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Teach Like A PIRATE Day Resources

Teach Like A PIRATE Day is a day in which students can attend any class they want for an entire day.  It is based on the driving question of Dave Burgess' Book Teach Like A PIRATE, If kids didn't have to be there, would you be teaching to an empty room?

My staff and I conducted the first Teach Like A PIRATE Day at Utica Junior High School in Utica, Ohio in 2013.  Since then, there have been a number of additional schools who have conducted this social experiment with great success.

I am often asked by other educators to share resources so that they can host their own TLAP Day.  Below are links to multiple blog posts I have written about the topic over the past few years.

Thinking Of Doing A Teach Like A PIRATE Day?
Contains resources to assist you in creating TLAP Day.

Pictures From Teach Like A PIRATE Day (2013)
Photographs from the first TLAP Day.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day...Huge Success
First reflection of TLAP Day.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day...More Reflections
More reflections from the first TLAP Day.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day Experiences
Here are the descriptions of the experiences available to the students for the original TLAP Day at Utica Junior High in 2013.  We had about 270 7th-8th grade students in the building.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day Eve
Blog post from the night before the first TLAP Day.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day 2 Experiences
Here are the descriptions of the experiences available to the students for the TLAP Day we did at Big Walnut Intermediate in 2014 (I changed jobs).  We had about 500 5th-6th grade students.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day 2, Days Away
Leading up to the sequel, TLAP Day 2.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day 2, The Aftermath
Reflections from the 2nd TLAP Day.

Teach Like A PIRATE Day Presentation, OMLA 2015
Here is a presentation I did at the Ohio Middle Level Association State Conference on TLAP Day.

This Year I Decided To Principal Like a PIRATE
A blog post detailing how I embraced the TLAP mantra as a principal.