Some of you know that I am a schoolteacher--elementary music, to be more precise. So, I teach children between the ages of five and eleven the nuts and bolts of music.

I love my job! As I have told several of my friends, I go to work and play all day! (that's probably an overgeneralization, but some days it's not far off the mark)

We are getting ready to start the school year up again, and given all that I've learned this summer, I'm really chomping at the bit to be back working with the kids (which often has not normally been my situation this time of year--I guess that mode of thinking is gone for good).

So, in light of all of that, I am asking for information/advice from anyone who is willing to give it, professional educators or no. Here are some things that I'm looking for:

1) online resources that connect Education and NLP--Jay Budzynski was very kind to provide me with these two links already (thanks, Jay!):

NLP in Education

The Learning Web

2) Books applicable to the field

3) People here in the states, or abroad, that I can network with

4) Direct advice, suggestions, etc. from all of you--things I can do during instruction, for example, to maximize learning, etc.

I am looking forward to being certified in the near future, and am hoping that my local professional development committee will accept a Practitioner's License training to fulfill my continuing education requirement for state licensure. It makes perfect sense to me that further development of my skills in NLP will only improve the educational experience of my students.

By the way, I am currently perusing existing threads here, and there's a lot of information! Anything fresh, or that you might think would be good to highlight would be great.

Thank you in advance for all your help.

Cheers,

Phil