The Happy Teacher 11 Rs Every Teacher Should Know Training Manual

The Happy Teacher: 11 Rs Every Teacher Should Know training manual is a powerful and empowering toolkit of strategies that puts the joy back intoteaching and learning, while helping teachers anywhere in the world meet learning standards.The Happy Teacher/11 Rs Every Teacher Should Know will inspire a classroom revolution, where: The boy who never smiled would start smilingAnd the girl who never wrote would start writingAnd the boy who never read would start readingAnd the boy who always cursed would stop cursingAnd the girl who always fought would stop fightingAnd the boy who talked too much would stop talking - too muchAnd the girl who used to hide would stop hidingAnd the boy who used to lie would stop lyingAnd the girl who hated words would start liking them (and loving you)And the girl who used to always say no would start saying yesAnd the boy who couldn't write a complete sentence would writecomplete sentencesAnd the children who could write but refused would one day write a bookAnd the boy who wasn't in your class would come to your classbecause of the *buzz *about your classAnd the boy who barely knew the alphabet would learn to read well enough to ace testsAnd the girl who was always angry would become mostly happyAnd the boy who was depressed would start (moon) walking on sunshineAnd the girl who was always mad would make peace with her worldAnd the boy who didn't believe in himself would express faith in himselfAnd the girl who was always feisty would show her vulnerable side (andthank you)And the boy who didn't like to read would love listening to himself - readAnd the girl who was always scared would no longer be afraidAnd the boy who was at the bottom academically would rise to the topAnd the girl who never moved would one day rise from her chair and dance(to the music only she could hear -- and all of her peers would clap for her)And all of these marvelous things with children would happenbecause you had the courage to say yeswhen everyone else was saying no, to express faith when everyone else had stopped believing, to think about what could be when everyone else was thinking about what had been, and because you have watched from afar the start of many revolutionsand now you know you can't rest...until you start your o