Get on-demand access to a special webinar with Dr. Robyn Jackson, author of Never Underestimate your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom

Learn how to:

Replace “best practices” with actual improvement in your classroom
Support struggling teachers in a way that really supports their growth
Have authentic conversations based on classroom evidence

In this webinar, Dr. Jackson answers the following questions:

How has the concept of “best practices” changed the way that we think about teaching and learning? Does it hurt the way leaders support teacher-growth?
What feedback strategies should leaders use with struggling teachers?
How can feedback from an administrator shut down teacher-growth, and how can leaders avoid that trap?
How can leaders use curiosity to drive feedback conversations and how can they avoid judgement?
What do school-leaders need to “unlearn” from their training on how to do observations?

Dr. Robyn R. Jackson is passionate about the profession of teaching. She helps teachers and administrators understand the principles of mastery teaching and shows them how to apply these principles in order to help every student succeed. As a former high school English teacher and middle school administrator, she refined these principles on her own journey to become a master teacher. As a best-selling author, internationally recognized keynote speaker, and professional developer, she provides step-by-step advice and strategies on how to use these same principles to become or help others become master teachers. Because she believes that every child deserves a master teacher and that any teacher can become a master teacher with the right kind of support and practice, she started Mindsteps™ Inc., a professional development firm located in Washington, DC to provide the right kind of practice for teachers and the administrators who lead them. She doesn’t just want to change how we teach; Dr. Jackson wants to change the way that we think about teaching.

Accomplishments:

National Board Certified AP English Teacher: As a National Board Certified English teacher, she increased the enrollment of minority and non traditional students in her AP Language and Composition classes and tripled her course enrollment within one year without a decrease in her students’ test scores.
Award winning administrator: As a middle school administrator in Montgomery County Maryland, she worked to revise the district’s Gifted and Talented program to be more inclusive of underrepresented students and better prepare students for rigorous high school work. She also compiled the final draft of the district’s Middle School Reform Report and helped lead one of the largest middle schools in the district to win the state and national Blue Ribbon.
A nationally recognized keynote speaker and consultant: Dr. Jackson has worked with school districts, non-profit organizations, and state departments of education throughout the US and abroad to help schools develop sustainable approaches to professional development and increased students achievement. Her books are translated into four languages. University Professor and Researcher: As an educator, she has served as an adjunct professor at Towson University and Bowie University and presented her own research on equity, access, rigor, and instructional strategies designed to help under-represented and under-served student populations meet rigorous learning standards at several national conferences.

Dr. Jackson is the author of 10 books:

The Differentiation Workbook: A step-by-step guide to creating lessons that help every student meet the standards
The Instructional Leader’s Guide to Strategic Conversations with Teachers
Never Work Harder than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching
How to Support Struggling Students
How to Plan Rigorous Instruction
How to Motivate Resistant Learners
The AP* Teachers Resource Book
Never Underestimate Your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom
You Can Do This. Hope and Help for New Teachers
Real Engagement: How Do I Help My Students Become Motivated, Confident, and Self-Directed Learners? (co-authored with Allison Zmuda)

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