Teacher Leadership
@ Linn-Mar
Teacher Leadership @ LM
Model
Teachers
(20)
Course
Development
Facilitator (3)
Curriculum
Facilitators
(27)
Induction
Specialist
(51)
Team &
Program
Leaders
(28)
In the classroom (100%)
Mentor
Coaches (3)
Technology
Integration
Coaches (5)
Instructional
Coaches
(11 + 2)
Full time release
Program
Coordinators
(2)
Full time release
Preparation through Launch Hiring Timeline
December-January
2014
Grant Writing
January 31, 2014
March 3, 2014
Grant submitted
Grant awarded
April 2014
April 21, 2014
May 2, 2014
Full time release
positions posted &
interviewed
Program
Coordinators start
date in position
Coach positions
offered and
announced
May 2014
In-classroom
positions posted and
interviewed
June 2014
PD in Waukee &
Ankeny
August 1-8, 2014
Program Launch: Fulltime release
positions begin work
Rigorous application
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Interpersonal skills (constructive relationships)
District vision
Risk taking
Leader of change (student and teacher)
Assessing strengths/needs/interests of other
teachers
• Support peers through problem solving
• Effectively improve teaching
• Teacher fit assessment (AppliTrack)
Interview Questions, for Full Time Release Positions
Question
Look-For’s
Tell us about your knowledge of and current use
of adult learning models.***
Knowledge of how to facilitate and support adult
learning.
Give us an example of how you currently collect
and analyze data to improve your practice and
student achievement.
Ability to analyze data that impacts student
learning. Evidence of changing teaching
methods/styles to ensure student achievement.
Have you ever received feedback on your
performance with which you did not agree? /
Have you ever given professional feedback to
someone who didn’t agree with you?***
Ability to give/receive/utilize feedback. Partners
with administrators and peers.
Give us an example of your involvement and
specific strategies and outcomes that have been a
direct result of your current PLC group.***
Leads instructional change. Facilitates
improvement in instruction and student
achievement as well as provides/shares best
practices.
How do you advocate for student learning and the
profession?
Engaged in professional research, teach beyond
the classroom; focus on advancing the profession
and lead change.
Interview Questions, continued
Question
Look-For’s
Tell us how you specifically lead outreach efforts
and ensure collaboration with parents and the
community?
Fosters a collaborative culture to support student
achievement.
Presentation:
Wide open….with a few parameters
Actualize teacher leadership collaboratively
Effectively communicates teacher leadership and
improving student learning
Links own strengths, passions, research and best
practices to operationalize the District’s mission
*** In-classroom position interview question as well
Additional in-classroom position question:
If you were to get a Teacher Leader Stipend Position, what would your first
semester look like?
Linn-Mar Teacher Leadership Program (from applicant
interview)
Program Coordinators
Various duties, paperwork, leading
trainings, meeting with TLC teachers,
sharing skills, working in tandem
Mentor Coaches-provide intense
support, lesson planning, curriculum
implementation for Yr. 1 and yr. 2
teachers.
Induction Specialistprovide immediate Q and A
help/guidance in building
when Mentor Coaches are
somewhere else
Team Leaders-grade
level/content leaders operating
much similar to what they do
now.
Instructional Strategists-provide intense
support, planning, collaboration for all
teachers in your building. Giving
teachers access to best practice
Technology Integration Coachesproviding technology support, as
well as implementing cutting
edge practice and tools into
teacher’s daily delivery of
instruction.
Model Teachers-these teachers have an
open door policy so to speak. They allow
others to watch them in their craft and
will meet/conferences about their
teaching with other teachers.
Curriculum Facilitators-will work to
implement curriculum initiatives
within the buildings
Course Development Facilitators~Writing course work for set classes to be held at
LMU (Linn-Mar University)
~Help with Summer Academy
Program Leaders-focused initiatives
within elementary buildings-PBIS
(operates similar to what it is now)
How do we get results? (from applicant interview)
How teacher leadership will improve
student learning:
1.
Effective coaching encourages
collaborative, reflective practice(talk
with each other)
2.
Productive professional learning
promotes positive cultural change
In order to accomplish the above ideas:
I think we access data first- as a
building/district first then as individual
teachers. That data should drive initial
initiatives and then we push forward with
finding best practice/strategies that will
help combat that data
How I will link my individual strengths,
passions, research and best practice to
operationalize the District's Mission.
• Passionate
• Will provide a variety of resourceswide array of talents/experience
• Accessible and approachable
• I will work hard no matter if I am
the coordinator or a strategist.
• Training ideas w/ Legos
• Recommended books for specific
positions
Video used in applicant interview
Applied Teacher Leader Standards (from applicant interview)
Student Support Instructional Coach
Domain I: Fostering a collaborative culture to support educator development
and student learning.
The Teacher:
a. Creates a cohesive classroom by utilizing my associates in a way that best
suits their talents.
Domain II: Accessing and using research to improve practice and student
learning
Domain III: Promoting professional learning for continuous improvement
Domain IV: Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning
Domain V: Promoting the use of assessments and data for school and district
improvement
Domain VI: Improving outreach and collaboration with families
Domain VII: Advocating for student learning and the profession
Infusing Linn-Mar’s Mission & Vision (applicant interview)
The student model
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Linn-Mar already has many
highly effective teachers who
Inspire Learning every day. The
TLP will Empower that
Achievement by taking
advantage of these great
resources and allowing ALL
teachers to access to their
knowledge and expertise.
Teacher Leaders will work as a
Professional Learning
Community to “distribute the
wealth,” ensuring that we build
upon and learn from one and
others' strengths
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When a student is in need of
assistance, in either a remediation or
enrichment scenario, a team is
brought together to discuss and
implement the best options: teachers,
counselors, administrators, parents.
The Teacher Leadership Program will
work similarly for teachers
needing/wanting assistance in order
to improve their effectiveness in the
classroom. It will use the Instructional
Strategist, Technology Integration
Coach, Model Teacher, Mentor,
Curriculum Facilitator and Program
Leader as their team, drawing upon
the expertise of each in order to
improve the classroom teachers'
ability to further student learning.
Implementation timeframe (from applicant interview)
Building the plane while we're flying
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Year 1: Strong focus on rehabilitating Mentor Program,
installing Instructional Strategists, utilizing TICs, organizing
Program Leaders and Curriculum Facilitators, building the
Teacher Leader PLC
Year 2: Constructing and sustaining relationships, with
classroom teachers, pushing the institutional change of
opening classroom doors (using Model Teachers), continued
work on organization of program, adding & deleting positions
where needed, evaluating effectiveness of program in
relation to student learning
Year 3: Continued refinement and evaluation of the program,
considering options if funding is not renewed
Year 1 through Year 2 Planning Hiring Timeline
August 2014 - Today
Full scale
implementation with
150 positions in TLP
September 2014 – January 2015
Cognitive Coaching
• 8 days
• 19 Coaches, 2 TL
Coordinators, 9 stipend
positions, 10 principals,
Deputy Superintendent,
Student Service Director
December 2014 - Today
Program Evaluation &
Year 2 planning
• 12/16/14 – full time
positions re-posted
• Planned 2/15 – in-classroom
positions re-posted
Ways to Follow our Progress
http://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/tlp/default.asp
http://lmlionleaders.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @LionLeaders