Hard Knocks & Dirty Socks: Through the Eyes of Coach

If you want an intimate view into both the immense joys and painful trials of a public school teacher and coach and the stories of many of the students he has taught and coached over the span of 43 years, you won't want to miss this book! Coach Fino has seen lives change dramatically and students fulfilling their dreams due to the hard work and lessons they learned in the classroom, the weight room, on the field, and in his coach's office. He has turned his passion for his students into a crusade to help them succeed in life. Though poignant and heartbreaking at times, the book celebrates the lives of many of his students and their metamorphosis out of the public school and into successful careers and lives.

Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, this book is a powerhouse of honest and unapologetically frank information about public schools, The Denver Public Schools in particular. An outline of the needed changes, a vision for what can be accomplished in the lives of disadvantaged students and how to make it happen, and concrete steps to accomplish the changes that are desperately needed to turn a failing (and flailing) public school system around so it meets real needs of students and their families in the community are all included in this book. His message that "we can do better" should resound throughout the country.

"We Can Do Better"

We need to draw on the tried and true methods of the past and integrate those into a new vision for the future of public education, meeting the challenges and making all our schools effective for the student populations they serve. This may require out-of-the-box and out-of-our-comfort zones thinking followed by commitment to volunteering resources and time to accomplish these changes, but we can do it. In this book you will learn why that is so vital and how to approach such a daunting task.

Who should read Hard Knocks & Dirty Socks

Aspiring teachers

Current teachers

School administrators

School volunteers

Parents

Current and former students

Public school communities

School board members

School curriculum designers

College educational programs for teachers

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