Teaching Is a Tattoo

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Because teaching is indelibly transformational</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>We all wear tattoos as teachers. Some are metaphorical and some are very visible. They are the permanent marks that make up who we are. They're the scars we earn adventuring. They're the wrinkles and graying hairs we get from worrying about our students. And sometimes they're literal tattoos. Regardless of how we carry them our experiences change us-and the students we teach-forever.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This book explores the surprising connections between two sometimes overlooked art forms and the ways both impact identity. Here tattoos are not only the body art that we all know they also represent the way that students and teachers permanently weave who they are onto one another through their daily interactions. Award-winning teacher poet and author Mike Johnston marshals his own classroom experience other teacher voices from all over the world and yes even his own tattoos to make a compelling case for educators-tattooed or not-to be their most authentic selves with their students.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Teaching Is a Tattoo </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>is also a beautiful photo gallery of the tattoos that teachers have and the meanings behind them as well as a workbook containing many ready-to-use activities sure to be helpful to teachers PD facilitators and administrators. This book shows that identity is one of the most powerful tools educators have and it helps them explore and embrace their own attributes and to proudly wear them as one does with their favorite tattoo. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Endorsements</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Teaching and tattoos share so many similarities not the least of which is that they are both the story of our hearts the poetry of our flesh. Let this book make its mark on you.-Dan Tricarico author </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Zen Teacher: Creating FocusSimplicity and Tranquility in the Classroom</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Teaching is part of who we are and has its own cultural identity and because Mike lives that too he weaves a narrative threaded with empathy and understanding that will make you feel seen.-Wendi Pillars author </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Visual Impact: Quick Easy Tools for Thinking in Pictures</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Teaching Is a Tattoo</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> isn't just another education book; it's a personal and impactful exploration of what it means to be a truly committed educator.-Ben Cogswell author </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Eduprotocol Field Guide Primary Edition</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>By the final page you'll feel a renewed passion for teaching and an invigorated sense of purpose: to wear your teaching tattoo with pride and boldness.-Tisha Richmond educator author consultant speaker</span></p><p></p>