Teach Like the Floor Is on Fire

<p><strong>Discover an inspiring relatable and humorous teaching book that examines the evolution of education points out its flaws and offers some accessible solutions to build better classrooms. </strong> </p><p>Within the pages of <em>Teach Like the Floor Is on Fire</em> teachers of all levels will find more than one nugget of gold they can put into practice. </p><p>From page one author and seasoned educator Jennie Gyford puts her experience where her pen is and introduces her thesis-that education constantly evolves and teaching needs to follow suit-with research that resonates and personal anecdotes.  </p><p>The chapters of <em>Teach Like the Floor Is on Fire</em> focus first on the history of education in the U.S. all the way back in seventeenth-century America and transform into tackling topics like: </p><ul><li><ul><li>Outdated grading methods. </li><li>The myth of the average student. </li><li>The stress of standardized tests. </li><li>The reality that students are often not truly engaged. </li></ul></li></ul><p>Written to be read like a work chat over coffee with a trusted fellow teacher <em>Teach Like the Floor Is on Fire</em> promises new approaches grounded in current research and seasoned with humor real teacher interviews practical tools and stories you'll swear happened at your school too. </p><p>When they finish readers will walk away from <em>Teach Like the Floor Is on Fire</em> with: </p><ul><li><ul><li>Practical tools they can use-tomorrow. </li><li>New ways of thinking about grading and student motivation. </li><li>A renewed sense of purpose. </li><li>A few <em>That is SO true</em> belly laughs. </li></ul></li></ul><p>Pick up a copy today and find the laughs between classes again.</p>