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Hey Miss narrates Dr. Jacqueline Mantz Rodriguez's unique challenges and path to becoming a teacher working with a diverse population of students. Jacqueline urges us all to reflect on why we do what we do, both in our classrooms and in life. Through authentic storytelling, she shares stories of students who have succeeded despite significant obstacles, along with humorous anecdotes and poignant accounts of loss and pain, chronicling her experiences as a teacher for over two decades.

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Some people get lost in their wounds and failures. But Dr. Jacqueline Mantz Rodriguez has used hers to become an effective teacher, a deep listener, and a strong believer in what is possible. Throughout the book, Dr. Mantz Rodriguez intersperses stories of students with stories from her own life. As we read these interactions, we cannot help but awaken to the opportunity we have to impact and be impacted by our encounters with others if we take the time to really listen. -Deborah Adele, author of The Yamas & Niyamas One of the hardest things about building relationships is the necessary truth-telling. If we are hesitant to show ourselves, warts and all, to those closest to us, consider how much more we are afraid to be ourselves in the classroom. And yet, without authenticity, we lose any connection with students. Dr. Jacqueline Mantz Rodriguez learns this on her journey to becoming her school district's Teacher of the Year. And now she brings the reader of Hey, Miss on that journey. In a system that tells teachers they must control their students, Mantz learns the primary secret to being a great teacher is empathy. She shares her own life journey with its many setbacks including a disorderly childhood with an alcoholic parent and her own journey to sobriety. She speaks through hard-won wisdom of the power of choices that altered her life's trajectory. Her path enables her to work with students who are considered the most difficult to educate: those with learning disabilities and those who have fallen through the cracks in comprehensive high schools. Jacqueline Mantz's story will inspire all readers. For those who are educators, it also offers a path to connection with students, to making a real difference in the lives of kids. -Victoria Waddle, former high school English teacher, teacher-librarian, and author of Keep Sweet Dr. Mantz-Rodriquez new memoir is a must read for any teacher, parent or person who cares about young people. Her deeply personal stories offer tragedy and triumph as she finds alignment with her calling, ""The beauty of teaching is that every year is a new dawn..."" The courageous vulnerability in sharing experiences of mistakes and challenges hits right in the feelings, while the wisdom she imparts from years of teaching pours out of the pages and will leave the reader inspired to not just support the youth but also be more gentle with themselves. - James Coats, poet

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