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13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment Book Study Bundle Pack

Steven Zemelman, Harry Ross

ISBN 978-0-325-02941-2 / 0-325-02941-5 / 2009 / bundle
Imprint: Heinemann
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Grade Level: K - 12th
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Listen to a podcast where Steve Zemelman and Harry Ross interview two teachers who used the principles in the 13 Steps to get the teaching life they wanted.

“What is teacher empowerment? It’s not just some formal administrative position exercised from above. It starts with expanding our professional roles in small everyday actions that make our jobs more fulfilling and less difficult. And then we can take on larger school-improvement tasks as we become ready to tackle them. . . . This book, then, is about extending one’s professional role in small ways and large in the school community, in order to improve one’s teaching, one’s work life, and the school as a whole—and that is what we mean by teacher empowerment.”

—Steven Zemelman and Harry Ross

13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment to deepen your professionalism and achieve:

  • more effective teaching and deeper job satisfaction
  • more enjoyment in your work
  • more exciting collaboration with your colleagues
  • more resources and professional opportunities.

“As I sat down and began to read this book, the voice in my head first whispered, then spoke a little louder, and finally screamed—Where have you been all my life?...I can’t overemphasize the importance of this book. We need this book and we need it now. It is a road map to a vibrant, thriving, long-lasting teaching life.”

—Stephanie Harvey

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This book is a must read for teachers, regardless of their position or experience. While reading the book, I felt like the authors were in the room with me, encouraging me to reflect upon my practices, challenging me to see beyond my group of students, and showing me how to take control of my own professionalism. It doesn't take long to read, and it isn't encumbered with difficult jargon. Read a chapter at at time, or read the whole book at once, either way you will easily reflect upon your own teaching situation, and you will come away from the book empowered with the affirmation you need to make a difference in your community and our profession.

—Patricia Braun (Oak Park, IL), 11/8/2009

 

As an NBCT, I sincerely encourage anyone who is looking to begin their journey in local or schoolwide empowerment to read this book.

—Trisha Dotts “faithful teacher” (Deer Park, WA), 2/1/2010

"It’s been a tough year for educators.  Even the hardiest of teacher geeks can fall into ruts, holes, and downer experiences in their professional careers. We’re only human.  It’s easy to get sucked into a Great Vortex of Teacher Negativity where suddenly, your once plucky, glass-half-full self is blaming administrators, the public, lack of money, or colleagues for your angst and you don’t know how to get yourself out of it.  But the truth is, just like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, your ability to affect change is inside you all along.  This book, 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment: Taking a More Active Role in Your School Community, by Steven Zemelman and Harry Ross (Heinemann, 2009) can help you find your ruby slippers again."

---Nancy Barlow

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