What is CTL reading?
Save the date for our 50th Anniversary Celebration in January where you will have the opportunity to peruse the CTL Book Fair and take home a title for yourself. Each month in our newsletter we will be sharing out reads that will be featured at the book fair, a collection of both professional and "non-work" books that relate to teaching and learning, and all personal recommendations of CTL team members.
Thank You, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco
(recommended by Kaitlyn Farrell Rodriguez)
This picture book vividly recounts the author’s own lived experiences learning with dyslexia and the long-lasting impact that an elementary teacher, Mr. Falker, had on her by helping her identify different ways to learn to read. This book is a must read for anyone whose life has ever been touched by the kindness of a teacher or for instructors who may need a reminder of why they became teachers in the first place; our creativity, compassion, and training can empower us to have significant positive impacts on our students each and every time we teach.
Choke: What the secrets of the brain reveal about getting it right when you have to, by Sian Beilock
(recommended by Art Markman)
You have had that feeling—palms sweating, mouth dry, mind suddenly blank—where you need to perform at your peak and you’re just not sure you can. Whether you’re an instructor or a student, you have to be able to rise to the occasion when the stakes are high. Read this book if you want to understand the factors that lead people to choke under pressure as well as the remedies that will help you and your students come through in the clutch