Answering the Call to Teach: A Novel Approach to Exceptional Classroom Instruction

Answering the Call to Teach: A Novel Approach to Effective Classroom Instruction makes the case that effective teaching begins with people who have a sincere calling to teach. The book discusses how children respond more creatively to teachers who have a calling. These teachers are more passionate, more interested in going that “extra” mile for children, and who, by design, encourage other children with the gift to teach to carry the torch. There is more to teaching than purely translating academic concepts to children. Teaching is a vocation. The book creates a framework by which training institutions can use so that our children are getting the best teachers. This is the most effective method in the classroom – the right teacher.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Chapter 1: Changing our national educational attitude toward a more vocational point of view Chapter 2: Steering teaching toward a more equitable environment Chapter 3: Teaching with the gift to teach Chapter 4: Pursuing a vocation Chapter 5: Marketing the vocation of teaching Chapter 6: Bridging the gap in education Chapter 7: Achieving equality Chapter 8: Testing teachers Chapter 9: Becoming your call Chapter 10: Recruiting and retaining the best teachers Chapter 11: Making the Choice and Sticking to it Conclusion Answered the call – made a difference Index Appendix

About the Author :
Charlese E. Brown, is a New Orleans native and graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana. She has been a classroom instructor for over 20 years.

Review :
Today, more than ever we need teachers who are alive, who are passionate and who teach because it is their calling to teach. Those who are alive and awake, awaken others with their love passion. Charlese is one such woman and her book is a rallying call for to those who are called to make teaching their vocation. I don't know where I would be without some of the great teachers that I have had in my life. I don't know why we don't value our teachers more in this country especially the great ones. Our teachers have helped formulate some of the greatest minds in our world including the President and they don't get enough credit. Part of my success has been due to teachers encouraging me and pushing me further than I ever dreamed I could go. My favorite teacher, Charlese Brown walked into my life in 1991 and she has been there for me ever since! This woman was more than a teacher to me. She has been a mentor, a friend, a confidant - like a mother to me. She was one of the first teachers that I had that did not teach us from a textbook and challenged us in many ways. I realized when I got to high school, that I was learning high school biology and chemistry in 7th and 8th grade! She always encouraged us to reach for the stars and to never give up on our dreams. When we accomplished something, she just calmly said, "I knew you would do it and I am not surprised at all." Teachers like Charlese don't get enough recognition in our world, but they don't do their occupation for accolades and definitely not for money. They do it so that their students will one day become a success and a positive force in their communities. That's all of the thanks that they need!