The Wild Card is your step-by-step guide to experiencing a creative breakthrough in your classroom with your students.
"This book is a teacher wonderland of ideas, inspiration, and mind-blowing magic." --Ron Clark, New York Times bestselling author and cofounder, Ron Clark Academy. In this book, Wade and Hope King show you how to draw on your authentic self--your past experiences, personality quirks, interests, hobbies, and strengths--to deliver your content creatively. If you are a high school teacher or a kindergarten teacher, the seven steps in The Wild Card will give you the knowledge and the confidence to bring creative teaching strategies into your classroom. You'll learn...
- Why the deck is not stacked against you, no matter what kind of hand you've been dealt
- Why you should never listen to the Joker
- How to identify the "Ace up your sleeve" and use it to create classroom magic
- How to apply the "Rules of Rigor" in order to fuse creativity with learning
- How to become the Wild Card that changes the game for your students