BRING THE FILE TO CLASS

Two of these books come from inside the same due process case, and the documents came with them. Together they give a course something it rarely gets to hold: a primary source and its analysis, bound separately and built to be read together.

The books and where they fit

Preparation

The K-12 New Educatorsā€™ Playbook

Real Game for Surviving Education

Course fit: teacher preparation Ā· induction and mentoring Ā· field-experience seminars Ā· classroom practice

Students hold their own preparation up to the book and find what it left out.

Culture

Because I Had to Pee

What My Due Process Case Revealed About Being a Teacher

Course fit: educational leadership Ā· school law Ā· educator rights and due process Ā· school culture and climate

Students read the experience and the institutional record side by side and locate where they part ways.

Accountability

Nothing Major Happened

The Record Became Their Truthā€”An Autopsy of Because I Had to Pee

Course fit: administrative procedure Ā· documentation and evidence Ā· organizational power Ā· case analysis

Students practice reading a record against itself, one Finding at a time.

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