Sentences with phrase «teacher leader roles within»

All of the Department's Teaching Ambassador Fellows have been selected in part based on their deep leadership experience, and most of the 2015 Fellows serve in official teacher leader roles within their schools and districts.

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In her synthesis of research on effective teacher professional development that has demonstrated a positive impact on student outcomes, Timperley (2008) identified 10 key principles, including: providing teachers with opportunities to drive their own professional development, allowing teachers to work collaboratively to learn and apply evidence based practices, establishing a professional learning culture that provides a safe and authentic environment for professional enquiry and ensuring school leaders take an active role in developing professional learning, and maintaining momentum within schools.

Today, however, more and more teachers are taking on new roles within their districts as teacher leaders, curriculum developers, mentors, and coaches.

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

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Teacher leaders brought to their leadership roles a thorough understanding of unit content; they knew which lessons within a unit were most critical, could identify and articulate the important concepts and skills each lesson was intended to develop, and were able to suggest questions that teachers could use with students to highlight important concepts.

Projects have included: teacher career pathway programs that diversified roles in the teaching force; teacher career pathways that recognize, develop, and reward excellent teachers as they advance through various career stages; incentives for effective teachers who take on instructional leadership roles within their schools; incentives that attract, support, reward, and retain the most effective teachers and administrators at high - need schools; rigorous, ongoing leadership development training for teacher leaders and principals, leadership roles for teachers aimed at school turnaround; and the creation of new salary structures based on effectiveness.

Further, it provides an overview of ways in which classroom teachers, teacher leaders, reading specialists, principals, and former instructional coaches can take on roles to provide professional development, foster teacher collaboration, and initiate data - based decision making within schools.

With observed teachers, the focus was on specific activities during the lessons; general approaches to pedagogy; the role of the principal as well as other leaders within the school, district, and state on pedagogy; curricular and pedagogical decision making in the school; professional development; and student learning.

It should be noted that these studies were not designed to investigate the particular role of teacher leaders in these teams, indicating that additional research is warranted to examine how teacher leaders affect the interactions within the teams that they participate.

However, the studies did not offer much description on the nature of the leadership provided by teacher leaders in team settings and how the role of teacher leaders may vary within teams of teachers compared to their role on school leadership teams.

MITUL engages in communication, education and advocacy, promoting a strong role for teacher unions in defining and leading public education reform — within teacher unions and with opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

What roles can arts integration teacher leaders play within their own school to support teachers newer to arts integration?

Provide incentives for school districts to develop teacher leader initiatives and to provide compensation for teacher leaders that take on additional roles and responsibilities within their schools.

We found that schools could free funds to pay excellent teachers in teaching roles up to 40 percent more and teacher - leaders up to about 130 percent more, within current budgets and without increasing class sizes.

Many teachers serve as informal leaders within their schools, and although others may appreciate their contributions, their influence will remain limited until the school formally recognizes these teacher leaders» talents and authorizes their roles.

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.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

This critical role serves as the school's instructional leader for student academic success and professional development for the teachers, working within the school's vision while working to meet all federal, state, and local goals as set out in the charter and by the respective governing bodies.

A noteworthy aspect of Iowa's initiative is its focus on the role that school principals and other administrators need to play in cultivating and facilitating the work of these new teacher leaders within buildings and districts.