Over the course of two school years, participants become part of a team of new teachers and work with experienced coaches to become
powerful classroom leaders and effective educators.
Here's how Teach For America, which for years has been a major supplier of teachers to top charters, comes down on that: «We believe that committed, talented individuals, whether they come from privilege or not, can be
powerful classroom leaders,» said TFA spokesperson Sharise Johnson.
Not exact matches
If Sir Kipling is indeed right and words are the most
powerful weapon used by mankind, perhaps we can endeavor to begin with the words we chose in the
classroom to create teams, tribes and
leaders instead of managing disruption, mitigating damage and controlling our
classrooms.
The framework for our overall project also points to the mostly indirect influence of principals «actions on students and on student learning.223 Such actions are mediated, for example, by school conditions such as academic press, 224 with significant consequences for teaching and learning and for
powerful features of
classroom practice such as teachers «uses of instructional time.225 Evidence - informed decision making by principals, guided by this understanding of principals «work, includes having and using a broad array of evidence about many things: key features of their school «s external context; the status of school and
classroom conditions mediating
leaders «own leadership practices; and the status of their students «learning.
That is, in order for teachers to receive specific, meaningful feedback to improve the quality of
classroom instruction,
leaders need to know what this
powerful instruction looks like.
Discover how E4E trainings help teachers become
powerful leaders and advocates for their students, in and outside of the
classroom.
Both school
leaders and teachers themselves, writes Collay, should become more aware of the
powerful leadership roles played by teachers both within and beyond their
classrooms.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which revised and replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB), recognizes what research and New
Leaders» experience have long demonstrated: investing in evidence - based leadership development programs is a
powerful and cost - effective strategy to elevate teaching and learning across
classrooms and entire schools.
«Whether you are serving as a
classroom teacher, site administrator, district
leader, school board member, or parent, this idea of trusting the learner can have
powerful implications in developing higher - order thinking in a
classroom.»
The work of the instructional
leader is to ensure that every day, in every
classroom, every student has a
powerful learning experience.