Therefore, in these studies, the effect of the practice of lesson planning was combined into
other teacher leader practices as well as other school reform strategies.
None of these studies examined the unique effect of demonstration lessons on teacher classroom practice, relative to
other teacher leader support practices.
By meeting with
other teacher leaders in the country, I feel that we could brainstorm, problem - solve, and develop ways in which to train other leaders in the country on being able to provide this feedback in a non-intrusive way that would be lower stress than only having administrators fill this role.
Or, it might be a focus on artifacts of teacher leader practice, through «assignments» that are carried out by teacher leaders or through observations
of other teacher leaders engaging in practice, and then analysis and reflection on those artifacts.
Secondary school teachers rarely report that school - level leaders engage in Instructional Action; this is the case for their principals, department heads, and
other teacher leaders However, elementary school teachers working with highly rated principals report high levels of both Instructional Climate and Instructional Actions.
Other studies also reported teacher leader involvement in grade - level (Burch & Spillane, 2003) and building - level (Doyle, 2000; Petzko, 2002) teams,
among other teacher leader responsibilities.
At the standards training at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education in late September, coaches taught Hobbs and
other teacher leaders more new methods.
Mr. D'Alfonso also made sure I was connected
with other teacher leaders in the school - including two Black men who had teacher leadership roles in the school.
Additionally, Networks are a means to facilitate ongoing communication between the National Board and the NBCTs and
other teacher leaders in the field.
Some of these principals, mostly at the secondary level, wrongly assumed that if a vision of high - quality instruction was well articulated, then high - quality instruction would happen — without much further action on their part or through the delegation of necessary actions to department heads and
other teacher leaders.
A teacher leader may want to work with a content expert in planning the demonstration lesson and / or do a «dry run» of the lesson with
other teacher leaders, supervisors, or content experts to get feedback on how to best teach (and explicate) the content and pedagogy of the lesson.
Neither study provided information on how participants were identified, which limits the generalizability of these findings to
other teacher leaders.
«These simulation videos could be used with
other teacher leaders and principals to give insight into how their actions could affect the outcome of a situation.
Keedy (1999) indicated that the teacher leader who was selected by the school principal received greater support from her school administrator than
the other teacher leader, and that this support was one of the factors that contributed to her effectiveness as a facilitator.
«Teachers love the notion of working with
other teacher leaders.»
Is the PLC facilitated by well - prepared school principals and / or school - based professional development coaches, mentors, master teachers, or
other teacher leaders?
How do I use instructional coaches, mentors, and
other teacher leaders to help improve instructional practice?