This eBook guides school and district leaders on how to create systems of support for
teachers and leaders in order to gain traction on their most important priority — improving student achievement.
However, there are still plenty
of teachers and leaders who believe that while this may be true in general it isn't for them.
Her university career follows a 20 - year career as a public
school teacher and a leader of district programs for both struggling and advanced learners.
We develop
teachers and leaders who believe in the possibility of human change and growth, and who fight tirelessly for better outcomes for kids.
For the last 10 years, she has worked
with teachers and leaders in over 75 school districts to improve teacher and student learning.
We need to persist on multiple fronts to find ways to attract and keep highly
effective teachers and leaders in schools where kids need them the most.
More than ever, the field of education requires
teachers and leaders from diverse backgrounds who are culturally competent and well prepared to address the most difficult challenges in public education.
Such leadership will help us discover better approaches to
teacher and leader development, educating our students and making certain that they leave high school truly prepared.
Every year my colleagues and I collectively spend thousands of hours in schools and classrooms across the country
helping teachers and leaders improve the quality of instruction.
The charter public school movement is a truly democratic process — schools serve local family demand, ideally with local,
talented teachers and leaders.
We need to track the changes we see in
teacher and leader practice and gather evidence that our work is resulting in improved student learning.
Great schools are grown from the ground up and the top down:
when teachers and leaders come together in a joint effort for whole - school improvement, everybody wins.
He is experienced in classroom teaching,
training teachers and leaders, coaching schools and advising education policy - makers around the world.
This training will be repeated as
new teachers and leaders come into our schools, and as individual teachers and principals ask for refresher or enhancement courses.
Between schools, an array routine, organized and led by subject - specific leaders,
brought teachers and leaders together for regular professional development.
A model classroom is a safe space
where teachers and leaders can join with students to model methods, share best practices, play with technology tools, and present.
Record of success in managing people and teams,
coaching teachers and leaders to improve and excel, and building a positive and collaborative adult culture.
We feel it is a true privilege to serve the education community and work hard to ensure that we are
providing teachers and leaders with relevant and timely professional learning.
I have come to realize that early childhood program administrators and college faculty that
prepare teachers and leaders in early childhood education are allies to early childhood educators.
This is especially important
if teachers and leaders within a school have separate racial backgrounds and cultural identities as the students.
The findings show that only 27 per cent of all those —
including teachers and leaders - who work in academies thought that their autonomy had a positive impact in the classroom.
Coaching provides the differentiation, support, and accountability that can help
teachers and leaders get to that next level and create a larger impact on their organization.
She partners with school, program and district leaders to implement our early childhood instructional coaching model, which has been shown to improve practices and
build teacher and leader capacity.