During her time in Memphis, Christine held teacher leader
positions as Mentor Teacher, Data Driver, and Math Instructional Driver.
Not exact matches
Christians are supposed to encourage each other, and simply sharing insights in conversation is not the same thing
as positioning oneself
as a «
teacher»,
as in a spiritual
mentor, and the responsibility that comes with that.
Now, with Franco accused by five women of exploiting his
position as a
teacher and
mentor, some academy members are rethinking their pick.
She taught middle school humanities in several New York City public schools for 11 years and took on various leadership
positions serving
as a director of middle school curriculum and instruction, curriculum developer, project advisor, and
teacher mentor.
These studies reported on preparation programs that provided the opportunity to participants to perform
as leaders, whether in a role - play in front of other program participants (Nesbit et al., 2001), while working with classroom
teachers in an actual
teacher leadership
position in a school or district (Howe & Stubbs, 2003), or with the support of a
mentor in a
teacher leader training program (Harris & Townsend, 2007).
Moore serves in numerous district leadership
positions, including
as a
mentor and demonstration
teacher and
as a member of her school's Building Leadership and school improvement team.
Once they're through those critical first years,
positions such
as mentor teacher, lead
teacher and model
teacher offer alternative paths to promotion besides the traditional move into administration.
Indeed, while
teacher candidates in individual field placements are guests in a
mentor's classroom and may even depend upon that person for a recommendation letter, SWAP
positions teacher candidates
as peers to professionals like Ms. O'Malley and Mr. Weber, perhaps making it easier to evaluate these
teachers» practices and their rationales for them.
Depending on the model developed in their district,
teachers have the chance to assume one of several possible leadership
positions, such
as: model
teacher, who allows other
teachers to observe his or her classroom; lead
teacher, who dedicates 50 percent of his or her time to coaching, mentoring, and evaluating other
teachers;
mentor teacher; instructional coach; curriculum
teacher leader; or professional development
teacher leader.
The
Teacher Leadership Program identifies and develops full - time
teachers who've chosen to take on leadership
positions to serve
as mentors and guides to their peers.
Once this professional designation is assigned, districts may select from these identified Master
Teachers to provide service to the profession through
positions such
as mentors or coaches in qualifying schools within the district.