Teach Like a Pirate: Book Application

What Is the Teach Like a Pirate: Book Application Course?

Bring passion, energy, and creativity into your classroom engagement strategies with the Teach Like a Pirate: Book Application professional development course from Fresno Pacific University. Inspired by the bestselling book, “Teach Like a Pirate” by Dave Burgess, this course equips educators with powerful student engagement strategies that capture attention and inspire a love of learning.

You’ll explore how to build lessons that spark curiosity, foster collaboration, and make learning an adventure. Through reflective activities and practical tools, you’ll develop skills in creative lesson planning that connect with students on a deeper level. The skills learned in this course apply whether you teach in-person or online. This course shows you how to turn your classroom into a place where excitement and discovery thrive every day.

What Will You Learn?

The Teach Like a Pirate: Book Application course covers a variety of topics and classroom engagement strategies from the book by Burgess. Teachers who complete the course will know how to:

• Identify and foster personal motivation and passion for the teaching profession.
• Assess their own commitment to student learning and the level of active engagement in the classroom.
• Develop an action plan to incorporate teaching strategies intended to strengthen student engagement and learning.
• Evaluate their current teaching style and methods for effectiveness and set realistic goals for making positive changes.
• Collaborate with other teachers to share ideas and discuss elements of best practices.

What Are the Assignments and Projects?

Students can enroll in the Teach Like a Pirate course at any time and take up to one year from the registration date to complete all assignments. Modules within the course include:

• Teach Like a Pirate
• Crafting Engaging Lessons
• Building a Better Pirate
• Make It Happen

Who Should Enroll in the Teach Like a Pirate: Book Application Course?

The Teach Like a Pirate course is designed for K-12th-grade teachers.

What Educators Who Took the Teach Like a Pirate Course Say

“This book and course were helpful to invigorate my teaching and my classroom. I found helpful strategies and suggestions for better engaging my students and adding joy to our day. I look forward to putting some of these ideas and mindset shifts into practice.”  

- Educator, California

“I LOVED this course! The book was inspiring and the self-paced structure of the course is a GAME-changer for me. Thank you!”

- Educator, Massachusetts

NOTE: The Required book must be acquired separately.

This course is applicable towards the Student Engagement Certificate.