Urban Teacher, C. Angela, Pens An Eye-Opening And Inspirational Book About The Realities Of The Classroom

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Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (1888PressRelease) May 04, 2011 - C. Angela is a teacher on a mission. Her passion for teaching and the desire for students to learn have fueled a fire in her to bring out the best in each child. Through her personal experiences and insights, she's been able to teach some of the most gifted and most challenged students. With a Master's Degree in Elementary Education and currently, a Doctoral Candidate in Urban Education Leadership Specializing in Planning and Administration, she's learned a lot in the classroom about teaching. But her real education didn't come from a teacher preparatory program, but from her own experiences - some good and some bad - in her own classroom. She has chronicled her experiences in her third book entitled, This Urban Teacher's Journal.

For every teacher that has walked into a classroom with dreams to change the world one student at a time, this book was created. A true page-turner filled with one real-life, riveting story after another, This Urban Teacher's Journal takes the reader on a journey with the author, C. Angela, as she travels through the joys and perils of education in inner-city schools.

Filled with countless nuggets of information for new as well as seasoned schoolteachers, no doubt from the author's own studies, This Urban Teacher's Journal chronicles her experiences as she's "baptized by fire" in the public school system. The book opens with the first chapter, "Job Interview", describing the author's first assignment after receiving her Master of Arts In Teaching. Before she realizes it, she's thrust into the school's most challenging class, one that others have bowed out of prior to her arrival. As she learns the ins and outs of the students, the school and the local education system, she educates us, the readers, about the difficulties and the challenges that are laid at the feet of each teacher who decides to accept the calling.

A native of Jamaica, C. Angela is a gifted woman and teacher who firmly believes that no child is hopeless and with the right encouragement, every student can fly. After receiving her Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance, initially she thought she would be pursuing a career in music. "What I did not know at the time is that there were children in urban education whose lives I was supposed to touch," says C. Angela. "There are children that have experienced sexual abuse, abandonment and so many other challenges. There is something in my soul that reaches out to them and they feel safe with me," shares the teacher.

In addition to being an author, she conducts workshops for other teachers including "Classroom Management for the Urban Educator", "The History of Urban Education", "Creating Successful Partnerships in Urban Schools", "Adapting Lessons to the Inner City Student" and "Teaching the English-speaking Caribbean Student". C. Angela is a voice speaking not only of the problems, but through This Urban Teacher's Journal, of the solutions as well. This Urban Teacher's Journal is available for purchase at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Christianbook.com.

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