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You work hard to motivate your students every day, but where can you find the inspiration you need when teaching gets tough or your passion for the classroom starts to wane? Veteran teacher Amy J. Cattapan invites you to look to the greatest teacher of all time--Jesus. With humor and stories from the trenches, Cattapan draws valuable insight and tools from the Gospels and shares ten life-changing principles every teacher can learn from Jesus. In Sweet Jesus, Is It June Yet?, she'll help you hang onto your sanity and fulfill your calling even when you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and on the verge of burnout. Classroom burnout is real. About 44 percent of new teachers in New York leave the profession by their fourth year and 40 percent of new teachers leave Chicago schools within five years. All over the country, managing online instruction has only added to the pressures teachers face. In order to combat frustration and burnout, Cattapan will help you: remember where your calling began; rediscover who this is all about; know when to lean on others for help; learn how Jesus dealt with challenges; and understand that God's grace really is enough. Whether you're a brand new teacher, a veteran educator, or a homeschooling parent, you'll find wisdom--and more than a few laughs--in Cattapan's reflections on the Great Teacher and in classroom stories straight from the front lines.

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Amy J. Cattapan is a middle-school English teacher, Catholic speaker, retreat leader, and author who has written or contributed to several books, including Sweet Jesus, Is It June Yet?, A Saint Squad for Teachers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: From Lemons to Lemonade, and the award-winning novels Angelhood and Seven Riddles to Nowhere. She hosts Cath-Lit Live!, a podcast where she interviews Catholic authors about new books. Cattapan has appeared on The Katie McGrady Show and The Busted Halo Show on SiriusXM, EWTN's Bookmark and At Home with Jim and Joy, Catholic Faith Network Live, and the Son Rise Morning Show. Her writing has appeared in Highlights for Children, Hopscotch for Girls, Pockets, and Catechist. She also served as the host for Shalom World TV's BOOK.ed. Cattapan earned a bachelor's degree in English secondary education from Marquette University, a master's degree in instruction for secondary education language arts from Northeastern Illinois University, and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University Chicago. She has spoken at a variety of conferences, including NCEA, the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, and C3, and frequently leads teacher retreats and professional development sessions at Catholic schools across the country. She lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

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