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As I write this in 2022, we enter year three of a global pandemic. The pandemic's impact on education is already emerging and I suspect will be future research paper fodder. One impact is teacher "fallout" from the profession. Teachers are leaving in record numbers from retirement, early retirement, and even mid-career professionals are abandoning teaching.So, how do we attract vibrant, creative, and intelligent individuals to this important profession? How do we retain outstanding teachers who are considering leaving the profession?Instead of ascribing to "scripted curriculums" for teachers, or devising testing strategies to hold teachers accountable, we should focus on strategies to invigorate novice teachers. How can they use their pedagogical skills to create engaging curricula? Teachers become artists when developing story lines for their curriculum that fosters student passions for learning. This approach engages both the student and the teacher to keep everyone intellectually engaged in their profession.The core struggle between "why I want to teach" and the parameters inflicted on teachers often leads to many exiting the profession within five years. This book examines why I entered this profession and what sustained me through four decades.At first glance, these essays may appear an unkempt time travel journey flowing between two careers-a high school teacher and a university professor-or too specific to offer pragmatic advice. However, I argue that four essential traits: passion, flexibility, building community, and developing intellectual engagement are needed in the practice of teaching. They are the rudder that guides teachers through the uncharted waters, and will ultimately sustain their fire for making a difference in children's lives.The format I offer are personal essays and reflections built around these four cornerstones of good teaching. Each cornerstone contains several essays that relate to that theme. While there are many books written about educational pedagogy as well as methodology, this collection is about why individuals go into teaching and what sustains their passion to continue.My intended audience includes preservice teachers, beginning teachers, experienced teacher-leaders who coach new teachers, and all those interested in how education happens. Let's roll up our sleeves and get started.

In A Trilogy That Explains Spiritual Growth, Jacqueline McNeil Watts has written and published under one cover, three books that reveal information that used to be taught in mystery schools to an elite audience. These Ageless Wisdom teachings are truths that have been hidden and/or misunderstood by Earth's humanity for many, many years. Due to our current level of evolution, we are now ready to receive and understand this information. We are also ready to learn how we can participate consciously in our growth from third-dimensional human beings to fifth-dimensional spirit beings, and how we are co-creating a new Earth along with more evolved beings and with the Supreme Creator of all that exists.This trilogy will be a rewarding and delightful eye-opener to those who wish to understand spiritual truths on a deeper level than that which is presented by most religions.

What do you do when there are too many things to do? For many professionals, the demands of work and life continue to expand as their careers advance. The ability to find a way to both manage the expanding scope and responsibilities of life and to also feel fully engaged eludes most. However, some have figured it out and solved this problem.The Balance Equation is informed by the authors' work with thousands of busy, successful people with too much to do. It's an examination and thoughtful analysis of those who have struggled to manage it all, and those who have developed ways to make it all work. It's a guide for people who want to create both success and satisfaction in their life and work. It's a framework for those who want to find a way to live an impactful, meaningful, fulfilled life without sacrificing their sleep, health, relationships, or wellbeing. Like a tricky math problem, the solution isn't always obvious; but for those who are willing to examine the variables, structure the steps, and do the work, the balance equation can be solved.

Watertown, New York is a city surrounded by the natural beauty that is the North Country. The Adirondack Mountains, Tug Hill Plateau, the St. Lawrence and Black Rivers, along with Lake Ontario, make Watertown a wonderful place to live.The founders of Watertown settled here because of the power of the Black River and its many waterfalls. Many industrial businesses harnessed the river for its waterpower. These businesses created products that gained national and worldwide acclaim.This book tells the story of Watertown's birth and growth. It includes approximately 1,300 pictures, which provide a visual look at the people and businesses that nurtured that growth. Prominent citizens gave back to the city they loved with a library, a park, hospitals, churches, schools and many other contributions.As you read, you will see how Watertown grew from a small agricultural village into an industrial powerhouse of the early twentieth century. You will meet the people who left a lasting legacy of architecture and recreation. You will see Watertown as it was and as it is now.

These poems were born from a place of hope. With the rise of environmental degradation and animal and human exploitation, I offer these words to comfort your troubled mind and rest your tired soul. This collection of poetry and prose honors the suffering we experience individually and collectively exploring themes of heartache, spiritual awakening, existential grief, and healing. This book examines consciousness and what it means to be human.

Clawing herself out of the caustic and sewage-laden river, Anna can only think of one thing-getting home. Though she lives just a few short blocks from the acrid waterway, she soon finds that the journey she's about to take is much longer and infinitely more transformative. For Anna lives in a steel town, a modern-day American steel town where the environmental movement slipped away years ago. She's spent her entire young existence in the shadows of the furnaces that give her town life. She has never questioned what they are or what they mean for the world around her.The Big Ol' Man in the Sky is the story of one fateful weekend when all that begins to change. It's a story about lives forgotten and memories rekindled. It's a story of the unending quest for truth and purpose.

Jag is one very special painted pony. Join him on his adventures as he learn about friendship and trust.¿Jag is one very special painted pony. Join him on his adventures as he learn about friendship and trust.

Have you ever wondered what specifically takes place if you, or someone you love, were to experience hospice care? Honestly, during an unthinkable crisis, wouldn't it be a relief if your wants and your fears were among the top priorities being addressed? And wouldn't you like to know that the attention includes both you and your loved ones? Imagine how comforting it would be to have the same nurse, nurse aide, social worker and others give you care for the entire time you or your loved one is on service. And after the crisis is over and all the sympathy calls have subsided, think about the reassuring comfort received from someone who stays in contact with you for over a year after the crisis is over. Author Rick Schneider reveals through his own eye-opening experiences and observations that when time appears to be limited, hospice care gives you the assistance to do what is most important to you. Simple Human Compassion will illustrate as nothing else can how touch, not technology, is what is needed at the end of life.

This book inspires imaginative minds and is intended to bring a smile to a child's face and sense of contentment to the reader.For parents, grandparents, and caregivers who enjoy poetry and love to read to children, Seven Poems for Seven Nights: Bedtime Poetry helps build a bond through the shared reading experience, the importance of which cannot be understated. It's great for anytime of day, but especially bedtime.There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a young child's expressions as they are being read a book. The author hopes his poetry gives your child a reason to smile!

High in the Italian hills, lived a family of five pigs. The mother and father were generally proud of their self-reliant piglets.That is, except for the middle pig. While his sisters would forage for the family food, he thought everything was just a game.But in fact, he would never have a name himself, if he didn''t do the same.Readers of Maurice Sendak''s Chicken Soup with Rice, and Alligators All Around will be sure to enjoy this fairytale told in rhyme, along with its colorful illustrations.Young children will enjoy this silly tale of a piglet who must find a special food to forage, in order to earn his own name.Older children may grasp the deeper meaning, that there is value in working together, towards a shared goal.In addition, there is an overarching broader narrative regarding the necessity for human stewardship of our one world.This complex topic is written into the seemingly simple fairytale, so that children may understand the concept.

A real messed-up vacationCathleen and her friends were excited to take an enjoyable weekend vacation in the amazing realm of Avalon. However, their plans were spoiled after they found all the portals between realms sealed, and the most important portals, stolen. Who had stolen and locked the portals? With the help of a secret riddle and a herd of wild horses, Cathleen and her friends must find the main portals and return them to their rightful place before travel between the realms is forever lost!

This guide will provide complete knowledge and detailed description on the world of clinical trials, medical studies or more commonly referred to as "human lab rats." It will break down the entire process and also show and prove how this procedure is no worse than everyday things that we do and eat daily. It will also provide the safest way to go about doing and picking particular studies, giving study locations, names and numbers to call. More importantly it will guide you step by step on how to be successful if you decide to make this a career or just some side money if you needed a quick few thousand dollars.$$And the best part of this is you can be almost any age (over 18 usually capping off at 55-65) any ethnicity and educational background to participate. Unlike other books or seminars that are trying to sell you on a get rich scheme you usually have to bring a lot to the table in order to be successful in whatever they are trying to sell you on. But not with Prospering In A Pandemic, all you would need is to be in decent health and you are almost guaranteed to start making money in a month or so.Trust me anyone willing to give this a try will not be disappointed and probably will be sending me a Thank You note for putting you on to this unknown gold mine!

An introduction to the reader of the many forces that molded early Christianity including the classical pagan world, its prevalent thought processes, its core values, and its cultural behaviors.

The hardest person to be honest with . . . yourself.The hardest way to release your feelings . . . to speak.These poems draw on personal experiences and life outlooks that I was always afraid to say out loud.I wrote them down and am now sharing them with you.This is me . . .This is raw . . .This is the day I learned to speak.A debut poetry collection from a very personal perspective.

A happy family raised in the hood, just trying to make it by any means. Kids are in good hands, Sandra holding it down, while Larry was making moves. Everything was going just fine, until Larry ran into Heather and crossed the line. Wishing that he could turn back time, but things got worser down the line. A family bond was broken, and chaos was in motion. The sun had no longer started to shine as time started to wind down. All hell broke loose in the streets of Houston. Faith was being tested, loyalty was being questioned, minds was being injected, by negative thoughts and hesitations. That's when anger started to rage, and inner demons was praised.Who can you trust?*The Inner Demons series is a saga involving multiple main characters whose lives are forever changed because of their negative thoughts. The characters and events in this book are not real in any shape or form. It's for entertainment purposes only.*For Mature Audiences Only!

Fighting for Joy is a collection of devotionals and journal entries compiled during Peyton's own in-between spiritual seasons. The "in-between" is a place of transition and transformation. It might feel stagnant, but this is where it's vital to dig deeper, believe longer, and move in faith. The in-between sets you free to move forward into a beautiful, flourishing life.This is the refinement and preparation that stretches your faith far beyond what you think is possible. You're asked to lay everything at the foot of the Cross, then build some things up, war well, walk in peace, and praise before the breakthrough. This process grows your patience, persistence, and perseverance.This is for the woman who knows she's been living less than she was created for.This is for the woman who knows she must fight for her future but isn't sure how to do so.This is for the woman who's ready to experience God in new ways.This is for the woman who is ready to start believing that there's "more."And . . . if you are reading this, beautiful one, this is for you.Peyton desires others to experience the breakthroughs, healing, and miracles she herself has known through the redemptive love of Christ. It's time to see women around the world stepping forward in freedom towards all the Lord has purposed for them. Themes of surrender, encouragement, belief, hope, and joy surround a focus on letting the Lord establish women in their true inheritance by healing their hearts.

Shelby Ferris and David Carson, seniors at Texas A&M, have shared a long friendship. On their last spring break trip before graduation, they set out to discover the Ghost Lights secrets of Marfa, Texas. Despite their many adventurers and discoveries, nothing could prepare them for what they encounter one lonely night in the West Texas backcountry. They discover a cold, dark cave; a gateway to a world where history meets legend. They find a place known only to the long-lost civilizations of the Anasazi, the Nephilim, and the Tekoans. It's a world of danger that casts a glint of understanding on many of the dark, unanswered hollows in our own history.Their courageous journey illustrates the character of the American spirit. Shelby and David display the strength of solid, unblemished character as they battle ancient myths and solve grand mysteries. It is a story embraced in scientific fact while enjoying the latitude of scientific fantasy.

This collection of poems documents a journey-one that the author has taken, and maybe you have too. On that journey she broke down, fought through, and was willing to lay it all on the line for what was right. Your own journey may include helping others, easing suffering, or building connections. By putting words to a path and allowing for imperfections, you foster true communion with other individuals, and reflect on staying real and alive in the moment.

For the person living in the loss of someone or something who cannot find a way to move forward. This is my personal journey and what I found helpful to overcome two tragic losses in my life. I hope this will guide those trapped within an experience of loss to find their footing.

Dear Nida is book of short stories, poems and thoughts that were written over a period of time in which Brenton was chasing the person he cared mostly about. This book will allow the readers to feel a sense of love, lust and heartbreak that they themselves might be going through or have already experienced.

An evil, power-obsessed dictator has arisen to seize control of the United States government. He unleashes a covert worldwide rebellion through his shadow organization, the High Command.Phantom, an elite professional assassin with a dark and troubled past, is recruited into serving the cause. As the world stands on the brink of open war, Phantom is assigned missions that will test his physical limits and emotional strength and even determine the fate of his soul.Phantom's thrilling adventures also involve the erotic and are filled with passion, lust, love, betrayal, vengeance, redemption, and hope. Will the world survive the High Command's rule? Will Phantom survive?