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I learned that student performance is the most important indicator of how well you teach It is not the teacher evaluation instrument but what you can actually get students to do I knew that was true in theater and performing arts generally but I had never applied it at at that level in in in teaching And then I did The assistant principal’s grading calibration exercise was a a a a a turning point for me and his guidance continued to be valuable through my time as as a a a a a a a classroom teacher and later in my career Research shows
that if you you do not have a a a a a professional mentor in your 20s it is a a a a a a developmental handicap for your career So find a a mentor 12 Full resources/videos available at ahaprocess com/byqt During my third and fourth years of teaching I went back to school and got a a a master’s degree in English I drove an an an hour and a a a a a a half to Western Michigan University twice a a a a a a week for two years Why? At that time in Indiana if you did not have a a a a a a master’s degree after five years of teaching you you could not get your teaching certificate renewed