{"product_id":"never-work-harder-than-your-students-and-other-principles-of-great-teaching-9781416626527","title":"Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome great teachers are born, but most are self-made. And the way to make yourself a great teacher is to learn to think and act like one.\u003c\/p\u003eIn this updated second edition of the best-selling \u003cem\u003eNever Work Harder Than Your Students, \u003c\/em\u003e Robyn R. Jackson reaffirms that every teacher can become a master teacher. The secret is not a specific strategy or technique, nor it is endless hours of prep time. It's developing a master teacher mindset--rigorously applying seven principles to your teaching until they become your automatic response: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStart where you students are.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnow where your students are going.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpect to get your students there.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupport your students along the way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse feedback to help you and your students get better.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFocus on quality rather than quantity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNever work harder than your students.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her conversational and candid style, Jackson explains the mastery principles and how to start using them to guide planning, instruction, assessment, and classroom management. She answers questions, shares stories from her own practice and work with other teachers, and provides all-new, empowering advice on navigating external evaluation. There's even a self-assessment to help you identify your current levels of mastery and take control of your own practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeaching is hard work, and great teaching means doing the right kind of hard work: the kind that pays off. Join tens of thousands of teachers around the world who have embarked on their journeys toward mastery. Discover for yourself the difference that Jackson's principles will make in your classroom and for your students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJackson, Robyn R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRobyn R. Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, has been an educator for more than a decade. As a National Board-certified English teacher, she increased the enrollment of minority and nontraditional students in her AP Language and Composition classes and tripled her overall course enrollment within one year without a decrease in her students' test scores. As a middle school administrator in Montgomery County, Md., she has worked to revise the district's gifted and talented policy to be more inclusive of all students and helped craft the district's critical Middle School Reform Plan. She also helped lead the largest middle school in the district to state and national Blue Ribbon status. As an educator, she has served as an adjunct professor and has presented her own research at several national conferences.","brand":"ASCD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601191440658,"sku":"9781416626527","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48c0568a-ef11-4d0b-8350-0207059f4cf8.jpg?v=1732222773","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/never-work-harder-than-your-students-and-other-principles-of-great-teaching-9781416626527","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}