The Expert Effect: A Three-Part System to Break Down the Walls of Your Classroom and Connect Your Students to the World

by Grayson McKinney, Zach Rondot

Overview

The Expert Effect includes practical teaching strategies and QR code links to resources and templates that make it easy to integrate this system into your curriculum. Regardless of the grade level you teach, you'll find inspiration and ideas that will help you engage your students in an unforgettable way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781953852281
Publisher:	Sarah-Jane Thomas, LLC d/b/a EduMatch
Publication date:	05/17/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Grayson McKinney is a fifth-grade teacher from Michigan and a leader in the area of innovative teaching and learning. He has worked with learners at all levels of school from K-6 as a teacher, technology facilitator, and as a program administrator. He is a student podcaster, educational writer, and speaker on the topic of 21st-century student learning and engagement. You can connect with Grayson on his blog, (Innovation4Education.WordPress.com), on Instagram (@ExpertEffectEdu) or through Twitter and Clubhouse (@GMcKinney2).
Zach Rondot is a passionate fourth-grade teacher in Troy, Michigan. His mission is to teach students the mindsets, skills, and attributes that will help them live a happy, successful, and fulfilling life long after they leave his classroom. Zach has been a presenter at many education conferences around Michigan and especially likes working with pre-service teachers. In 2019 Zach was named the Troy School District Elementary Teacher of the Year as well as the Oakland County Elementary Teacher of the Year. You can connect with him through his blog, (ZachRondot.com), on twitter (@MrRondot), or on Instagram (@ZachRondot)

Editorial Reviews

The Expert Effect blends research, classroom experiences, and best practices to inspire and guide you in your own journey to amplify the voices of your own students by connecting them to experts.

-Jennifer Casa-Todd, Teacher-Librarian & Author of Social LEADia

This book is full of big ideas with detailed ways to achieve them. Zach and Grayson share how to design authentic learning, connect with professionals, take learning outside of the classroom, empower students, and develop the mindset in students that they are capable of dynamic and expert-level work.

-Trevor Muir, Educator & Author of The Collaborative Classroom

In this book, Mr. McKinney and Mr. Rondot share instructional methods that guide your students to learn from, become, and share like experts in ways so engaging they'll be okay with missing recess!

-Elisabeth Stayer, School Librarian & Educator

This book provides tangible ways that you as a teacher can develop your teaching to improve the outcomes for your learners. The importance of connection is highlighted in order that our profession continues to develop and improve.

-Dr. Michael Harvey, Science Educator

The book is steeped with concrete examples and tools that will validate, extend, and challenge us as educators to continue to strive to reach all students.

-Larry Thomas, Educational Consultant

The Expert Effect paints a compelling picture of what joyful learning can look like in the classroom. If you are looking for ways to empower your students to thrive in a complex world, this book has the answer!

-Jennifer Gottlieb, Executive Director for District & School Services

I appreciate a lot of the suggestions recommended to teachers in this book. From my experience, it really makes class fun and interesting. Mr. Rondot and Mr. McKinney use their own experience to show how easy these techniques are.

-Garvey Mortley, Student Activist, Podcaster & Gamer

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