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October 2022 Newsletter

As the air grows colder and the leaves begin to turn, we hope you all have settled into the new school year, quite different from the Covid period we have all experienced. This month, we highlight the amazing range and complexity of tasks that educators perform on a daily basis from both the instructional and leadership points of view. If only our voting public could appreciate this fact!

 

Our interview with Oregon Principal of the Year, Charlie Jett, provides concrete examples of what effective leaders do to help with the improvement of instruction in their schools.


We also have an open Analyzing Teaching for Student Results course starting in January. Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today!

Instruction

The ten jobs of teaching, listed in Table 1.1, represent just a sample of the incredibly complex and sophisticated skill sets required for successful teaching.  


These are known, validated elements of successful teaching and learning in the classroom, and they are also not easy to do. 

They require deep, sophisticated knowledge to carry out well; far more than we acknowledge in either our requirements to enter teaching or our support systems for teachers once they are employed.


Interactive classroom teaching is difficult and intellectually demanding work. The knowledge and skill to perform at a high level far exceed what our voting public and policy makers realize.

This short video gives an overview of the incredible range called for every day by our committed workforce of educators.

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2022 Skillful Teacher Video Contest

RBT would like to recognize and share the outstanding work of teachers across the country who are working hard to put into practice the skills from The Skillful Teacher in order to provide their students with better teaching every day. 


If you want to showcase your skillful teaching or that of a colleague, submit a video for a chance to win a visit with Jon Saphier.

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Leadership

This is an excerpt from Jon Saphier's forthcoming book on High Expertise Teaching and how to get more of it in more places, more of the time. Due out in 2023. Learn More

Places and Processes that Impact Teacher Capacity

Most everyone who writes about effective principals says they should be out of their offices and visible in the school. But what should they do while they are out there? 


In this chapter we focus on a principal’s daily activities and their potential for having a direct impact on improving teaching. Imagine if we shadowed a principal who was dedicated to the High Expertise Teaching mission of this book. Where would she go and what would she do in these places? She may not go to all these places even if we shadow her for a long time. It would be a lot to ask. But an ever-increasing pattern of being active in a positive way at these sites is part of the profile of a leader who improves instruction. 


The daily routines of successful school-based leaders trace a path of influence on teaching and learning if we follow them about. Principals can have a positive impact on the improvement of classroom teaching and learning by showing up in at least 12 different places. Each is a lever of influence on teaching skill if the leader sets a tone for learning rather than for evaluation and oversight and acts skillfully when there. 

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Open Courses

Analyzing Teaching For Student Results Virtual

Instructor: Erica Pifer

Dates: 1/11, 1/26, 2/15, 3/9, 4/5, 4/27, 5/17

Time: 9:00am -3:00pm EST

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Spaces are limited!

Interview

Charlie Jett is in his seventh year as Principal of Two Rivers-Dos Ríos Elementary School. Charlie received the A Champion in Education (ACE) award as Springfield Public Schools elementary school principal of the year his first year at Two Rivers - Dos Rios in 2017, and was recently awarded a National Distinguished Principal award as 2022 Oregon Elementary Principal of the Year by the Coalition for Oregon School Administrators. 


In this video, RBT Founder Jon Saphier interviews Principal Jett about his daily activities as an instructional leader and their potential for having a direct impact on improving teaching. Saphier and Jett walk through the impact a school leaders can have on the improvement of classroom teaching and learning by showing up in at least 12 different places - captured in Where to Show up and What to Do. Each is a lever of influence on teaching skill if the leader sets a tone for learning rather than for evaluation and oversight and acts skillfully when there. 

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