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Teach Like Yourself
How Authentic Teaching Transforms Our Students and Ourselves

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August 2018 | 176 pages | Corwin

What your students need is you. Your fullest most authentic self.

Gravity Goldberg’s Teach Like Yourself helps you be the biggest, boldest, and most powerful version of your teacher self. It reminds you why you became a teacher and coaches you to bring your unique gifts and talents into the classroom. The difference between a so-so lesson and one that leaves a lasting impact on students has everything to do with how confident and connected you feel to yourself and your students.

Read this book when you need an extra shot of bravery. It’s a perfect resource if

  • You want to coach yourself into fulfilling your teacher potential
  • You are looking for more balance in your teaching and personal life
  • You want a pep talk for saying no to what doesn’t help students and yes to what you know does
  • You want to grow and deepen your practice without losing yourself in the process

In this, her fifth and most personal book, Gravity uses her gifts for developing teacher agency as she invites you to take on five powerful practices:

  • Naming your core beliefs
  • Viewing teaching as a practice
  • Building balanced relationships
  • Driving professional growth
  • Taking care of your whole self

To support you as you make these five practices lifelong habits, Gravity includes illuminating stories, reflection questions, short videos of advice from her and other educators, a full-color Teach Like Yourself Manifesto poster, and a Teach Like Yourself Facebook group moderated by the author.

 
Preface
 
Why I Wrote This Book
 
Organization of the Book
 
Three Recurring Features
Personal Stories

 
Research-Based Practices

 
Invitations to Reflect

 
 
Use the Book to Coach Yourself
 
Chapter 1: Authentic Teaching
 
What Helps Us Be Authentic Teachers?
 
Shifts That Help Us Teach More Like Ourselves
 
Five Practices for Teaching Like Yourself
 
Chapter 2: Naming Core Beliefs
 
Start With Why
 
Creating Student Movement
 
3 Ways to Know and Name Your Core Beliefs
 
Uncovering Your Students' Beliefs
 
Coming Back to Why
 
Chapter 3: Viewing Teaching as a Practice
 
Four Types of Practice
 
Your Personal Power
 
View Student Learning as a Practice
 
Teaching Practice
 
Chapter 4: Building Balanced Relationships
 
Connection is a Basic Human Need
 
The Whole Picture of Professional Relationships
 
Relationship-Building Practices
 
Finding Balance
 
Chapter 5: Driving Professional Growth
 
Leaning Into Areas for Growth
 
How to Discover Your Own Areas for Growth
 
How to Design Your Own Professional Learning Plans
 
Learning With Insiders
 
Learning With Outsiders
 
Connecting Professional Learning to Beliefs and Goals
 
Chapter 6: Taking Care of Yourself
 
Create Space for Yourself
 
Focus on Happiness
 
Help Your Students Take Care of Themselves
 
Chapter 7: Teach Bravely
 
What Do We Lose If We Don't Teach Like Ourselves
 
Be Courageous
 
Teach Like Yourself Manifesto
 
Thank You
 
Appendix A: Book Study Guide
 
Appendix B: Teach Like Yourself Manifesto
 
Appendix C: Join the Teach Like Yourself Movement
 
References
 
Index

Supplements

Sample Materials & Chapters

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1


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