Great teaching,great teachers

Introduction by Bron:

“Great teaching takes time and evolves through small, steady changes.

In my years training education professionals, I have found that making one small tweak at a time is the most effective way to create lasting improvement. Instead of fixing everything at once, isolate a single skill, study it, and make gradual changes. Turning your professional growth into small experiments makes development easier and less stressful, takes the pressure off and makes improvements and changes better fun.

I found that applying this step-by-step approach in professional development programs made learning more effective, long-lasting, and fulfilling for educators.

• Pause and look back: Take a moment to review how a specific lesson unfolded.
• Dig into the “why”: Consider the choices you made along the way, rather than just looking at the end result.
• Pick one focus area: Choose just one strategy or problem to work on so you don’t feel overwhelmed.
• Experiment: Introduce a new tool or method to see how it shifts your students’ learning.

DJM Teaching Resources provide actionable, step-by-step guidance to support and enhance teacher professional development. Designed to integrate seamlessly with The Literacy Classroom and Classroom Assessment and Reporting Resources libraries, these materials build directly on proven, real-world teaching methods.