Education Get Real - EGR

We provide teachers of ALL secondary disciplines with CTE and academic materials that prepare students for entry into today's ever-changing job market -- AI is definitely affecting their career choices right now. Our materials are authentic, relevant, comprehensive, all-inclusive, reasonably priced, and guaranteed to save educators loads of TIME, hours of WORK, and a huge amount of STRESS as they help students prepare to meet the needs and expectations of employers in "REAL WORLD." As a CTE and academic teacher team, we have done the work for YOU and our resources have been written, edited, implemented, revised, and proven successful for use in our own classrooms. We specialize in interdisciplinary materials and believe teachers of all disciplines are responsible for preparing students not only for the demands of college but for direct entry into the job market. In today's world, students and parents are choosing to explore career alternatives and opportunities because college is expensive and educational loan debt often lasts for years. Many students are deciding to follow their dreams by becoming entrepreneurs thus creating their own businesses from scratch. Here at EDUCATION: GET REAL (EGR), we have included numerous entrepreneurial materials to help students take the steps to create a successful startup business. We have other instructional materials for teachers and informational materials for students including forms, careers, body language, financial literacy, writing (academic and business), numerous PowerPoints on various topics, etc. Together as educators, we have taught in the areas of CTE (Business & Marketing), Language Arts, Journalism, Economics, and Computer Science. Many of these courses were taught in an integrated team-teaching setting. As teachers who think outside of "their books," EGR authors create materials that are exciting, fun, realistic, meaningful, and motivating for students in order to prepare them for the challenges of college and the workplace in this new AI culture.

"TEAMWORK MAKES DREAMS WORK!" As a team, our focus is on helping teachers prepare their students for life beyond the classroom. We believe in building and enhancing student creativity, leadership, teamwork, critical thinking and decision-making skills, interactive involvement, and research development by emphasizing hands-on, meaningful and relevant experiences in all curriculum settings. Today's employers need a mix of tech-savvy digital skills (AI, data, cybersecurity), strong cognitive abilities (critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity), crucial soft skills (communication, adaptability, emotional intelligence, teamwork), and core professionalism (work ethic, leadership, learning agility) to navigate rapid changes, with a huge emphasis on continuous learning and upskilling to keep pace with technology. These skills are taught in various CTE programs at the secondary level and often further enhanced with additional training in 1 to 2-year affordable trade school programs. Today's research indicates that 4–8-year college degrees aren't necessarily the ticket for entry into many extremely needed and highly paid occupations in today's ever-changing highly skilled workplace. Additionally, specialized training offered in secondary CTE programs offer ways for students and parents to alleviate the stress of paying back college loans that may not guarantee employment upon graduation. Other students are earning college/university degrees; however, all students need to choose their majors very carefully to be sure they are prepared for uncertainty and fluctuations in today's job market.

Together, we have been recognized by our peers and business community leaders by being recognized with these acknowledgements: » Honored as Teacher of the Year » Authors of Numerous Instructional Materials (Lang Arts, Business, CTE, Economics, Financial Literacy, etc.) » Outstanding Business Instructor for the Denver Business Journal » Junior Achievement Colorado Teacher of the Year » All-School Academic (Renaissance) Program Community Organizer » Advisory Committee Organizer (combining all CTE [Career & Technical Education] programs district wide) » Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for business students

GLORIA HENDERSON: M.Ed. in Computers in Education and B.S. in Business Teacher Education and Economics. Gloria has several years of specialized teaching experience integrating Economics and Business. Gloria has authored Financial Literacy materials and other instructional materials that she shares with other teachers here on TPT. Gloria is a teacher of business and economics and she is the CFO of Education: Get Real!!! LLC. KAREN STARK: M.Ed. in Computers in Education and B.A. in Business Education and English. Karen has extensive team-teaching experience in the areas of English/ELA, Business, Computer Science, and Journalism. She has served on several school district integrated learning curriculum-development writing teams. She has authored over 250 different instructional materials and shares them with her peers here on TPT. Karen was selected Teacher of the Year in four different secondary level schools (middle and high schools) throughout her career. She is a business, English, and technology teacher and is the CEO of Education: Get Real!!! LLC. As a team and as a result of creating our own business, we have written enterpreneurship materials for teachers to use with their students. Many young people today are creating their own businesses and need "HOW TO" advice. OUR COMBINED EXPERIENCE INCLUDES: » Creating and writing 300+ materials here on TpT » Writing grants to establish interdisciplinary coursework » Creating and establishing student/teacher/community networking partnerships/alliances/advisory committees » Launching over 75 student-managed/operated in-school companies » Completing three international student exchanges —  (Belfast Northern Ireland [twice] & Mexico City) » Serving as OJT (On-the-Job Training) coordinators, working with business/community leaders and student employers on a daily basis, and creators of OJT forms for school districts » Supervising numerous student teachers » Developing alliances between civic organizations and the schools » Serving on the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement Rocky Mtn. Inc. » Serving as chairpersons on school leadership committees » Authoring numerous EGR materials, all of which are available to teachers here on Teachers Pay Teachers. » As entrepreneurs, creating, developing, and operating real world businesses of our own and bringing that experience into the classroom setting. For more biographical information, visit our EGR website and select CONTACT US on the navigation bar: https://www.educationgetreal.com

Our all-inclusive and comprehensive materials with EVERYTHING a teacher needs for successful instruction and immediate implementation are available here in our Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) store. Many college/university students also purchase our materials as they prepare to enter the work world upon graduation. For more information about Education: Get Real!!!, the authors, or if you want to contact us directly, type this into the URL: https://educationgetreal.com Our instructional materials are sold as digital items and our offerings include complete courses, activities, instructional PowerPoints, fill-in forms, implementation tools and lesson plans, quizzes and unit tests, case studies, worksheets, and much more. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ALL images are copyrighted and are the exclusive property of EDUCATION: GET REAL!!! for use in our own publications and in our Teachers Pay Teachers store -- they may NOT be copied, reproduced in any format presently used or developed in the future, used on any other website, or used by others in their own written works. All written materials are copyrighted and most are certified by the Library of Congress. Each individual purchaser is granted permission to copy the materials for their own instructional use only. Redistributing, sharing, editing, selling, or posting this item or any part thereof on the Internet or other digital means are strictly prohibited. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.