Teaching is Sometimes like This: So Much More than Lesson Plans

TEACHING IS SOMETIMES LIKE THIS is a collection of short stories from the author's twenty-seven year teaching experience. Each story ends with an Essential Learning giving insight and practical advice that can be of benefit to new and veteran teachers. These stories contain day-to-day details of teaching that aren't normally dealt with in teacher preparation programs.This book is a way of familiarizing beginning education majors with the classroom: unexpected things that can and do pop up, the joys, the tears, the satisfactions, the frustrations of teaching. Because, after all, teaching isn't simply delivering carefully drafted lesson plans - there is so much more. And, sometimes those extras necessarily become the main feature of the day. Veteran teachers can enjoy this book; they will find themselves smiling and nodding their heads as they identify with the incidents related.Collectively, the stories remind us all of the importance of looking to Jesus for courage, wisdom, insights, energy, and empathy to meet the needs of His precious children in our care.