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|  | | Dragons at the Schoolhouse Door: A Novel of Schooling
At the dawn on online learning a nefarious plan is hatched to alter public education. With wry humor the tale unfolds as a group of educators and students foil the plan.
Dealing with incompetent bureaucrats, a power-hungry parent and a
scheming superintendent aren't the only hurdles facing second-year
Principal, Steve Hepting. Fortunately, he has steadfast allies, including
the academically-challenged school custodian, a feisty eco-activist
teacher,and a counselor urging calm amidst the swirling brouhaha.
A mysterious blueprint for a "Brave new World" of public education not
only threaten's Hepting's school but the education system itself. The
principal | |  | | Edubabble: A Glossary of Teacher Talk
A wry and satirical glossary of educator communication that involves the use of ridiculously fluffy words and silly sloganeering.
"Nobody would believe this stuff." This common staffroom refrain was
usually in response to the verbiage or antics of children or teens and the non-
sensical decisions of those in the education bureacracy.
As a former teacher, counselor, and principal at all three levels of schools,
(elementary, middle, and high schools), author Clyde Woolman decided to
take notes on the bottomless pit of non-sensical jargon . With over 300
entries of one to four paragraphs each, "Edubabble: A Gloss | |  | | Hepting's Road: A Novel of Teaching
Former stock broker Steve Hepting is hired as a teacher only to find the bureaucracy non-sensical and classroom work much more challenging than he originally envisioned.
From teaching disadvantaged adolescents to affluent elementary
school children, and working with principals ranging from a supportive
humanist to a data-nut despot, the second year of Steve Hepting's career is
far from boring.
Through the numbness of the education bureacracy, the comedic antics of
the students in the classroom, and the foibles of teacher and support staff
colleagues, Hepting attempts to find order in a chaotic world. The life of a
school comes alive with zest, pathos, and humor. | |  | | High School Edubabble: A Teacher-Talk Glossary
There is no profession like teaching and no workplace like a high school; filled with the angst, passion and often loopy antics of adolescents.
In over three hundred short entries of one to four paragraphs, the fluffy
jargon of edubabble, the quirks and foibles of teachers, and the frequently
zany behaviour of teenagers are lampooned with wit and sardonic humor.
A great gift for any high school educator!
This is a follow-up to 2018's "Edubabble: A Glossary of Teacher-Talk."
| |  | | Smugglers at the Lighthouse
Ben, a 13 year old 'city boy' hikes in the wilds of the Canadian west coast and rescues his cousins from evil drug smugglers using a derelict lighthouse as a base.
'Smugglers at the Lighthouse' is juvenile-level adventure fiction set in the rugged and wild west coast of British Columbia, Canada. A confirmed 'city-boy', originally from Toronto and now residing in Vancouver, 13 year old Ben agrees to visit his 16 year old cousins in the small village of Bamfield and then hike the West Coast Trail. As a favour to an old friend, Ben takes a supposedly magical silver band and is pestered along the route by a bizarre eagle.
After several encouters with the 'crazy' bird, Ben narrowly | |  | | Yurek: Edge of Extinction
A teenage sasquatch runs away to seek a cure for the illness that is spreading amongst the young. The human help is not all what he expects to find.
Young sasquatch are dying from an illnes that the health-providing leader,
the Taljeet, cannot prevent. Against the wishes of his leader, Yurek runs away
to seek human help. The teenage boy Ben, and his cousin Ally are recruited
by a mysterious old man to find Yurek before he is captured by humans with less-than-pure intent.
Yurek is found, but as he and Ben are dsparated from Ben's friends, a
sisnister adversary is poised to capture Yurek and end any hope of saving
the sasquatch race. The tale ra |
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