Lesson Plan Innovator Gifts

"I find that they learn better if you make it interesting."

A Puppet Named Juan

'As a beginning teacher, you know you come here prepared to teach and become a good teacher. As you gain experience, you will learn that you also come here to care and become a great teacher.'

"I had a fear of speaking in front of people, which is why I shadow puppet and sing the lessons."

'Your classroom management techniques work in practice but not in theory. That worries me.'

"How can I be a lead learner without the technology needed to lead?"

'Home Schooling'

Mr. Defner's drive-in algebra class was retro cool, controversial and somewhat effective.

'I wrote a software program and sold it for two million dollars.'

'The reason the core curriculum seems so ambiguous is that we dot really have a core curriculum.'

'This handheld computer is very useful for teaching. It displays my lesson plan, calander, key files, and an extensive menu of put-downs for hecklers and classroom clowns.'

Technologies and distance classes

"I hate negative numbers, and I'll stop at nothing to avoid them."

"I believe that's a Montessori school."

Little Girl Educating Her Horse.

"Why are all of your answers so mechanical?"

Welcome to your new English Class.

'They say my tests are too hard. Maybe I should switch from Essay to Connect-the-Dot.'

'You can't blame the kids for being restless when we have math teachers teaching French, and English teachers teaching science.'

"And what my plan may lack in coherence, it makes up for in the exhilerating momentum created by all of these super-cool arrows!"

'Please pay attention. Pretend I'm a movie on your phone.'

'This is going really well. I did a great job organizing this lecture.'

"Tell me again how many young minds I will have shaped by the end of my teaching career."

'I will now read the results of my experiments in fruit genetics. . .'

'Let's put it this way, your Billy is the only kid in class without his own website,,,'

"Thank you for 30 years of teaching service. Now you have 5 minutes to turn in your keys, I.D. card, empty your desk and be escorted out."

'A restaurateur prepares macaroni and sells it as pasta. I want you to do the same for the educational program at your school.'

Student to Miss Belcastro, her history teacher: 'We need some newer history.'

"While your lesson plans were perfect, and your bulletin boards were terrific...your classroom management skills need work!"

Thoughts on Education.

'In which on-line university will you enroll?'

'A...B...C...D...E...' - Graffiti on classroom wall.

Looking inside the internal maze,

'To maximize student achievement, the Feng Shui consultant advises one student per classroom.'