Pursuing Greatness: Empowering Teachers to Take Charge of Their Professional Growth

Book overview You’ve probably heard that teaching is a journey.

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where are you on yours?That all depends on which challenges you’re currently facing.

Trying to solve them all at once would lead to disorientation and burnout, so where to start? For guidance, join five of America’s leading thinkers, consultants, and writers on teaching and learning as they demonstrate the power of self-reflective journey toward solving these problems, gaining expertise in their professional practices, and empowering students to “own” more of their learning.

These problems of practice are grouped into six pathways, each covered in detail by a chapter in the book: Nurturing a positive learning environment.

Challenging students to commit to mastery level learning.

Designing engaging learning activities and lessons.

Motivating students with feedback.

Assessing for learning.

Creating dynamic group learning.