Maine Department of Education: Book Club!!

Greatest idea ever!!  This book club gets together five sessions in the next two months and we discuss a book about education: This one is a motivational book for teachers called Teach Like A Pirate, by Dave Burgess.  Yesterday afternoon was our first session.  One of the best parts of it was the fact that we got together virtually, by way of Zoom, and it worked really well!  There were eight of us, including the fabulous facilitator and it was a wonderful discussion.  We talked about professional, content and personal passion, because the author of the book, David Burgess breaks up passion into three categories.  I believe that sometimes your personal, professional and content passion come together into one, especially if music is your mistress, as it has been mine for the past fifty-five years!  But sometimes you hit a wall, and you need to find a way to relax from the stress of teaching every day, so you shouldn't feel guilty if you just want to sit on the couch after a long day and watch a movie or talk to a friend on the phone.  People talked about the way they refresh themselves, some did their art, some went running or to the gym, and of course, I love my ZUMBA!! The author says if you can bring that kind of passion into the classroom you build rapport with your students, and your true self as a teacher can also shine through!  I will be talking about the other sessions later in this blog!  Have a great day everybody! Let your true self as a teacher shine through!