Quotes, Notes, & Anecdotes That Honor Teachers and Teaching / Edition 1

by Robert D. Ramsey

Overview

This uplifting, easy-to-read, but hard-to-forget anthology is full of powerful reminders that there is no such thing as "only a teacher. "

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412926805
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/21/2006
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert D. Ramsey is a lifelong educator who has served as a "leader of leaders" in three award-winning school districts in two different states. His frontline experience includes positions a teacher, counselor, assistant principal, curriculum director, assistant superintendent, acting superintendent, and adjunct professor. Most recently, he has served as associate superintendent in the St. Louis Park (MN) schools, where every school has been designated by the federal government as a National School of Excellence. Ramsey is now working full-time as a freelance writer in Minneapolis.

Table of Contents

Preface: It’s a Tough Time to Be a Teacher in America
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Author’s Note
Introduction: There’s No Such Thing as “Only a Teacher”
1. Education
2. Students
3. Teaching
4. Teachers
5. Tributes & Testimonials
6. A Final Word: It’s Worth It!
Resource A - Insights & Observations on Teaching That Only Teachers Will Appreciate
Resource B - Other Books That Inspire Teachers