Thrive by Jim Burke

Thrive by Jim Burke

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As a novice teacher, Meenoo Rami experienced the same anxieties shared by many: the sense of isolation, lack of self-confidence, and fear that her work was having no positive impact on her students. In Thrive, Meenoo shares the five strategies that helped her become a confident, connected teacher. From how to find mentors and build networks, both online and off, to advocating for yourself and empowering your students, Thrive shows new and veteran teachers alike how to overcome the challenges and meet the demands of our profession.

Praise for Thrive

Whether you are entering your first year of teaching or your 40th, Thrive feels as if it were written just for you. At a time in our profession when many of us are feeling stretched thin, Meenoo Rami offers strategies to reignite our passions and rediscover why we chose to teach.
-Christopher Lehman, coauthor of Falling in Love with Close Reading


Teaching is a profession that eats its young. Meenoo Rami offers guidelines for surviving the challenges of the classroom as well as the faculty room.
-Carol Jago, author, teacher, and past president of NCTE


Thrive includes a mosaic of dynamic teacher voices from many grade levels and content areas. Reading their stories deepened my thinking about the immense untapped potential of our profession. Meenoo Rami's vision of teaching and learning can sustain us all.
-Penny Kittle, author of Book Love


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Meenoo Rami, the author of Thrive, is a national board certified teacher who spent ten years teaching English to students in Philadelphia, at the Science Leadership Academy and other public schools. Meenoo is a teacher-consultant for the National Writing Project and an instructor in Arcadia University's Connected Learning Certificate Program. She founded #engchat, an international Twitter chat for English instructors. Meenoo has also worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a teaching fellow, where she oversaw a portfolio aimed at helping teachers improve their practice through collaboration. Meenoo is currently employed by Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager, where she assists education, nonprofit, and government institutions in accelerating their digital transformation. Meenoo can be found on Twitter as @meenoorami.