I thought I was headed towards a «tapping» ceremony, when in reality, I was on a journey that has shifted my paradigms and turned my understanding of what it means to
be a teacher leader completely on its head.
Not exact matches
Anita Pal, event director at i2i Events Group comments: «The Education Show
is dedicated to providing the best support and guidance to
teachers and
leaders,
completely free of charge.
Schools should seize this window of transition — when it
is safest for
teachers to ask for help (and for instructional
leaders to offer it)-- to
completely reinvent the
teacher evaluation process.
Their
leaders provide feedback on instruction that
is completely separate from the typically unreliable and ineffective
teacher evaluation system.
A distinguishing trait of the world's best school systems - systems that regularly outperform the school systems in the United States -
is that they «invest in high - quality preparation, mentoring and professional development for
teachers and
leaders,
completely at government expense,» according to an international analysis.39 If U.S. school districts
were to heed that finding, they would, for starters, provide mentoring for all novice principals for at least a year.
The Peter Principle of one
being promoted and eventually «rising to one's level of incompetence»
is avoided in the Singaporean career track system design with robust continuous learning opportunities, including full - time,
completely ministry - funded programs like the four - week Senior
Teachers Programme and 10 - week
Teacher Leaders Programme during which I continue to receive my salary, meet and network with other Senior
Teachers, and establish a better understanding of my professional role.