Principles of Great Teaching

The art of a Master Teacher isn’t a magical gift bestowed on a blessed few; ANY teacher can become a master teacher with the right kind of support and practice. Get started on your journey towards becoming a master teacher today with the resources below on effective teaching.

THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION

When is comes to good teaching, often, we pay too much attention to the strategies with out fully understanding why those strategies work in the first place. Make a powerful shift in your teaching practice – instead of acquiring more or better strategies focus on developing a mindset toward teaching by rigorously applying the principles of effective instruction below into your practice.

Principle One: Start where your students are
Principle Two: Know where your students are going
Principle Three: Expect to get your students to their goal
Principle Four: Support Your students along the way
Principle Five: Use feedback to help you and your students get better
Principle Six: Focus on quality rather that quantity
Principle Seven: Never work harder than your students

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BOOKS:

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In Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching, (published by ASCD) Robyn R. Jackson makes a radical assertion: Any teacher can become a master teacher with the right kind of practice. This mindset is achieved by rigorously applying seven principles of the master teacher mindset to your teaching until they become your automatic response to students. The more you practice these principles, the more you begin to think like a master teacher.

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Book Excerpts

Book Series

Mastering the Principles of Great Teaching Series is a how-to series that focuses on each of the seven mastery principles introduced in our best-selling book Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching.
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DVD

Bring Never Work Harder Than Your Students, to your school with Never Work Harder Than Your Students: The Journey to Great Teaching DVD. In her uniquely engaging and thought-provoking way, Robyn explains how any teacher can develop the qualities and mindset of a great teacher. Video scenes from real classrooms take you through each of the seven principles described in her book.
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CLASSROOM RESOURCES

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WORKSHOPS

Our workshops below will help you understand and apply the 7 Principles of effective teaching to your own teaching practice.

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KEYNOTES

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