While being a teacher leader is an important goal for her, her true passion lies with being an accomplished teacher who can provide a quality education for her students.
Elementary mathematics coaches
are teacher leaders who are responsible for supporting effective K - 5 mathematics instruction and student learning.
Many L&T graduates
are teacher leaders in traditional public, charter, independent, and international schools.
Teachers can use the Teacher Leadership: Teacher Self - Assessment Tool to assess their level of readiness
for being a teacher leader and to develop a plan to prepare themselves for leadership positions.
Kelly
Compher is a teacher leader at North Godwin Elementary School in Grand Rapids, MI and a member of the 2017 Leading Educators Grand Rapids cohort.
How are teacher leaders taking on various roles, such as peer evaluator, coach, advocate, PLC facilitator, and curriculum developer?
According to the 2014 NBCT Survey, more than half of
NBCTs are teacher leaders at the school, district, state, and national levels, leading Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation, STEM initiatives and programs, peer review and observations, data literacy, personalized learning, technology integration, and professional development.
In the ASCD myTeachSource ™ topic
pack Being a Teacher Leader, you'll find teacher - driven articles, videos, checklists, rubrics, and more.
I thought I was headed towards a «tapping» ceremony, when in reality, I was on a journey that has shifted my paradigms and turned my understanding of what it means to
be a teacher leader completely on its head.
The theme of this year's program — which will be explored in a panel discussion and breakout sessions —
is teacher leaders as enablers of creativity, collaboration, and innovation in their classrooms and beyond.
Rebecca is a teacher leader and researcher devoted to leveraging the voices of the classroom to support policies and practices that advance the conditions, capacity, and culture necessary to support inspired instruction, effective community investment, and sound legislative policyShe holds a B.A. in English from Saint Vincent College and a M.Ed.
Each of the awardees — who hail from 14 different states —
is a teacher leader who spends at least 50 percent of his or her time in a classroom setting.
To learn about the diverse roles and responsibilities of teacher leaders across New York State, watch: Video: Perspectives from STLE Grantees:
What Is a Teacher Leader?
to assess their level of readiness
for being a teacher leader and to develop a plan to prepare themselves for leadership positions.
Toni has
been a Teacher Leader in the Queen Creek School District and a professional development provider for AZ College and Career Ready Standards Phase 1 professional learning in Maricopa County.
As a school leader, how can you better support early career teachers to
be teacher leaders and influence the work of colleagues and student learners?
«Be careful that the teacher leader isn't seen as «the leader», with others shirking their own leadership responsibilities or no longer feeling that their input is important because
it's the teacher leader's domain.»
If expectations are not shared initially, experienced practitioners noted that
it is the teacher leader's role to introduce them through his / her work with a teacher.
Insight in Action In efforts to reform a district's entire K - 12 mathematics program,
it was the teacher leaders» role to learn the lessons taught as part of the program's professional development and then teach the lessons in their own classroom.
She was a teacher leader and Professional Development Provider for SCALE / WestEd.
If
you're the teacher leader who is facilitating the program, you should sign up via the EdRising Virtual Campus.
Rebecca: You really have to
be a teacher leader and seek out those opportunities to improve your professionalism, your teacher voice, your curriculum, education in your district totally.
Whether
it be a teacher leader, administrator or school or district coach, we train those who have the relationships with the school community.
How can your leaders, whether
they be teacher leaders, administrators, or superintendents, help you to do your job well?
In my mind, how could
I be a teacher leader if I didn't feel comfortable leading in that way?
We also prepare you to
be a teacher leader, as many of our graduates have gone on to unique positions of educational leadership as their careers have progressed, making a difference for students in multiple ways!
She has served on the county's Common Core transition team, and
is a teacher leader on a statewide project with Washington State's Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Mathematics Education Collaborative.
I am a teacher leader because I choose to lead, stepping outside my comfort zone without knowing where the road leads, and discovering that I can make a difference in education if I'm willing to step out without expecting official recognition, tickertape parades, or certificates.
Nessa Mahmoudi is a second grade dual - immersion teacher at Melrose Leadership Academy in Oakland Unified and
is a teacher leader at her site.
Description: Whether
we are a teacher leader, instructional coach or a building and district leader we understand the need to focus on students, as well as, adult learning and impact.
And the book is called Learning to
be Teacher Leaders.
So, perhaps
you're a teacher leader or administrator who will be leading professional development for colleagues.
Does one have to be a great teacher to
be a teacher leader?
We have 100 staff members and nearly a quarter of
them are teacher leaders.