Students are the best teachers. The longer I teach, the clearer this becomes to me. Over the past twenty-five years I have had a front row seat to some of the best lessons. TEACH THE TEACHER highlights thirty-one of these life lessons that I learned through my work as an in-school-suspension monitor, crisis intervention specialist, alternative school teacher, and a theatre teacher/director at a school for the arts. I have worked with quite a diverse population and the gems within this book certainly reflect this. The struggles, triumphs, and laughter are shown throughout the pages as well as spiritual wisdom- through the takeaways- that are shared at the end of each life lesson. God placed the desire within me to creatively educate and nurture young minds. I assumed that becoming a teacher would also allow me to transform young lives and impact the next generation. I did not completely realize the impact this profession would have on my own life. TEACH THE TEACHER not only shares what my students have taught me, but it demonstrates that some of the most powerful lessons are not taught at the black (or white) board and they can move us deeply. This book is meant to encourage, enlighten, and uplift. Perhaps the reader will begin to see teens in a different light and maintain (or discover) hope in today's youth.