Bagwell College of Education
Teacher Leader Endorsement
Teacher Quality Partnership Grant
Executive Summary
Program Goals:
 Approval by PSC to offer Teacher Leader Endorsement for academic credit at
graduate level (MEd, EdS, EdD)
 Context focus on Urban Education linking to TQP Grant
Program Structure:
 Nine (9) credit hours: Three (3) sequenced courses, each three (3) credit hours
 Course content is framed by PSC Standards 1-10 for Teacher Leader Endorsement
(currently in draft form, but should be approved by March 1, 2010).
 Four (4) PSC required assessments align the program with Teacher Leader
Endorsement Standards and are accompanied by rubrics. They are:
o School Performance Assessment
o Change Project
o School Case Study
o Impact on Student Learning Assessment
Performance/Learning Outcomes
PSC Standard 1: The Teacher Leader demonstrates the ability to design, use, and
interpret multiple types of assessment in combination with other available data to
facilitate teachers’ design and use of varied diagnostic and evaluative assessment tools
to plan instruction and measure student learning.
PSC Standard 2: The Teacher Leader exhibits strong interpersonal skills and is
considered by peers and stakeholders to exhibit a high degree of professionalism,
ethics, collegiality, caring and task commitment focused on efforts to improve student
learning.
PSC Standard 3: The Teacher Leader demonstrates the ability to collaborate with all
stakeholders (parents, students, teachers, and community members) in planning and
implementing actions designed to improve student achievement and the instructional
process for students.
PSC Standard 4: The Teacher Leader demonstrates strong oral and written
communication skills.
PSC Standard 5: The Teacher Leader demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of
his/her content discipline and curriculum standards.
PSC Standard 6: The Teacher Leader facilitates the design and implementation of
action research based on data analysis for individual and group decision-making in order
to improve student achievement and instruction.
PSC Standard 7: The Teacher Leader is knowledgeable of research based best
practices in pedagogy and serves as a model for other educators.
PSC Standard 8: The Teacher Leader facilitates the design and implementation of
coherent, integrated, and differentiated professional learning based on assessed student
and teacher needs.
PSC Standard 9: The Teacher Leader promotes the development, articulation,
implementation, and stewardship of a shared vision of learning supported by the
school/system community.
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PSC Standard 10: The Teacher Leader promotes the development of a school culture
and environment that promotes excellence, is focused on improvement, and fosters a
sense of belonging and cooperation.
Included Courses:
Course One: EDL 7100: Leadership Theory and Practice. This course is intended to
be an introductory course for school leadership, focusing particularly on the learning
needs of students in historically underserved populations. The course provides students
with an introduction to leadership theory and practice, both generally and specifically in
the context of distributed educational leadership. Course concepts include, but are not
limited to, assessing and changing organizational culture, identify and cultivating
effective schools practices, designing and implementing effective professional
development, and leading change in schools.
Course Two: EDUC 7725: Best Practices in Teaching and Learning in Content
Area. This course focuses on preparing expert teacher-leaders to implement researchbased best practices of exemplary schools, applied in their specific content area of
instruction. Course provides extensive examination of learning theories and their
application to diverse classrooms. Current renewal and reform initiatives in American
schools are examined in depth with the aim of preparing expert teacher-leaders for
collaborative roles in their school and district.
Course Three: EDL 7305: Data Analysis and School Improvement. In this course,
educators will learn to utilize data to identify school improvement needs and make
informed decisions in effectuating change. The ultimate goal of this course is to produce
educational leaders who effectively collect, analyze and use data to improve schools
through successfully demonstrated change models. In this course, educators will learn
to systemically collect and analyze multiple sources of data to identify improvement
needs, determine an effective response, monitor and correct progress, and demonstrate
success to stakeholders. Additionally, students will learn to drive and sustain change in
a collegial environment, culminating in students’ understanding of, and ability to use, a
wide range of applicable leadership practices. Finally, students will learn a variety of
technology tools to use for data analysis. They will also learn a variety of Web 2.0 tools
to facilitate school communication, such as VoiceThread, Wordle, and Google Docs.
Integration with Assessment Certificate. One of the endorsement’s major strengths
is that is shares a common course – EDL 7305 – with the BCOE’s new assessment
certificate, permitting students to acquire both the assessment certificate AND the
teacher-leader endorsement in five (5) classes.
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