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Flip the Script: Breaking Down Barriers, Building Relationships, and Engaging Secondary Students
In Flip the Script, the authors propose that to build relationships with and engage students, educators must examine core beliefs and assumptions that create unintentional barriers to supporting students. Through self-exploration, empathy building, and real-life examples from five master teachers, educators can learn how to help students break down negative thought patterns and become engaged learners.
Secondary teachers can use this book
Remember what it was like to be adolescents
Increase students’ enthusiasm and willingness to actively engage in class
Use examples from five highly effective teachers to deepen pedagogy and develop exceptional skills and mindsets
Approach student conflicts with authenticity and respect, using those experiences as opportunities to guide student growth
Reframe how students see themselves as learners and increase students’ self-efficacy and hope for the future, changing the trajectories of their lives
Introduction
Chapter 1: Building Trust and Connection
Chapter 2: Creating Safety
Chapter 3: Developing Authenticity
Chapter 4: Increasing Student Engagement
Chapter 5: Navigating Student Conflict and Behavior
Chapter 6: Flipping the Script
Epilogue
Appendix Activities to Help Students Reflect
Appendix Middle and High School Essay-Writing Packets
Appendix Activities to Help Students Develop Social-Emotional Competencies and Skills
Appendix Activities for the First Two Weeks of School
References and Resources
Index
Secondary teachers can use this book
Remember what it was like to be adolescents
Increase students’ enthusiasm and willingness to actively engage in class
Use examples from five highly effective teachers to deepen pedagogy and develop exceptional skills and mindsets
Approach student conflicts with authenticity and respect, using those experiences as opportunities to guide student growth
Reframe how students see themselves as learners and increase students’ self-efficacy and hope for the future, changing the trajectories of their lives
Introduction
Chapter 1: Building Trust and Connection
Chapter 2: Creating Safety
Chapter 3: Developing Authenticity
Chapter 4: Increasing Student Engagement
Chapter 5: Navigating Student Conflict and Behavior
Chapter 6: Flipping the Script
Epilogue
Appendix Activities to Help Students Reflect
Appendix Middle and High School Essay-Writing Packets
Appendix Activities to Help Students Develop Social-Emotional Competencies and Skills
Appendix Activities for the First Two Weeks of School
References and Resources
Index
400 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 10, 2025
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March 14, 2026
Pretty good learned a lot about teaching
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