1. Primary Passion Teacher Librarian Day 2012 James Mejía

2. The Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards), [1] that is usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon (the namesake of the race) to Athens. [1]road race GreekPheidippidesBattle of MarathonAthens *Wikipedia

7. Primary Passion There are over 35 marathons across the country in the month of February alone. US runners spent $2.3 B on running shoes and $1.1 B on apparel in 2010. In 2010, 500,000 residents of the United States finished a marathon. But only 683 finished the Pikes Peak Marathon…

8. Pikes Peak Marathon

18. Resilience Resilience in psychology refers to the idea of an individual's tendency to cope with stress and adversity. This coping may result in the individual “bouncing back” to a previous state of normal functioning, or using the experience of exposure to adversity to produce a “steeling effect” and function better than expected…psychologycopestress *Wikipedia

19. Resilience Bonnie Bernard: Turnaround teachers build crucial protective factors: connection, competence, and contribution. Research shows that teachers and schools have the power to tip the scales from risk to resilience. Werner, Smith found that “among the most frequently encountered positive role models for children, outside their circle of family members, was a favorite teacher. For the resilient youngster, a special teacher was not just an instructor for academic skills, but also a…positive model for personal identification”

20. Primary Passion 1) We don’t know all our students’ challenges 2) Draw upon your own resilience to teach 3) Tap into the primary passion of students 4) Find strength in your own primary passion

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