24-25 DCHS Heart: Fully Forming your Professional Life as a Teacher and Leader Book Study

Course Description

• This book is intended for teachers and administrators. This book presents the concept of a heartprint—the distinctive impression that an educator’s heart leaves on students and colleagues during his or her professional career. Pertaining to teachers, it includes a deeper dive into self-reflection regarding how teacher motivation, teacher-student relationships, and collaborative teaching all affect one’s self-efficacy, career, and professional development. Participants will discover and delve deeper into the impact they have upon staff, students, and school culture as they move forward in their career, gaining perspective on creating sustainable change.
• Lead Learner (Facilitator): Jennifer Goldberg
• Credit(s) and Type: 14 Hours Relicensure

Target Audience

• DCHS Staff

Meeting Information

• Dates: October 7, 2024 - April 1, 2025
• Time: 3:15 - 4:15 PM
• Location: Douglas County High School

Course Outcomes

Here are the outcomes for the course:

• Help teachers foster a more positive attitude, create a better work/life balance, and encourage them to identify where their personal professional development needs are to grow as both a teacher or leader and person.