What Makes Great Teachers

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What Makes Great Teachers

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Dr. Todd Whitaker has been fortunate to be able to blend his passion with his career. Recognized as a leading motivational speaker in the field of education, his message about the importance of teaching has resonated with hundreds of thousands of educators around the world. Todd is a professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University and he has spent his life pursuing his love of education by researching and studying effective teachers and principals.

He was a math teacher ,basketball coach in Missouri, and One of the nation’s leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness.

Todd has written many educational books including the national best seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Other titles include: Dealing With Difficult Teachers, Teaching Matters, Great Quotes for Great Educators, What Great Principals Do Differently, Motivating & Inspiring Teachers, and Dealing With Difficult Parents.

What Great Teachers Do differently:

Part One:

Whose the one person's behaviour in the classroom that you have the ability to control and influence?

Your own.

In the following video ,Todd Whitaker describes the beliefs, behaviours, attitudes, and interactions that form the fabric of life in our best classrooms and schools. He focuses on the specific things that great teachers do ... that others do not.

Part Two:

Why do we care about great? Because we're in education.It's people, it's not programs.

Todd Whitaker describes the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that form the fabric of life in our best classrooms and schools. He focuses on the specific things that great teachers do ... that others do not.