The Passion-Driven Classroom

Turn your classroom into a thriving community of learners! In The Passion-Driven Classroom, bestselling authors Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold show you how to spark and sustain your students' energy, excitement, and love of learning. This updated edition offers a new framework for changing your mindset and implementing a passion-driven classroom, where passion meets practice every day as students learn new skills and explore their talents. You'll come away with specific examples of how to set up your classroom, how to manage it, and how to assign passion projects where students take the lead. With this book, you'll be able to move away from prescription-driven learning toward Passion-Driven Learning, so you can make a real difference in the lives of your students.

Angela Maiers is a leading education consultant and keynote speaker. She is the author of six books, and her You Matter talk at TEDxDesMoines has been viewed several hundred thousand times. Angela is the founder of Choose2Matter, a global movement that challenges and inspires students to work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to social problems. Amy Sandvold is practicing her passion as a third-grade teacher at Highland Elementary School in Waterloo, Iowa. She has been both an elementary and middle school principal for an Apple Distinguished Campus for 1-1 technology integration. She has been an Education Programs Consultant for the Iowa Department of Education. She co-authored The Fundamentals of Literacy Coaching.

Contents About the Authors Preface Acknowledgments 1 Achievement Gap Or Passion Gap? Listening To Our Students Minding the Passion Gap Closing the Gap - Step One: Know and Show Your Passion - Step Two: Know and Show the Students' Passion - Step Three: Know and Show the World Passion 2 Let's Talk About Passion Defining Passion P.A.S.S.I.O.N. - PASSION IS Passion-Driven Learning Is More Than a Project What Passion Can Do 3 The Clubhouse Mindset: Where Passion Meets Practice Our Very First Passion-Driven Learning Club The Philosophy: Clubs Are Passion Playing Fields What Makes Club Life Enticing? The Passion Discovery Continuum The Workshop Classroom: Driven by Curiosity The Role of the Teacher: Expert Learner and Passion Practitioner The Role of the Student: Apprentice Learner and Global Citizen The Resident Expert Wall More Than Fluff 4 A Passion-Driven Classroom: The Essentials Essential #1: The Learning Clubs instead of Classroom Jobs Essential #2: You Matter Time Essential #3: Reflection Essential #4: The Task Board Essential #5: Good-Fit Tools And Technology - Good-Fit Technology - Remember to Include Books! - H.E.A.R.T.-A Strategy for Deep Meaning - The H.E.A.R.T. Technique Essential #6: Celebration - Doing and Being 5 Organizing the Passion-Driven Classroom The Physical Environment - Meeting Spaces - Middle and High School Practices and Spaces - Grouping Students - The Students' Seating/Desk Arrangement Passion-Driven Tools - Key Reflection Tool: The Student Thinkbook The Clubhouse Classroom Routine Sequence - 1. The Opening Message: You Matter Time - 2. The Daily Boardroom Meeting - 3. The Learning Clubs - 4. Content Connections - 5. The Closing Passion From Day One: Simple Changes = Big Impacts - Invite Students to Create the Classroom Environment - The Crucial Conversation - Rules or Manifesto? - Heart Maps - The Wonderful Gift Lesson - More Ideas to Explore 6 Managing the Clubhouse Classroom The Three Phases In Action Phase One: Launching the Learning-Passion Discovery - The Opening Message Anchor Lessons - The Boardroom and Learning Club Anchor Lessons - Learning Clubs: Bringing It All Together Phase Two: Practicing Our Passion-Learning Is Thinking - The Opening Message Anchor Lessons - The Boardroom and Learning Club Anchor Lessons - Bring It All Together Lessons-Learning Club Tools - Closing Phase Two Phase Three: Sharing Our Gifts-The Passion Project - The Google Way - The Passion Project - The Opening Message Lessons - The Boardroom Lessons and Passion Project Work - Tools for Sharing Our Passion 7 From the Trenches: The Voices of Passion Passion Still Matters New to Edchat? Challenge 8 Closing Thoughts The Promise of Passion Closing Thoughts: Choosing Passion in Times of Change References