turtle teacher

*I love to read, write, and travel.

*I have a newly released book titled, "Roam Italy: A Teacher and His Students Take the Ultimate Class Trip." (www.theclassroombook.com)

*Toured the Dominican Republic the past four summers with a group of teachers. We are part of a coalition of educators called "Friends Beyond Borders"... more »

*I love to read, write, and travel.

*I have a newly released book titled, "Roam Italy: A Teacher and His Students Take the Ultimate Class Trip." (www.theclassroombook.com)

*Toured the Dominican Republic the past four summers with a group of teachers. We are part of a coalition of educators called "Friends Beyond Borders" and we befriended "stateless" workers at a garbage dump, visited an AIDS orphanage, facilitated activities with teens living in a batey, spoke with civil rights activist Sonia Pierre, and met the legendary Dede Mirabal from the famous novel, "In the Time of the Butterflies."

*Recently completed my 12th year teaching at a middle school in New Jersey.

*"Michael D'Amato's 'The Classroom' is full of imaginative, original, and very practical advice for teachers. It is fun to read, and if applied by teachers all over the country it would make classrooms much more interesting and students better educated."
---Howard Zinn, Professor Emeritus at Boston University and author of A People's History of the United States

---michael « less