TeamMakers: Positively Impacting the Lives of Children through District-Wide Dreaming, Collaborating, and Change

Are Your Dreams Big Enough? Dreams can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary! In TeamMakers, experienced educators Laura Robb and Evan Robb invite you to reimagine what education could be and then collaborate to create something amazing. TeamMakers invites all members of the school system to dream, share stories, and generate ideas that inspire positive change. By providing a roadmap for effective dreaming and planning, this book reveals that there is no limit to what schools can achieve on behalf of students. You can be a catalyst for change. "Laura and Evan show us how to break free of excuses that obstruct our view so that we can bravely envision the possibilities awaiting us at the edge of uncertainty. . . .TeamMakers is an invitational how-to for translating professional dreams into transformational actions." -Dr. Mary Howard, author of Good to Great Teaching "Laura and Evan invite us to risk imagining what could be, to envision and work together to build strong and honest relationships with our students and our colleagues that enable us to pull our feet from the muck of tradition and march forward toward our professional vision." -Lester Laminack, coauthor of Reading to Make a Difference "I urge you to read this book. It caused me to fall in love with teaching all over again. And I know it will do the same for you." -S. Travis Crowder, coauthor of Sparks in the Dark "Laura and Evan have created a wonderful blueprint for creating relevant, dynamic learning with today's students in mind. Our schools can be places of greater meaning, purpose, and hope." -David Guerin, author of Future Driven