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Educating Esmé : Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esmé Raji Codell (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-101565122259
ISBN-139781565122253
eBay Product ID (ePID)864790
Product Key Features
Book TitleEducating Esmé : Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Number of Pages210 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicWomen, Professional Development, General, Elementary, Educators
GenreEducation, Biography & Autobiography
TypeTextbook
AuthorEsmé Raji Codell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-033333
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal372.110092
Edition DescriptionTeacher's edition
SynopsisA must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, "Educating Esme" is the exuberant diary of Esme Raji Codell s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esme as she prefers to be called does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher s perspective. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted young woman reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher. Heroine to thousands of parents and educators, Esme now shares more of her ingenious and yet down-to-earth approaches to the classroom in a supplementary guide to help new teachers hit the ground running. As relevant and iconoclastic as when it was first published, "Educating Esme" is a classic, as is Madame Esme herself. ", Esm Raji Codell has come to teach - and she's not going to let incompetent administrators, abusive parents, gang members, weary teachers, dim-witted principals, angry children, or her own insecurities get in the way. Esm is fresh mouthed yet compassionate; she can be both pigheaded and generous, cynical and charming. In this diary, a record of her frustrations, her achievements, and her struggles to maintain her individuality in the face of bureaucracy, she reveals what it takes to be a genuine teacher. Esm wears costumes in the classroom, dances with the kids during rallies in the auditorium, puts on rousing performances with at-risk kids in the library. Her fifth-graders don't use the reading textbook: "What for? Grown-ups don't read textbooks, unless they're forced." Math is called Puzzling; "I figured kids at this age come to me with preconceived notions of what they are good at. This way a kid who thinks she's no good in math might turn out to be good at Puzzling." Disciplinary action includes having the "bad boy" of the class be the teacher for a day while Esm misbehaves just as he would. She is twenty-four-year-old woman with the enthusiasm of an elementary school student and the determination of a dedicated teacher. Must reading for every teacher, Educating Esm is not just for educators. This is a story about frustrations in any workplace, about refusing to conform, about taking a stand against mediocrity. By the sheer force of her personality, Esm gives us an exhilarating field trip through a Chicago public school., A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell's first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé--as she prefers to be called--does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher's perspective. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted young woman reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher. Heroine to thousands of parents and educators, Esmé now shares more of her ingenious and yet down-to-earth approaches to the classroom in a supplementary guide to help new teachers hit the ground running. As relevant and iconoclastic as when it was first published, Educating Esmé is a classic, as is Madame Esmé herself., A real-life "Up the Down Staircase", this uncensored diary of an unconventional teacher is a must read for those in this profession. In this diary, a record of Esme's frustrations, achievements, and struggles to maintain her individuality in the face of bureaucracy, she reveals what it takes to be a "genuine" teacher.
LC Classification NumberLB2844.1.N4C63 1999
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