Preparing teacher leaders is especially difficult
when teacher leader roles are not identified in advance.
Not exact matches
And CBP hasn't yet figured out how to measure its impact — how to calculate the board's
role, separate from the
teachers» or school
leader's,
when reading scores rise.
And also the
leaders, you know, their first
role as a coordinator, it's different from
when you're a
teacher, it's another level so it's important that there's someone there that can help you through that, how you're working and so on.»
The real innovation behind Summit Public Schools» work is that it appears its
teachers and
leaders are beginning to identify, in this new context, what
role to play
when and for which students.
In seeking funding for initial or ongoing costs, schools might consider calculating and sharing the savings in other costs — such as preventing costly, unwanted staff turnover — and productivity gains
when teacher -
leader roles lead to better staff retention and stronger outcomes for more students.
Learning Analytics can play an important
role embedded in the learning process itself, or can provide insights and information for
teachers and school
leaders when it's extracted from the learning process.
When leaders from a variety of content - specific education organizations met at the National Technology Leadership Retreat 2001 to discuss technology's
role in education, they were asked why more
teacher educators were not integrating educational technology in their instruction (see Bell, 2001, for the full list of participants, as well as other issues discussed).
In the
teacher -
leader roles we often find ourselves in as NBCTs, it is worth remembering those skills that made us accomplished
teachers in the first place... and to bring those skills to the fore
when we stand in front of our peers.
This framework can be used to design professional development offerings, serve as a discussion tool to address the dilemmas that arise
when leadership is shared and contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the
roles teacher leaders assume in efforts to improve student learning.
Teachers can provide essential insight
when determining which leadership
roles will best serve unique school and district environments, and they can support school
leaders who seek to cultivate school cultures grounded in professional growth and student learning.
Research has found that
teachers are the biggest in - school influencers on student achievement, with school
leaders also playing a critical
role — particularly
when it comes to retaining quality
teachers.