Live from Your Class: Everything I Learned About Teaching, I Learned from Working at Saturday Night Live - Softcover

Cohen, Jamie Mason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530777917 ISBN 13: 9781530777914

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

High-School Teachers, Look No Further! What’s the one trait students universally say they want in a teacher? A sense of humour. This practical and entertaining book shows teachers how they can specifically bring more humour into students’ lives because when they’re laughing, they’re learning. In Jamie Mason Cohen’s super, easy-to-read and entertaining style he applies the stories from his time at Saturday Night Live to his decade-long award-winning teaching career. He is a TED-Huff Post International Teaching Award recipient and TEDx speaker. It is a book that inspires yet is grounded in actionable strategies. The author has drawn on his fascinating contacts in the world of comedy, magic, human rights and psychology to make applicable connections that can transform not just any classroom, but also the mindset of any teacher. Humour in a class equals increased student engagement, less stress on the teacher and student, and better overall results. Jamie Mason Cohen shows that any teacher can add more light, fun and creativity in their classroom through strategies tested for years and backed by real data. Personal Benefits for the Teacher Go from feeling burned out to energized in your classes. Offers new, fresh creative approaches to your professional growth. Provides practical learner-centered lessons to give you more balance. This is What You’ll Learn... Create a space where students are inspired to learn and start projects ahead of time because they can’t wait to investigate the subject. Help students feel more connected to their peers and the class. Contribute to learners feeling happier and more emotionally content. How to apply stories from your life in a compelling and relevant way to dramatically increase student engagement. Instantly access a humour-based lesson plan for any class. You'll Solve the Following Problems: How to aid teenagers from feeling overwhelmed during exam time so they manage their emotions and improve their grades. How to deal with the class clown so he/she becomes a positive class leader. How to turn your concern that a student hasn’t found his/her place in your class into contentment through a group work strategy. The strategies in this book have the power to turn the most toxic classroom culture into a learning environment where creativity and a love of learning thrive.

About this title

About the Author:

Jamie Mason Cohen is a high school English teacher in Toronto, Canada. He is the recipient of "The SOLE Challenge," an international
teaching award sponsored by TED Youth Conference and The Huff Post, 
and is a TEDx speaker. His work is featured in the current issue of Ontario College of Teachers' magazine, Professionally Speaking as well in TED.com, the JW Foundation's, The Art of Learning Project, and the scholarly journal, Jewish Educational Leadership.
After years of working behind the scenes for Saturday Night Live creator
Lorne Michaels in New York, Jamie created synergy between his
knowledge of entertainment, arts, media, and education to generate unconventional
teaching strategies for educators.

With over a decade of classroom experience, Jamie's professional
passion is to find creative ways to instill in his students a love of learning
and to help them develop real-world skills as well as give teachers inspiring
and practical tools to make their jobs easier, more fun, and increasingly
effective.

Cohen's credits include the design and implementation of teacher
training workshops for schools in the Toronto District School Board,
York Region District School Board, the Canadian Pre-University Programme
in Malaysia, Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
and education seminars such as RAVSAK Day School Conference
and the Digital J Learning Network's Webinar series. He lives in Maple,
Ontario with his wife, Karen and their two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530777917
• ISBN 13: 9781530777914
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312