Teacher's Pet: Clarity, Choice, and Action In Your Career [Paperback]

Miriam Bamberger (Author), Heather Bradley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1578861497 | ISBN-13: 978-1578861491

Meet Corey, a principal whose career has rolled along on autopilot. Busy with his commitments to staff, students, his superintendent, and family, Corey hasn't focused on his ultimate student—himself. When Corey meets a professional coach, he decides to enlist the coach's help to learn to manage his "teacher's pet".

During eight weeks of the summer break period, Corey and his coach use a proven process to help him get clear about what he wants, help him make supporting decisions, and help him move into action. Along the way, Corey also learns critical new skills tailored to his personal needs, and he creates a personal success plan to help him stay on track.

In Teacher's Pet: Clarity, Choice, and Action In Your Career, authors Miriam Bamberger and Heather Bradley provide a proven process to help educators reclaim their direction and purpose in their professional lives. Filled with exercises and examples, readers are given a front-row seat to observe the dynamics of this coaching relationship and access to the same exercises and tools offered to Corey. Further, Bamberger and Bradley offer coaching-based solutions for managing complex work relationships and allow the reader the opportunity to create his own personal success plan to connect with the passion in his work.

Editorial Reviews

Review

What a gift! There are so many challenges facing our profession, [and] Teacher's Pet: Clarity, Choice, and Action in Your Career offers hope and solutions to overworked education professionals. I'm recommending it to everyone on my staff. (Dr. Marge Sable )

This is the perfect book for anyone who is curious about how coaching really works. From the beginning through the end, Teacher's Pet illustrates the dynamics of a coaching relationship in a tangible and useful manner. (Laura Whitworth )

There is no question that keeping qualified teachers in the classroom is a priority. Those who have answered the call to teach deserve all the knowledge and support we can give them. Teacher's Pet: Clarity, Choice, and Action in Your Career goes farbeyond any tools or books we've seen before. . . . [It is] innovative, entertaining, and practicallll (Oscar L. Robinson )

This book is long overdue. Every reader—whether coach, educator, or other professional—will find practical ideas that can be implemented immediately. (Reeder, Bobette )

There is no question that keeping qualified teachers in the classroom is a priority. Those who have answered the call to teach deserve all the knowledge and support we can give them. Teacher's Pet: Clarity, Choice, and Action in Your Career goes far beyond any tools or books we've seen before. . . . [It is] innovative, entertaining, and practical (Oscar L. Robinson )

About the Author

Miriam Bamberger, CPCC, and Heather Bradley, CPCC, created The Flourishing Company, LLC to change the way people experience work. They help mid to large-size organizations improve by teaching the critical success skills not taught in school. Together, they have more than 30 years of experience working with organizations of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to sole practitioners to trade associations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: R&L Education (October 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578861497
• ISBN-13: 978-1578861491
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,856,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Heather Bradley is President & CEO of The Flourshing Company. She is a strategic visionary leader. Formerly a Fortune 500 Vice-President, Human Resources in a manufacturing company, Bradley rose quickly during her 15 years as an internal HR professional due to her ability to align with business partners, her process focus, consistent delivery of results and expertise in change management.

Bradley is a certified and credentialed coach and among the first 25 coaches in the world to be awarded the ORSCC designation. As a published author, Bradley is credited with co-authoring two books, dozens of articles and a collection of on-line courses.