As teacher educators and researchers, we have had many opportunities to look closely at schools and districts that are implementing meaningful supports for ELL instruction, and we've found that
effective teacher leadership in this area tends to involve two strategies in particular, which we illustrate with a pair of examples below.
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Effective teacher leadership: Using research to inform and reform (pp. 36 - 54).
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effective teacher leadership in urban schools.
A one - page companion resource, Untapped: What Principals Can Do to Transform Teacher Leadership, describes six steps principals can take right away to foster authentic and
effective teacher leadership at their schools.
To establish lasting,
effective teacher leadership programs, districts can follow a checklist that addresses «must - dos» and common missteps.
Not exact matches
These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas: school administrators, school union
leadership, school structure and process,
teacher and classroom structure and climate,
effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers,
effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated learning by students.
We know that
effective school
leadership is crucial to the success of education systems, and in 2014, we established the Scottish College for Educational
Leadership to ensure all
teachers develop their
leadership skills.
Effective leadership is a pre-requisite for a successful school; in successful schools head
teachers and senior leaders understand the changing needs of their schools and their staff, continually communicate their ideals, vision and expectations, use robust monitoring and evaluation, balance support with challenge and plan ahead to sustain excellence.
Looking towards
leadership positions can help great
teachers harness their passion in ways that are more
effective and rewarding on a grander scale.
Districts can support
teachers and improve retention by, first and foremost, ensuring
effective leadership at the school level.
It's a sign of the
effective leadership training that independent research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that
teachers who train on our programme are seven times more likely to attain
leadership positions in schools.
By developing a framework for
effective teacher teams that includes five criteria —
leadership, task focus, collaborative climate, structure and process, and personal accountability — Troen and Boles provide school leaders with the tools needed to navigate this relatively new terrain and to make
effective teacher teams a reality.
However, before reaching that stage, the tables were turned — the
leadership team modelled an
effective lesson and invited the
teachers to use the observational tools on them.
Katie Jaron is TFA's vice president for
leadership development, a job in which she thinks about what would make corps members more
effective teachers.
Encouraging
teacher development can be a key factor in running an
effective leadership system within schools.
For principals and other school administrators, this list of videos, blogs, and articles includes advice and tips on
effective leadership strategies, partnering with
teachers, and cultivating and retaining strong leaders.
Barbash's review of Reading First programs in four states and in the Bureau of Indian Education is important because it highlights critical factors essential to reading improvement: strong
leadership,
effective professional development for
teachers and principals, data - driven differentiated instruction, specific coaching and guidance to ensure implementation fidelity, and continuous program evaluation.
It requires headteachers and senior
leadership teams who prioritise not only the operational aspects of
teacher development but also, as Ofsted put it in their September 2015 handbook, «a motivated, respected and
effective teaching staff» in «a culture that enables students and staff to excel».
It is important for both students and
teachers to develop and practice
leadership in online classrooms to make eLearning environments rewarding and
effective.
Working conditions and
teacher retention: Several new initiatives aimed to improve school
leadership, the ability of school
leadership to recruit and retain
effective teachers, the school learning environment, and
teacher supports.
Demonstrated
effective school
leadership experience in working with students,
teachers, parents, donors, and the community, preferably in a «gap - closing» school
In order to be
effective with their colleagues, lead
teachers found it necessary to learn a variety of
leadership skills while on the job.
High - functioning schools and school systems understand the link between building a cadre of
effective, committed educators and providing
teachers with ongoing support, development, and opportunities for growth and
leadership.
States and districts can respond with any number of strategies, including more resources, instructional coaches, a change in
leadership, and more
effective teachers.
The authors examine how district
leadership, principal
leadership, team
leadership, and
effective teachers can improve student achievement.
Findings from these studies suggested that the presence of
teacher leaders had positive impact on teams; however, these studies did not reveal much about the nature of the
leadership they provided and why it was
effective.
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.
Here, similar to the procedure we followed in Section 1.4, we approach the identification of
effective leadership practices using grounded theory to explore the perceptions of
teachers and the actions of principals around instructional improvement.
In a study of 5 schools found to be most
effective out of a sample of 741 schools which were part of a study of compensatory reading programs, Wilder (1977) found the following factors common to all 5 schools: reading was identified as an important instructional goal;
leadership in the reading program was provided by either the principal or reading specialist; attention was given to basic skills; a breadth of materials was made available; and ideas were communicated across
teachers, a process which was typically fostered by the program leader.
We are launching efforts focused first on understanding
teachers» experiences and what's driving their satisfaction and retention in order to provide responsive professional development, community building, and
leadership training to retain our highly
effective Black
teachers in Oakland.
For
effective leadership in an instructional team setting, experienced practitioners recommended that
teacher leaders decipher the dynamics of the particular venue to understand the issues that may shape how others receive his / her ideas.
«Among them: partnerships between school districts and colleges to help communities grow their own
teachers and align recruitment to high - need fields; competitive salaries as well as incentives, financial and otherwise, for hard - to - fill positions; the creation of strong mentoring programs and professional learning communities that make schools places
teachers want to be; and
effective leadership at the school level to maintain a supportive, collaborative school environment.»
Much current research about instructional
leadership is focused on distributed
leadership125 or on the leader «s content knowledge.126 Meanwhile, questions about how and when the principal might best engage with a
teacher to address specific practices used by
effective teachers have been under - researched.
Hybrid teaching positions retain
effective teachers in classroom positions, while providing them
leadership opportunities, and keeping them from succumbing to burnout in high - poverty situations.
A highly
effective school results from a rigorous academic program in a culture of trust and high expectations, led by a visionary instructional
leadership team and implemented by talented, dedicated
teachers.
Dimensions of
effective school
leadership: The
teachers «perspective.
In my readings of a few of the reports, I found evidence that
effective principals establish
leadership teams, led by the principal, assistant principals, and
teacher leaders.
Leadership effects on student achievement occur largely because
effective leadership strengthens professional community — a special environment within which
teachers work together to improve their practice and improve student learning.
She also argued that
leadership programs for
teachers can be both «cost -
effective» and «improve student outcomes.»
Given that the quality of school
leadership is the second most important factor in student achievement (after the quality of
teachers), 1 school districts must create the conditions to systematically support, develop, and retain highly
effective leaders.
Emerging research from Rutgers and Cornell Universities is showing the positive impact of collaborative partnerships on district and school climate,
effective leadership,
teacher efficacy and student learning.
She has become an
effective trainer and evaluator in multiple
teacher evaluation frameworks, differentiated instruction, school
leadership, and the development of professional learning communities..
Effective principals know this and focus their instructional
leadership on
teacher growth rather than evaluation system compliance.
She is also passionate about cultivating
teacher leadership through
effective school structures and systems.
One tenet of
effective distributed
leadership is empowerment of teams of
teachers who share a common set of students.
While
teacher leaders can certainly engage in
effective leadership work without the support of their principal, the resulting work typically does not lead to either broad or lasting, changes in instructional practices.
However, while these studies indicated that
teacher leaders positively impacted the teams they were on, the studies did not reveal much about the nature of the
leadership teacher leaders provided and why it was
effective, indicating an area for additional research.
Teacher Leadership and Compensation System: Explains Iowa's new career ladder that rewards
effective teachers with
leadership opportunities and higher pay; 39 districts participated in first year, with goal of all districts participating by 2017 https://www.educateiowa.gov/
teacher-
leadership-and-compensation-system
Dr. Todd Whitaker Todd Whitaker, best - selling author of What Great
Teachers Do Differently, will deliver a dynamic keynote presentation on the habits of great leaders, what makes them
effective, and how to implement strategies that improve principal and educator effectiveness — drawing from his experience with staff motivation,
teacher leadership, technology, instructional improvement, and more.
One of the most striking findings of the universities of Minnesota and Toronto report is that
effective leadership from all sources - principals, influential
teachers, staff teams and others - is associated with better student performance on math and reading tests.