How do you get 100% engagement by 100% of your students? Three-time California Teacher of the Year Alan Sitomer does it by engaging students where they are and using that as a springboard for meeting the language arts standards. He describes his philosophy and technique in his new book, Teaching Teens and Reaping Results in a Wi-Fi, Hip-Hop, Where-Has-All-the-Sanity-Gone World: Stories, Strategies, Tools & Tips from a Three-Time Teacher of the Year Award Winner. You can get a taste of his methods in the excerpts, slideshow, and video below.
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How to Reach and Teach Teenagers
This article explains the dramatic success Alan Sitomer has achieved in reaching teenagers in a Los Angeles high school where he teaches English.
Doin'the Standards-Based Hip-Hop Thing
In this excerpt from Chapter 4 of Teaching Teens & Reaping Results, author Alan Sitomer outlines some of the strategies that have proved meaningful to his students. He uses current popular culture as points of reference for teaching literature. Sitomer's approach has helped students become learners, doers and achievers.
Alan Sitomer's 8 Tips for Teachers
Author and educator Alan Sitomer's 8 unique ways to reach and inspire students to learn and succeed
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