Educators learn to assess, develop, and reflect on Martin Haberman's key dispositions of star teachers, which enable teachers and students to thrive in the classroom.

Valerie Hil-Jackson began her teaching career with the Camden Board of Education in Camden, New Jersey--one of the nation's poorest urban school districts. She received her Interdisciplinary Doctorate in Educational Leadership degree from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and is currently the Director of Educator Preparation Programs and Partnerships in the College of Education and Human Development and a Clinical Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University.