{"id":1551,"date":"2021-09-16T01:39:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T01:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/?page_id=1551"},"modified":"2024-12-19T18:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:54:44","slug":"teaching-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/teaching-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-adaptive su-image-carousel-slides-style-minimal su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-center\" style=\"\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":true,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":false,\"pageDots\":false,\"autoPlay\":false,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":false,\"selectedAttraction\":0.025,\"friction\":0.28}' id=\"su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1275\" src=\"https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"The book cover for \u201cTeaching Life\u201d by Todd Shy appears over an image of an image of the hands of a diverse group of children transplanting a flower. An overlaid quote from Mark Edmunson (author of \u201cTeacher: The One Who Made the Difference\u201d) reads, \u201cI admired its feeling, candor, and exuberance \u2014 and of course, its Emersonian hope.\u201d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x-1536x907.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x-2048x1209.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x-1200x708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/manacsadesign.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/carousel-Teaching-Life@1.5x@1.5x-1980x1169.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e_script\");if(su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e_script){su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_69d67c5c8314e_script);}<\/script>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:0px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"contentSection interior\">\n<div class=\"contentRow flushMargins alignTop\">\n<div class=\"col02 marginKeeper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col04 bodyContent\">\n<h1>Teaching Life<\/h1>\n<p class=\"detailAuthor\">by Todd Shy<\/p>\n<div class=\"praiseQuote\">\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u201c&thinsp;Teaching Life<\/span> is inspirational in the spirit of Emerson and Thoreau: Shy abounds in wry observations about practical experiences; his quiet reflections verge on and flow into wisdom; he offers a philosophy of pedagogy that is the fruit of hard and good labor; he is a searcher continuously open to ever more understanding. [\u2026] Shy is that teacher-creature the world doesn\u2019t want to think about: an earnest, idiosyncratic, idealistic and sympathetic human being. His book describes teachers at their everyday greatest.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteAttribution\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">Bob Blaisdell, author of <em>Tolstoy as Teacher: Leo Tolstoy\u2019s Writings on Education<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u201c&thinsp;Teaching Life<\/span> is an eloquent love letter to teaching and to life, written by a veteran teacher at the height of his powers. It\u2019s full of wisdom, open-mindedness, self-criticism, and joy, with important advice for anyone considering teaching as a career, and with valuable insights for anyone who has been in the classroom for years. I read it in one rapt sitting.<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteAttribution\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">Sam Swope,  Founder and President, The Academy for Teachers and author of <em>I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so few books now that capture the feel and the texture of teaching and that also have empathy for the students themselves. This <span class=\"nobr\">is one.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteAttribution\">Martin Bickman, author of <em>Minding American Education: Reclaiming the Tradition of Active Learning<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Great teachers are indispensable champions and guides for students passing through crucial years. They are forks in the road.  They are artists with living canvases and hidden audiences. The essence of what teachers do when the classroom door is closed is not written about, or celebrated, enough. It is unsung work. <em>Teaching Life<\/em> sings it here.<\/p>\n<p>One part memoir and one part educator travel guide, <em>Teaching Life<\/em> is a charming and loving missive to the author\u2019s aspiring-teacher daughters and a lyrical celebration of the unsung work of teaching. This book will surely shine as a North Star for teachers the world over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #ccc; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\"><iframe title=\"Teaching Life by Todd Shy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/607740182?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Conversations<\/h3>\n<p class=\"podcastLinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/futurelearningdesign\/episodes\/On-Teaching-Life---A-Conversation-with-Todd-Shy-e1g7rin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Teaching Life &#8211; A Conversation with Todd Shy <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/arrow-blue-circle-diagonal-out.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"iconLinkExternal\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteAttribution\">Future Learning Design Podcast \u2022 March 26, 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"podcastLinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/33Lbp1G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From great \u2018Resignation\u2019 to Re-Imagination: Life Lessons for Aspiring Teachers with Todd Shy <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/arrow-blue-circle-diagonal-out.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"iconLinkExternal\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteAttribution\">Transformative Learning Experiences with Kyle Wagner \u2022 February 23, 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"podcastLinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fullerstudio.fuller.edu\/podcast\/teaching-and-learning-with-todd-shy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teaching and Learning, with Todd Shy <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/arrow-blue-circle-diagonal-out.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"iconLinkExternal\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteAttribution\">Conversing with Mark Labberton<\/p>\n<p class=\"podcastLinks\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K2rcDQKK30c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"quoteAttribution\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 10px;\">Webinar with Sarah Kupke<br \/>Head of Professional Learning, ECIS<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Todd Shy has taught for more than twenty-five years in North Carolina, California, and New York. 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