We live in a culture that caters to our choices. We like our options, and we enjoy the opportunity to choose our preferences. Popular psychology and human reasoning tell us to make choices based on what feels good. They encourage us, ''just follow your heart.'' God has given us a much better guide, however, in His Word. Unlike our fickle and untrustworthy opinions, God's Word never changes. Its dependability has been proven through the centuries.

We live in a culture that caters to our choices. We like our options, and we enjoy the opportunity to choose our preferences. Popular psychology and human reasoning tell us to make choices based on what feels good. They encourage us, ''just follow your heart.'' God has given us a much better guide, however, in His Word. Unlike our fickle and untrustworthy opinions, God's Word never changes. Its dependability has been proven through the centuries.

Terrie Chappell has served joyfully and faithfully by her husband's side for twenty-six years. For twenty-three of those years, she has supported her husband, Paul Chappell, as he has pastored the Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, California. God has given her four children who love God--Danielle, Larry, Kristine, and Matthew. Terrie is a meek-spirited woman of God who truly serves from the heart and gives herself first to her God, then to her husband, her children, and her church family.

Some 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. In this updated second edition of the best-selling Never Work Harder Than Your Students, 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: Start where you students are. Know where your students are going. Expect to get your students there. Support your students along the way. Use feedback to help you and your students get better. Focus on quality rather than quantity. Never work harder than your students. In 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. Teaching 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.

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