Publisher's Synopsis
"Every teacher can develop the courage to let reflective practices reign in their classrooms. Not So Cookie Cutter Kids chronicles Lisa Noel Babbage's the last year of public school teaching using self reflections as a professional practice by which she identified strategies for coping with various student characteristics. For teachers, coaches, parents, and school administrators, Not So Cookie Cutter Kids is a hybrid, a new genre that is part academic and part biographical. This academic memoir argues the basis for statistically infused self reflection, when used with in the Teacher's Edition Bundle, to improve student performance through engagement while reducing teacher burnout. "Praise for Not So Cookie Cutter Kids "(Not So Cookie Cutter Kids is) A necessary tool that will measure the effectiveness of your teaching style in the classroom on a daily basis." - Erica Billingslea-Sterling, Veteran Teacher"...an intuitive perspective of a passionate teacher who finds a way to impact the lives of "not so perfect" children who enter classrooms every day giving us a clear lens into the challenges and successes teachers of today face."- Dr. Torri J. Barton-Evans, Founder, Fatherless Generation Foundation, Inc."Lisa Noel Babbage has given us a genuine perspective about her classroom experiences as she translates the importance of 'Self-Reflection' as key for balancing the pushes and pulls of teaching..." Jacqueline Candia, PhD (ABD), Board Certified Human Services Practitioner"Self Reflection is the hardest kind of introspection. It causes us to be organically real with ourselves." LaDetra White, Founder of Awesome Life Ministries.
