Secrets From The Middle: Making Who You Are Work For You

You are who you are. You have a personality, a background, a belief system. To survive in a classroom with adolescents, you cannot turn on or off who you really are. That would be incredibly exhausting. Of course, you can make modifications and adjustments – that is called survival. The key is to make “who you are” work for you and ultimately for your students.

Elyse S. Scott’s book about what she learned from her 30-plus years teaching middle grades provides support for practicing teachers ...