This independent study course is designed to provide teachers with tools and strategies to teach like a PIRATE. The word “PIRATE” in his book is an acronym describing six traits of a passionate, on-fire, engaging teacher. It stands for:
- Passion: Infusing your teaching with content passion, professional passion and personal passion
- Immersion: Your ability to completely give yourself up to the moment and fully “be” with your students
- Rapport: Making students feel important by developing relationships with them
- Ask and Analyze: Ask great questions and always analyze your situation
- Transformation: Make your classroom and teaching exceptional and worth noticing
- Enthusiasm: Light fires under your students with zeal for education
As teachers complete the course lessons they will be able to reflect on their current teaching strategies and begin to implement new, possibly more effective teaching strategies.
In this course, class participants will:
- Develop engaging lessons that will draw students into the content being taught.
- Learn techniques to help increase your own passion as an educator and pass that passion onto the students
- Create and develop your own teaching strategies and provide examples to implement in the classroom
- Acquire skills beneficial not only for your students, but for yourself as an educator as well.
- Develop techniques unique to your own classroom subject area
- Describe the effects of implementing particular techniques in the classroom and the impact it has on students
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“Teach Like A Pirate was a very beneficial class for myself. I was seeking to find a class that would help with building student rapport and increase student engagement. My uncle recommended this class to me and it was exactly what I was looking for. I enjoyed this class more than other graduate level classes I have taken in that I was able to work at my own pace and complete work when I had time to fit extra work in. The content was perfect for the components of my classroom that I needed to work on. This class content will greatly help me in my position. I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and look forward to enrolling in more Educational Resources of MN classes in the future.” -Rebecca J.
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“This course will allow me to be a better teacher and role-model for my students and a better mentor for new science teachers entering into our department. It gave me great skills and strategies to use when reflecting on my teaching practices and crafting my lessons.” -Amy V., NE
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“Teach Like A Pirate was a course that helped build my enthusiasm for teaching with energy. There were many strategies that were discussed to help refuel a passion for teaching and a passion to teach with excitement. There were six innovative ideas to help a teacher become a teacher that is sought out by parents and students.” -Kelly K., NE
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“Teach Like A Pirate was an inspiring class that let me reflect on my current teaching. The book was an easy read. It was fun to learn what each of the letters in ‘pirate’ stand for.” -Jennifer D., OH
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“The book was extremely interesting and gave me great ideas to try in my classroom. It made me realize that I don’t have to change everything at once, but I can implement small changes over a period of time. I believe this course will benefit me as a teacher because I have started to implement some changes and it is easy to add them to any lesson. My students love the different books and are truly engaged in the lessons. This course will be used each year in my classroom.” -Ginger W., OH
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“I found this course very thought provoking. I really liked being able to take it during the school year so that I could use what I was reading about as I read about it. There are many wonderful ideas I have already added to my teaching and many more that I will add during the remainder of the school year.” -Becki K., OH
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“I really Enjoyed this course. I feel the information was relevant to all grade levels and can be easily incorporated into my classroom.” -Sarah S., NE
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“Teach Like A Pirate has been extremely inspiring to me as a teacher in my 20th year of teaching! And the independent study of the book has been such a beneficial and practical way to take a graduate class. I’ve already been putting many ideas to work for me and my students.” -Leigh Ann J., IA
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“I really enjoyed my Teach Like a Pirate course. Digging deep into the text has really gotten me fired up about teaching again and I look forward to sharing my new found knowledge with my colleagues. I found the whole Educational Resources of MN experience easy to work with and a huge benefit to my professional development as a teacher. Thank you for your service.” -John D., IL
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“This was a class that was fun, educational and would recommend it to everyone. This course is far better than any other courses I have taken. Every chapter had great ideas of how to be a better teacher plus encourage others. I love how this course benefitted me in not just the classroom but in church, community committees and with my family!” -Jennifer L., IA