Visualize Your Teaching

Once a solidly marginal teacher, Kyle Ezell, EdD, became an inductee into The Ohio State University’s prestigious Academy of Teaching, receiving many awards for his role as an educator. A professor of city and regional planning in Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture in the College of Engineering since 2005, Dr. Ezell serves as a Faculty Foundation, Impact, and Transformation (FIT) Program mentor for new and developing teachers at Ohio State and as a Senior Affiliate with the university’s Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, and enjoys consulting K-12 educators in visualizing their teaching.

• Foreword Preface Introduction: "The Feeling" Students Get From Your Teaching 1. Parts: 12 That Teachers Play (Run Through 50 Performances) 2. Know Your Flows, Then Spot the Signals (and Practice Responding to Dozens) 3. "See," Then Draw (or Doodle) Your Teaching (with 10 Teaching Stories) Afterword: Go Forth and Prosper!

"Visualizing Your Teaching is essential reading for any teacher in K-12 who wants to become the best in their building. This little book will transform your career." Laura Schaub, Professor and Director of Greenville University’s Early Childhood Education Program, USA"Ezell provides a compelling narrative approach drawing from both analytical and creative problem solving to help college teachers overcome their biggest challenge: self doubt." Gerard Lange, Professor and Director of the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, Barton College, USA"College and K-12 teachers will love Ezell's revealing step-by-step method helping them "see" their teaching through visualizing techniques and drawing. Read this book to fuel your career as an intuitive educator."Jennifer Cowley, President, University of Texas at Arlington, USA"This book reinvigorated my teaching! The practical suggestions were easy to implement and made me feel empowered to become a better teacher. I go back to the book again and again to find more strategies for turning my classroom into an exciting and fun learning environment." Robin E. Grebing, Assistant Professor, Maryville University of Saint Louis, USA"Professor Ezell has written a unique, step-by-step, how-to on effective teaching practices as performance. His method on dissecting the teaching roles (parts) into flows and signals, when applied and diagrammed, is sure to improve anyone’s teaching ability, from someone new to the classroom as well as the seasoned professor."Catherine Cubbin, Associate Dean for Research, Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Community Safety, University of Texas at Austin, USA