The Silent Yet Serious Crisis
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The emphasis on testing promotes efficiency more than effectiveness.
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Teaching and school leadership are noble but often exhausting. ​​​
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Nearly two thirds of new teachers leave their jobs within the first three years.
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Four out of every five students say they are bored at school.
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Education seems aligned with standards—but not with students.
"Education today is like a bowl of broccoli with soy milk"
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How can schooling help more students achieve content mastery
and at the same time awaken purpose, belonging, and agency?
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Meet Anane Olatunji, PhD
The Creator of "FACES"
Education should awaken purpose, not just deliver content.
When young people experience learning as meaningful, affirming, and challenging, they don’t just succeed, they thrive.
Aside from author, Dr. Olatunji is a consultant, speaker and trainer. His work is grounded in research and actual experience with a focus on creating learning environments that are both humane and effective.
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Dr. Olatunji helps adults rethink how learning is experienced so that engagement, purpose, and achievement can grow naturally together. Thus his mantra: passion propels performance!
FACES:
A Framework for
Teaching and Learning
Dr. Olatunji's book offers a clear, practical framework for helping young people to experience learning as fulfilling and meaningful.
The book introduces FACES, a framework grounded in research and decades of real life experience:
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Fun – Use activities that make learning enjoyable
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Affirmation – Validate the learner
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Challenge – Provide supportive relationships and rigor
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Expression – Cultivate youth autonomy and agency
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Success – Teach prosperity principles
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Together, these features help educators and youth advocates create learning spaces filled with joy, engagement and purpose.
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Celebrity Endorsement
Jack Canfield
"As a personal success coach who once served as a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, I can attest with conviction that this book belongs in the professional development toolkit of every educator. Through his insight and creativity, Olatunji provides a much-needed paradigm shift for improving the way we teach and learn."
Coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, The Success Principles™,
and Self-Esteem in the Classroom