Award-winning teacher Linda Alston strives to help educators generate their own joy, passion, creativity, and love of their profession. The readers will find peace and inspiration as Alston helps them realize what a difference their teaching makes for children and their families. Each chapter includes a remarkable story from the author's classroom, a brief reflection on its significance, and an affirmation that others can use to transform their own teaching and the lives of their student. For use with Grades K-12.
Linda Alston, a master teacher of young children from the Denver area, has won numerous awards, including the Milken National Educator Award, the Walt Disney American Teacher Award, and the first $100,000 Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, focusing on outstanding work being done by K–12, public-school educators in low-income communities. Alston, who has traveled to Sierra Leone as a Fulbright Scholar and organized six inner-city Montessori Child Development Centers in the U.S., also serves as an educational consultant and motivational speaker.