Teaching, Making a Difference

The Art of Helping Others Help Themselves

By (author) Steve Sonntag

Not available to order

Publication date:

30 November 2016

Length of book:

146 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475831788

Teachers may retire from their schools, but they never retire from teaching. Teaching, Making a Difference includes two goals. The first is to give guidance to teachers contemplating retirement while helping them to maintain realistic standards for their students. The second goal is to present a multitude of options for just-retired teachers to enjoy their well-earned retirement while still using their knowledge and experience to benefit their communities. Teachers will learn techniques that they can incorporate into their lesson plans as they continue to teach, and upon retiring, they will learn how to develop their own “lesson plan” to take care of themselves and to participate in their communities.

Introduction
Chapter 1 – Are You Ready to Retire?
Chapter 3 – Your Very Last Month
Part II – A New Beginning of Changes
Chapter 6 - The Personal Benefits of Helping Others Help Themselves
Chapter 8 – Teaching Without Teaching Formally
Chapter 10 – Your Teaching Put to Use
Chapter 12 – Escaping to Learning
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Steve Sonntag’s teaching background, life experience and insight are evident throughout the book as he provides valuable information and helps guide the “post classroom” teacher as he or she decides what next. In the book being a couch potato is not one of the options listed, rather “rocking the world” and the many ways to do that. Coach, volunteer, mentor, lead, guide, tutor and in these and other ways to help empower people to better their lives and expand their horizons. Continue to learn and share the knowledge you have gained with others.