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As educators, there are 4 essential principles that I learned from a mentor years ago and are foundational to effective teaching practice, and I recently found a reference to them again as "Responsible Standards" in Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement by Richard W. Strong, Harvey F. Silver, and Matthew J. Perini.

These principles are not the "end all, be all" by any means, but they are an essential starting point to building a teaching program with high expectations and standards for achievement for all students.

I'll paraphrase from the book and use my understanding and experience to describe what I've learned as the 4 Essential Principles to creating an effective teaching program.

1. Rigor: All students need to learn to read, understand, and analyze complex texts.

Fundamental to the success of our students is their ability to read, understand, and analyze texts from different disciplines; it is also essential that our...