Soul of a Teacher

How can a science teacher, or any teacher, survive and even thrive in the world of cataclysmic changes in education? Thousands of isolated and disillusioned teachers are leaving the profession due to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and its reinventions. Is leaving what you love the only option? No. The answer is to become “the hero of your own story.” The Hero’s Journey is one of loss, search and redemption – it is a journey of the Soul, and reclaiming the joy and passion of your calling is the Holy Grail.

Through the lens of his own peripatetic journey to become an award winning high school anatomy and physiology teacher at age 48, Dr. Whitey Hitchcock illustrates how both he and his students became the heroes of their own stories.

Soul of a Teacher takes the reader on a journey of human cadaver dissection, wildlife carcasses, flesh-eating beetles, skeleton reconstruction, bizarre food and more; all in the quest to ignite students’ creativity and instill a love of life-long learning within a nexus of educational philosophy, epistemology and spirituality.

The author’s teaching has been featured in national media including The New York Times, NEA Today and Odyssey Magazine.