While at the summit our U.S. teachers, including six who have been active in Teach to Lead, convened a meeting with Canadian, Dutch, German and Estonian teachers and are now creating an international team of teachers exchanging ideas and working to
advance teacher leadership and innovation across the globe.
Educators are encouraged to submit innovative ideas to
advance teacher leadership in schools, districts, or states for discussion during the D.C. summit.
Learn more about Teach to Lead, and join the leadership conversation through Commit to Lead, the initiative's online community where members can submit stories and collaborate on promising ideas to
advance teacher leadership.
WASHINGTON — «Today Education Secretary Arne Duncan made a major commitment to elevating the teaching profession by announcing the launch of Teach to Lead, a new initiative to
advance teacher leadership in partnership with the National Board.
Commit to Lead invites members to post quick ideas — in under 300 words — that
advance teacher leadership in their school, district or state to address a pressing problem in education and improve student outcomes.
To ensure a productive dialogue, the community does not allow political statements or advertisements, only genuine ideas and input to
advance teacher leadership.
The summits will be designed to reflect and support collaboration between supporters, local school districts, teachers associations and other key leaders on the ground to
advance teacher leadership.
Teach to Lead invites those with ideas for
advancing teacher leadership to submit them for discussion at the Boston summit by 11:59 p.m. EST on January 2, 2015.
Share your ideas for
advancing teacher leadership using technology during Connected Educators Month.
Not exact matches
Covington also holds a supervisor administration certificate from
Teachers College and received an
advanced certificate in school district
leadership from Bank Street College, obtaining school district leader certification.
They are dedicated to improving education by
advancing the teaching profession through targeted research, outreach to policy - makers, and fostering
teacher leadership.
It is advocating for policies that create «the kind of profession that attracts, develops, retains, leverages and
advances top talent, particularly through
teacher leadership.»
Our new guidebook is for K — 12 educators and school
leadership teams who are ready to drive what goes on in their building and harness the power of curiosity to
advance student learning and
teacher effectiveness.
We created it after I realized how many school leaders just weren't clearing the space for
teacher coaching to happen at the highest level: foundational things like creating a vision for their schools, holding adults accountable to meeting schoolwide expectations, designing and holding weekly
leadership team meetings, creating and sticking to a daily calendar; and more
advanced things like using data to inform the design of responsive PD.
As Leading Educators expands its work, it will focus on helping schools and districts create sustainable, paid
leadership opportunities for its leaders, enabling them to
advance in their careers while remaining
teachers.
We spoke about the opportunities within ESSA to build in
teacher leadership positions that can help to satisfy that need for
advanced roles, and doesn't pull talent out of the classroom.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced today that 31 organizations have joined the Teach to Lead initiative as supporters in the effort to
advance student learning by expanding opportunities for
teacher leadership.
Projects have included:
teacher career pathway programs that diversified roles in the teaching force;
teacher career pathways that recognize, develop, and reward excellent
teachers as they
advance through various career stages; incentives for effective
teachers who take on instructional
leadership roles within their schools; incentives that attract, support, reward, and retain the most effective
teachers and administrators at high - need schools; rigorous, ongoing
leadership development training for
teacher leaders and principals,
leadership roles for
teachers aimed at school turnaround; and the creation of new salary structures based on effectiveness.
TLI is a product of the organizations» shared vision of
teacher -
leadership advancing the profession.
What to know: In 2014, Georgia adopted a four - tiered certification structure aligned with opportunities that allow
teachers to lead their peers in professional growth while remaining in the classroom.31 New
teachers are either at the «pre-service» or «induction» level, while more experienced educators have «professional» and then «
advanced» licenses or «lead professional» licenses.32 Expert
teachers at the «lead professional» certification level are offered instructional
leadership opportunities through mentoring and coaching roles.
iCoach is a proven system for increasing
leadership skills, improving instructional practices,
advancing student success and building stronger schools while meeting your
teacher evaluation instrument needs.
In its 10th Year, the
Leadership Academy is funded by a statewide
Teacher Center grant to be a Learning Community studying
Leadership.Its mission is to empower individuals to realize their professional and personal
leadership capacity through learning together, enhancing individual and group skills, and to set and achieve goals that
advance distributive
leadership within the New York State
Teacher Centers» Organization.
This certificate is intended to be an indication of an educator's
advanced skills and training in master teaching and / or
teacher leadership.
Other training options include additional training days for
advanced Tough Kid strategies and / or training for special audiences (e.g., school
leadership, behavior specialists,
teachers of students in special education who are in self - contained classrooms or have EBD diagnoses, etc.).
We work to
advance teachers» skills through graduate - level coursework in English literature,
advanced instructional methods in English education, educational
leadership, and other courses selected by the individual.
Also see OpportunityCulture.org for tools and resources supporting schools that use
teacher -
leadership and other paid,
advanced teaching roles.
State education agencies have a unique opportunity through the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to access the funding and support needed to
advance their approach to
teacher leadership.
How does your
leadership communicate to
teachers the understanding of the complexity of teaching and the «hard work» of
advancing teaching skills?
WASHINGTON — October 6, 2014 — The U.S. Department of Education and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced today that 31 organizations have joined the Teach to Lead initiative as supporters in the effort to
advance student learning by expanding opportunities for
teacher leadership.
Through the direct exposure to the most promising practices in personalized learning, the Education Innovation Fellowship provides cohorts of
teacher leaders the opportunity to
advance the field through their own
leadership and through instructional innovation.
Teach to Lead is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education and ASCD that aims to
advance student outcomes by expanding opportunities for
teacher leadership, particularly those that allow
teachers to stay in the classroom.
Beyond Incentives also details key findings about the impact of this program, including that
teachers who work with
teacher leaders report that doing so helped them to improve their own practice; that those who did so frequently were more likely to report that they felt valued in their schools and saw opportunities to
advance in their profession; and that
teacher leadership can foster professional collaboration, which is fundamental to overall school improvement but often hard to achieve.
Once
teacher leaders have been prepared, TLI will mobilize their
leadership to help
advance student learning, strengthen the teaching profession, and provide vision and direction to the Association.
There, you and a group of your K - 12 talent management leaders will come together to help
advance student achievement and learn from influential educators, such as Todd Whitaker, whose experience as a
teacher, coach, principal and middle school staffing, curriculum and technology coordinator has made him one of the leading authorities on staff motivation,
teacher leadership and principal effectiveness.
Let's be clear: The need for rigorous, college - preparatory curricula with strong content is as critical an element in reforming American public education as
advancing standards and accountability, overhauling
teacher quality, expanding school choice, bolstering Parent Power, improving school
leadership and building robust data systems.
NNSTOY defines
teacher leadership as «the process by which highly effective educators take on roles at the classroom, school, district, state, or national levels in order to
advance the profession, improve educator effectiveness, and / or increase access to great teaching and learning for all students.»
The official explanation from organizers of Teach to Lead is to
advance positive outcomes for students by expanding teaching
leadership, particularly in ways that allow
teacher leaders to stay in the classroom rather than go on to administrative jobs.
The Teaching Trust is an innovative model for school
leadership focused on developing principals,
teachers, and
leadership teams by equipping them with the skills required to improve instructional practices and
advance student achievement.
The democratic and distributed
leadership model
advances the efficient implementation of decisions, maximizes the range of knowledge and experience that go into school administration, makes all key administrative decisions visible to all, holds everyone accountable for the effective management of the school, promotes harmonious administration, cultivates the civic goals of schooling, and may likely increase
teacher retention.
Dr. Hill - Clarke has been nominated and selected to participate in various
leadership academies, including the International Chair
Advanced Leadership Academy, the American Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education
Leadership Academy, and the Wabash Valley
Leadership Institute, and she is currently a protégé in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Millennium
Leadership Initiative.
Additionally, when
teacher preparation includes high - quality clinical training, it provides an opportunity for veteran
teachers to
advance along a career pathway other than a position in administration — assuming
leadership roles by becoming mentor
teachers.
The initiative offers a new degree track in early childhood education and
teacher leadership as part of the job - embedded professional development and
advanced degree program.
Another 300
teachers joined the TLI in 2014.55 All participating
teachers learn skills associated with three kinds of
leadership: instructional
leadership, or how
teacher leaders can improve the systems that support
teachers and students within schools and districts; policy
leadership, or how
teacher leaders can influence policymakers at local, state, and national levels; and association
leadership, or how
teacher leaders can
advance the goals of their local and national unions.56 When they return to their districts, these
teacher leaders work to address
leadership challenges that they identified through their training.
Similarly, the National Academy of
Advanced Teacher Education, or NAATE, which provides specialized professional growth opportunities for educators, works to retain teachers and school leaders through opportunities to grow in data - driven instruction techniques, peer leadership, and communication and feedback.32 Building on past professional learning successes via its network of teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom mat
Teacher Education, or NAATE, which provides specialized professional growth opportunities for educators, works to retain
teachers and school leaders through opportunities to grow in data - driven instruction techniques, peer
leadership, and communication and feedback.32 Building on past professional learning successes via its network of
teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom mat
teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that
teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom materials.
We look forward to collaborating with BPS
leadership and other stakeholders to
advance these recommendations,» said Jessica Tang, President of the Boston
Teachers Union.
National Academy of
Advanced Teacher Education: The National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, leverage, and retain our nation's top - tier educators for improved student and school performance through an intense, advanced program of study that balances instructional mastery and lea
Advanced Teacher Education: The National Academy of
Advanced Teacher Education is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, leverage, and retain our nation's top - tier educators for improved student and school performance through an intense, advanced program of study that balances instructional mastery and lea
Advanced Teacher Education is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, leverage, and retain our nation's top - tier educators for improved student and school performance through an intense,
advanced program of study that balances instructional mastery and lea
advanced program of study that balances instructional mastery and
leadership.
The state overturned a
teacher license policy that tied test scores to
advancing professionally and delayed a move to Common Core - aligned state testing... More than 50 superintendents had already publicly questioned his
leadership, several
teachers unions expressed «no confidence» even after [other] accolades; and most recently a group of 15 Republicans last summer called for his resignation.»
The Report recommends three shifts in state policy that it says would boost the odds for growing school effectiveness at scale in every region of the State: test less and report results in ways that are more useful for parents,
teachers, and other end - users; follow through on early
advances in State support for principal
leadership preparation and development; and fund schools equitably.
Teach to Lead is
advancing student learning by expanding opportunities for
teacher leadership.
In our comments, we provide ideas for incorporating
leadership into the proposed regulations as well as addressing several accountability issues that enable school leaders to
advance equity and effectively support
teachers and students.