Beyond the Lesson Plan: 33 Questions Inspired by 33 Years of Teaching - Softcover

Cwodzinski, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1959770659 ISBN 13: 9781959770657

Publisher: Wisdom Editions, 2022

Synopsis

Award-winning teacher Steve Cwodzinski was never content just imparting the assigned curriculum to his students. He saw in them the need to learn important life lessons as well about values, self-motivation, relationships, inquisitiveness, adventure, and so much more. Using his own struggles with growing up and overcoming a life-threatening accident, he began to weave his personal stories and questions about life into his classes.

Over thirty-three years, Steve developed these sometimes quirky but always tantalizing mental excursions into a list of thirty-three provocative questions that could help guide his students' lives. The results were often magical, and he discovered that these questions could benefit everyone no matter what their age. Now they are yours. Never stop striving to find your own answers.

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About the Author

Steve was raised in Superior Wisconsin. He moved to Minneapolis at age 19. Attending the University of Minnesota, he met his wife, Patti. They have 2 adult children. Steve spent more than 30 years teaching American Government and American History. He challenged more than 12,000 students to think for themselves and find empowerment with an advanced sense of political efficacy and civic duty. Steve received numerous awards, among them being Eden Prairie's Teacher of the Year, Minnesota finalist for Teacher of the Year, Presidential Scholar's Influential Teacher and the Distinguished Teacher Award from the US Congress. After retiring from teaching, in 2016, he decided to practice what he preached. He ran for public office, winning a seat in the Minnesota State Senate. Steve is excited to promote the same values in the State Senate that he had advocated in the classroom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wisdom Editions
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1959770659
• ISBN 13: 9781959770657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202