I was ready to
quit teaching for good. The
stress and apathy of the
students and parents had worn me
down, robbed me of my love for
teaching, and left me completely
disillusioned with the career I
loved. It was almost too much.
The thing that
saved me is Whole Brain
Teaching. This is an approach
that began about ten years ago
in Southern California.
Chris Biffle, a
philosophy professor at Crafton
Hills College, engaged the
support of two former students,
Jay Vanderfin, and Chris Reksted,
both former students, who are
now elementary teachers.
The three of
them realized that a they all
had the common problem of
flagging student engagement, and
worse, it was becoming epidemic.
Everywhere they looked, everyone
they talked to, the story was
the same. Something had to be
done.
They decided a
radical change in approach was
warranted. They set out to learn
more about how students should
learn as opposed to the
traditional ways teachers
typically use. Research into
whole brain learning, and
applying what they learned was
the answer.
Whole Brain
Teaching was the result. Whole
Brain Teaching is a method that
integrates an effective
classroom management system
with learning approaches that
tap the way your brain learns
best. This approach is amazingly
effective,
and fun
for both you the
teacher, and the students.
