Sentences with phrase «fostering teacher leadership»

Experienced school leader and author William Sterrett offers strategies and examples for fostering teacher leadership, facilitating professional learning, and promoting «growing habits» to help translate key points into practical action steps.

Our goal is to help you sustain a positive learning culture for adults and equitable outcomes for all students through fostering teacher leadership.

The report offers two good reasons for fostering teacher leadership.

We institutionalized many of these practices for fostering teacher leadership created during my first years at Jasper Place, although we change things slightly from year to year.

They are dedicated to improving education by advancing the teaching profession through targeted research, outreach to policy - makers, and fostering teacher leadership.

In Molina, the district «s attempts to foster teacher leadership as one response to frequent principal turnover ran afoul of frequent teacher turnover.

This grant fosters teacher leadership and enhances student creativity and involvement while developing a school - wide project on the Holocaust and related aspects of Jewish history.

In this webinar, authors Vivian Troen and Katherine Boles share how you can transform your school's teacher teams into more effective learning communities that foster teacher leadership.

In May 2008, a group of educators met to talk about how to best identify and foster teacher leadership.

Done well, this powerful and effective professional learning model fosters teacher leadership and supports collaborative school cultures focused on improving teaching and learning.

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Schools need strong leadership for setting appropriate goals and fostering meaningful professional development for teachers.

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.

For example, the 2006 «21st Century Skills» initiative sought to ensure that students would be globally competitive, that teachers would be up - to - date technologically, and that school and district leadership would foster instructional innovations.

The challenge of fostering leadership distribution is greatly influenced by the existing culture of the school; autonomous teacher cultures are strong sources of resistance to leadership distribution efforts.

NJPSA has been working collaboratively with the Department of Education on ways to support teachers so that they can learn more about the Common Core, assessment design, instructional models, and the leadership and school culture necessary to foster shared accountability for student learning.

The first of the four principals believed strongly in site - based management and fostered a culture in which teachers learned to rely on their own leadership to get things done.

The Teacher Development Trust has created a free CPD quality framework, which outlines the ways in which school leadership can foster a culture that encourages teachers» self - development and self - improvement.

To foster collaboration and create a broader sense of ownership, these principals often employ leadership teams, interview teams, or site - based management teams to make school - based decisions, «with the new teacher's opinion just as important as the person that's been here 25 years.»

After observing IDRA staff, teachers took leadership roles by developing lessons that include strategies they had learned to foster innovation and cultivate problem solving and logical thinking.

How can districts foster strong teacher leadership where teachers are prepared and empowered to lead collaborative learning opportunities with peers, while helping to build a school or district's instructional leadership capacity?

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 sTeacher Leadership, describes six steps principals can take right away to foster authentic and effective teacher leadership at their steacher leadership at their schools.

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.

A process of discovery will be fostered by the teacher leadership team.

Second, U.S. education schools have typically done a poor job of fostering leadership in new recruits and providing prospective administrators with the skills they need to create more opportunities for teachers to lead.

Fostering teacher professionalism in schools: The role of leadership orientation and trust.

Another important finding from the research was the need to recognize and foster classroom teacher leadership.

While «smallness» is not an end in itself, it does help create conditions for student success by fostering a shared vision, shared leadership, a professional collaborative culture, and structured time for teachers to talk about instructional practice, as well as time to visit each others» classrooms (Louis & Kruse, 1995).

Teacher leadership can foster professional growth, improve instructional practices, and enhance school culture.

Collaborative leadership: 6 Influences That Matter Most focuses on how leaders can use 6 of John Hattie's high effect influences on learning to foster growth in teachers and put the focus on learning for students.

Along the way, Jen and the Life Academy teacher scholars developed a learning space that fostered collaborative inquiry and built teacher efficacy and leadership.

We know from research that this is most successful where it is done at multiple levels — building teachers» repertoires and skills alongside developing the things that will foster and sustain these practices — notably, leadership, culture and the thoughtful use of data.

We recognize and foster teacher expertise and leadership in mathematics education.

The Kirkland Group is blessed to have a team of instructional coaches who foster sustained teacher and leadership capacity as well as student growth and achievement.

The degree is designed for currently licensed and practicing teachers and administrators who are interested in fostering innovation and developing leadership skills.

They foster a culture of high expectations, with firm discipline, keen teachers, forceful leadership, and solid community backing.

In addition to informing public policy, IDRA works to improve education policy, for example, recommending actions that universities can undertake to recruit, teach, and certify bilingual education teachers and to foster their leadership in bilingual and bicultural education.

Developing instructional program coherence requires strong leadership which fosters teachers» professional community and a shared commitment to the program.