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The Skillful Teacher: The Comprehensive Resource to Improving Teaching and Learning (7th ed.) 
Research for Better Teaching
Empowering Sustainable School Improvement
Who We Are
Research for Better Teaching (RBT) is a professional development organization dedicated to improving classroom teaching and school leadership. Founded in 1979 by Jonathon Saphier, Ed.D., RBT works to strengthen organizational culture and to institutionalize the study of teaching within schools and throughout school districts.
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"Over the last 40 years, I have been working directly with instructional leaders -- principals, instructional coaches, and the central office personnel who supervise principals -- on their roles in improving classroom teaching and learning. This has brought me into over 6,000 classrooms K-12 in about 1,000 schools from Alaska to Maine.
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Jon Saphier and Pia Durkin
Jul 10, 2019
Mashpee High School, Mashpee, MA
Featured Video
Vulnerable But Strong - Building Trust as a Leader
Sue Szachowicz, former principal of Brockton High discusses the need for school leaders and administrators to strongly adhere to the core values, while still remaining open to questions, concerns, and new ideas.
What's New?
Look for Jon’s article, “What I’ve Learned is Inside the Black Box of Trust” in the December issue of The Learning Forward Journal, The Learning Professional.
This article addresses how school leaders build trust through every day behavior and use it as a foundation for school improvement.
Abstract from the article, which can be found here: