Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day...No Matter What


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Passion cannot be faked. Students can tell when we're just going through the motions. But how can you summon the energy to teach with passion when there are so many distractions pulling you from what really matters? And if you barely have time for taking care of yourself, how can you have anything left to give your students? Don't wait for teaching to become fun again: plan for it! Your enthusiasm will become unshakeable as you learn how to: -Create curriculum "bright spots" that you can't wait to teach -Gain energy from kids instead of letting them drain you -Uncover real meaning and purpose for every single lesson -Incorporate playfulness and make strong connections with kids -Stop letting test scores and evaluations define your success -Construct a self-running classroom that frees you to teach -Say "no" without guilt and make your "yes" really count -Establish healthy, balanced habits for bringing work home -Determine what matters most and let go of the rest -Innovate and adapt to make teaching an adventure Unshakeable is a collection of inspiring mindset shifts and practical, teacher-tested ideas for getting more satisfaction from your job. It's an approach that guides you to find your inner drive and intrinsic motivation which no one can take away. Unshakeable will help you incorporate a love of life into your teaching, and a love of teaching into your life. Learn how to tap into what makes your work inherently rewarding and enjoy teaching every day...no matter what.




The Professor Is In


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The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.




Taboo


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BONUS BOOKs & BONUS OPPORTUNITY INSIDE “ WARNING: Mature Readers Only - This Book Contains Taboo Adult Content. BOOK 1 College studies can be difficult. Classes are often long, and can even be mind numbing when listening to the same monotone voice However, when your professor is young, good looking and charismatic it is much harder to find a reason to fall asleep. Clara has the best of both worlds, a genuine interest in the subject and a physical attraction to the professor. However, she knows the effect it can have on her studies, and her future prospects. It is going to take more than one look from Professor Jones to convince her that it is worth it. Gradually, he wears down her defenses; leaving her no option but to try what he is offering. Clara takes a dip and despite her good intention loves the thrill of a relationship held in secret; with the constant risk of being discovered. It quickly becomes a regular occurrence for her to disappear during class. Their illicit relationship is passionate and fun; introducing her to more risk than she had thought she could handle. However, all is not as it seems, in an effort to protect her friend, Clara's best friend Sylvie takes a visit to Professor Jones office. Her startling discovery is about to transform the lives of more people than just Clara. BOOK 2 Life gets everyone down at times. Oscar has been hit pretty hard; ten years of marriage have vanished in the blink of any eye. Not only had he lost his wife, his job was connected to her, that had gone along with his house and everything else he owned. To add insult to injury, she already had another man living in his old house. His confidence was at rock bottom when he accepted a job as a janitor at a nearby school. Unfortunately he quickly discovered that children can be cruel, and the older ones have picked up on his vulnerability and are making the most of it. Quick thinking avoids one dangerous situation but puts him in hot water with the two toughest kids in the school. At eighteen, Scarlett has had a difficult upbringing and enjoys a reputation as the most troublesome kid at the school. Her stunning good looks simply help her to get what she wants. Her faithful sidekick Shaun acts as her back up and leads to an embarrassing and humiliating encounter in his own office. But this is not enough for Scarlett; she enjoys the idea of having her own pet. Oscar quickly learns to do as he is told. In return their sexual encounters become wilder and more intense. A bond is formed which surprises both of them; what started as a bit of fun on Scarlett's part starts to turn into a proper relationship. But a snubbed Shaun has his own plans. Can Scarlett stop him, or will her reputation be too important to her, will she side with him and destroy the last bit of Oscar's self-confidence, or, will the budding relationship conquer all foes. Love can blossom in the strangest of circumstances. It is simply up to Scarlett to decide what is important to her; Oscar must work out if he can trust her or not; the wrong call could have disastrous consequences. BOOK 3 Rebecca is a student at one of the best universities in the country, and she is top of her class. She has been chosen to assist her professor in a private project that is fully sponsored by the university. As the project nears completion a final adjustment leads to the elation of success. As so often happens in the heat of the moment Rebecca and her Professor cross a line; one that they were not even aware they were at risk of crossing. Ready for an adventure? Secure Your Copy Today!




The Road to Positive Discipline: A Parent's Guide


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By using positive methods of discipline parents have the opportunity to provide their children with an optimal home environment for healthy emotional growth and development.




Miss Nelson is Missing!


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Suggests activities to be used at home to accompany the reading of Miss Nelson is missing by Harry Allard in the classroom.




Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants


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Professor Pippy P. (Pee-Pee) Poopypants is a brilliant scientist, but his ridiculous name means no one takes his fantastic inventions seriously. And now he's on the rampage! He's armed with fiendish inventions Shrinky-Pig 2000 and the terrible Gerbil Jogger 2000. Can Captain Underpants stop him?




Punished!


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Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library―literally. When Logan slams into the reference guy in the basement and gives him a little lip, Logan gets punished, really and truly punished. He has three days to complete three tasks before Professor Wordsworth will lift the magical punishment that keeps getting Logan in even more trouble.




Gather the Daughters


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Never Let Me Go meets The Giver in this haunting debut about a cult on an isolated island, where nothing is as it seems. Years ago, just before the country was incinerated to wasteland, ten men and their families colonized an island off the coast. They built a radical society of ancestor worship, controlled breeding, and the strict rationing of knowledge and history. Only the Wanderers -- chosen male descendants of the original ten -- are allowed to cross to the wastelands, where they scavenge for detritus among the still-smoldering fires. The daughters of these men are wives-in-training. At the first sign of puberty, they face their Summer of Fruition, a ritualistic season that drags them from adolescence to matrimony. They have children, who have children, and when they are no longer useful, they take their final draught and die. But in the summer, the younger children reign supreme. With the adults indoors and the pubescent in Fruition, the children live wildly -- they fight over food and shelter, free of their fathers' hands and their mothers' despair. And it is at the end of one summer that little Caitlin Jacob sees something so horrifying, so contradictory to the laws of the island, that she must share it with the others. Born leader Janey Solomon steps up to seek the truth. At seventeen years old, Janey is so unwilling to become a woman, she is slowly starving herself to death. Trying urgently now to unravel the mysteries of the island and what lies beyond, before her own demise, she attempts to lead an uprising of the girls that may be their undoing. Gather the Daughters is a smoldering debut; dark and energetic, compulsively readable, Melamed's novel announces her as an unforgettable new voice in fiction.




Punished


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