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The Empowered ELA Teacher: Be the Teacher You Want to Be, Do Great Work, and Thrive
Are you in control of your teaching, or is teaching in control of you?
Many middle school ELA teachers face similar nights and weekends consumed with lesson planning and grading; no time to create meaningful, engaging lessons; and the struggle to squeeze all the required standards into a fifty-minute class period. It’s enough to make you wonder why you started teaching in the first place.
At EB Academics, we hear you. We’ve been you. And we’ve got you. Our lesson planning approach is a practical method for achieving the teaching successes you envision. We’ve helped thousands of middle school ELA teachers discover how to transform their classrooms and get back their free time.
In The Empowered ELA Teacher, you’ll learn to strengthen key components of your teaching so you can be the educator you want to be and thrive while doing it. You’ll discover a powerful way to create lessons that give your students more focus, growth, and satisfaction—without sacrificing your nights and weekends. It’s time to enjoy teaching again.
Many middle school ELA teachers face similar nights and weekends consumed with lesson planning and grading; no time to create meaningful, engaging lessons; and the struggle to squeeze all the required standards into a fifty-minute class period. It’s enough to make you wonder why you started teaching in the first place.
At EB Academics, we hear you. We’ve been you. And we’ve got you. Our lesson planning approach is a practical method for achieving the teaching successes you envision. We’ve helped thousands of middle school ELA teachers discover how to transform their classrooms and get back their free time.
In The Empowered ELA Teacher, you’ll learn to strengthen key components of your teaching so you can be the educator you want to be and thrive while doing it. You’ll discover a powerful way to create lessons that give your students more focus, growth, and satisfaction—without sacrificing your nights and weekends. It’s time to enjoy teaching again.
269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 17, 2021
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May 14, 2023
I just cannot finish this book. I have tried to read it twice. It was atrocious. It was so much of the "me, me, me" mentality. Almost every chapter had PAGES about the authors, what they went through, their experiences, etc. It was so much more like a biography than it was a true professional development book.
This felt like a college essay with a minimum word requirement where the student fluffs it until they hit the word count. It was so repetitive and full of word salad. It sounded like a Facebook rant after a bad day at the campus or like Charlie Brown's teacher.
I got the book because I can relate and needed new ideas. I didn't need to read over and over and over again about how you were burnt out. I'm sure if I searched the word "burn out," it would appear over 30 times just in the first half of the book. It honestly just brought the mood down. I don't need to hear about negative experiences with teaching. I need to know how I can help my kids. If I searched the word "I," I'm sure it would be over 100 times in the first 40 pages.
Engaging Ideas: Games. Okay but...they provide no ideas for games. No examples. I know games are engaging. But how do I implement or create games based on the content? Maybe two examples were provided with minimal details.
I started skimming the book looking for professional development ideas to bring into my classroom, but they were all things I "already do" or from other PD books.
I cannot, in good faith, recommend this book to others. I find it hard to believe it's gotten such high reviews. It may be okay for a first-year teacher, but past that, it's just a review.
This felt like a college essay with a minimum word requirement where the student fluffs it until they hit the word count. It was so repetitive and full of word salad. It sounded like a Facebook rant after a bad day at the campus or like Charlie Brown's teacher.
I got the book because I can relate and needed new ideas. I didn't need to read over and over and over again about how you were burnt out. I'm sure if I searched the word "burn out," it would appear over 30 times just in the first half of the book. It honestly just brought the mood down. I don't need to hear about negative experiences with teaching. I need to know how I can help my kids. If I searched the word "I," I'm sure it would be over 100 times in the first 40 pages.
Engaging Ideas: Games. Okay but...they provide no ideas for games. No examples. I know games are engaging. But how do I implement or create games based on the content? Maybe two examples were provided with minimal details.
I started skimming the book looking for professional development ideas to bring into my classroom, but they were all things I "already do" or from other PD books.
I cannot, in good faith, recommend this book to others. I find it hard to believe it's gotten such high reviews. It may be okay for a first-year teacher, but past that, it's just a review.
January 31, 2022
a MUST read!
I could not put this down! As a first year teacher, I have been experiencing major burnout. This book has made me so excited to go lock myself in a room and get some batch planning done!
I could not put this down! As a first year teacher, I have been experiencing major burnout. This book has made me so excited to go lock myself in a room and get some batch planning done!
March 31, 2023
Must read for Ed majors
I wish I had access to this content when I started teaching! I have it now, though, and have every intention of using these techniques and games next year with my incoming freshmen. Great book!
I wish I had access to this content when I started teaching! I have it now, though, and have every intention of using these techniques and games next year with my incoming freshmen. Great book!
November 13, 2021
This book gives great tips such as batch planning that help me as I teach.
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