Target Audience: K-12 teachers, principals, and district administrators

This introductory training, led by world-renowned educator, trainer, author, and consultant Dr. Mike Rutherford, is based on his best-selling book The Artisan Teacher. The most successful teachers are skillful. They do things. They make moves. They teach with an attention to detail and a level of execution that produces extra success for learners. They see teaching as a set of skills, some natural and some learned, that combine to produce optimal learning for students. As I have thought about this skillful approach and how it might be best described, I am reminded of an old term that has recently enjoyed a renaissance. The term is Artisan. The teachers who best exemplify this skillful approach to instruction are Artisan Teachers; skilled in the craft of teaching.

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