This is one of my very favorite books. If you want to teach in a way that is real, sustainable and honest, as well as fun, please read this book. And if you suffer as a teacher, double triple please read this book. You will be so happy you did! Jennifer Louden, founder of TeachNow & best-selling author

Getting Messy is an invitation to a radically different way of teaching, one that emphasizes the human over the mechanical and the ethical over the material. Kim Hermanson shows us how we might step away from an image of ourselves as masters and commanders clinging uneasily to our puny authority in the midst of a whirlwind, and embrace instead a sense of being pilgrims-side by side with our students-on an immense and never-ending journey of discovery and surprise. William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago

"I love this book. I feel as if I can crawl up inside it and awaken the teacher within me in so many ways! Kim's style is at once open and circular, while also putting things into a clear perspective. If you think you might be a teacher/mentor/coach or guide, the questions and concepts of this book will rattle your treasured ideas and open you to whole new ways of being who you are. Getting Messy is a way of life for those who are willing to take the leap." Rev. Linda Finley, Spiritual Director, Center for Spiritual Living, Eugene Oregon