Straight off a stint in the Caribbean the pirate himself, Dave Burgess, The New York Times bestselling author of Teach Like a Pirate and president of Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc., joins Cade and Michelle in a laugh-laden, energy-enriched episode all about taking teachers' traditional classrooms off life support and re-envisioning them through their non-patched piratey eyes.  Dave discusses the pirate's pedagogical life and describes how every teacher can embrace it to increase and maintain student engagement. This episode also features a discussion of the PIRATE acronym, tips on how to cultivate a pirate-like school culture, and Cade and Michelle's own Teach Like a Pirate-inspired hooks.

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