Inspiring Teacher Leadership
in the New Era of PARCC
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Tonya Breland
Education Consultant
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Scholars Org., LLC
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Peggy Stewart
Education Consultant
Link.Lead.Learn
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Description
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Teacher leaders promote school and student
success. Administrators cannot flourish without
engaging their teacher leaders to partner with
them. As schools embrace the transition to
PARCC, they must rethink teaching and
learning.
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Learn how to inspire teachers to lead in this new
era of PARCC and improve student progress
and performance.
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Agenda
Overview of Teacher Leadership
Why Teacher Leadership
Teacher Leadership Model Standards
Building Capacity for Teacher Leadership
Teacher Leadership in Practice
Supporting and Inspiring Teacher Leaders
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Overview
Teacher Leadership
What is it?
Why now in the era of PARCC?
Teacher Leader Model Standards
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What is teacher leadership?
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Teacher leadership is the process by which
teachers, individually or collectively, influence their
colleagues, principals, and other members of the
school community to improve teaching and
learning practices with the aim of increased student
learning and achievement.
Teacher leadership is the process by which
teachers, individually or collectively,
influence their colleagues, principals, and
other me
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Jennifer York-Barr learning practices with
Teacher Leadership
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See teachers as innovators, researchers,
champions of student learning, leaders
of colleagues and policy advocates
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What Is Actually Getting Done
What Is Actually Getting Done
What is Teacher Leadership?
What
You
Know
Needs
ToTo
Get
Done
What
You
Know
Needs
Get
Done
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Teacher Leaders:
Promoting School and Student Success
WhWhat Is Actually Getting Done
t Is Actually Getting Done
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Turn & Talk
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How does your district/school define and
promote teacher leadership?
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Why Now in This Era of PARRC?
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Highly effective teachers directly impact
student learning
Teacher leaders lead and influence
change
Teacher leaders support and train
colleagues
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Did you know?
Teacher leadership needs to be formalized
and funded because there will be 2 million
new teachers in classrooms around North
America in the next six years, and they
need leaders in the classroom that they can
look up to and learn from as they negotiate
through their first years of teaching.
Becky Pringle, NEA
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Did you also know?
When districts fail to use high-performing
teachers to support their colleagues’ growth
and development, administrators and
coaches
remain
overburdened,
and
teachers-as well as many students are left
lacking individualized support.
Rachel Curtis, Aspen Institute
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Research
Principals’ satisfaction with their jobs in the public schools
has decreased nine percentage points since it was last
measured in 2008. In that same period, teacher satisfaction
has dropped precipitously by 23 percentage points, including
a five-point decrease in the last year, to the lowest level it
has been in the survey in 25 years. A majority of teachers
report that they feel under great stress at least several days
a week, a significant increase from 1985 when this
was last measured.
MetLife Survey 2013
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More Research
Teachers in the US spend 80% of their work
day directly interacting with students,
compared to 60% of other industrialized
countries. That leaves them less time to
analyze data, plan instruction, and collaborate
with colleagues, all activities that research
ties to improvement in instruction and student
outcomes.
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Potential Barriers
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Culture of district does not embrace teacher
leadership
Trust is not established among administration
and teaching team
Too much top-down leadership
Teachers’ expertise and professionalism are
undervalued
Teacher leadership opportunities are limited
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Table Talk
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Identify & List
Barriers to Promoting Teacher
Leadership in Your District or School
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Teacher Leader Model Standards
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www.teacherleaderstandards.org
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Teacher Leader Model Standards
Purpose
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-the knowledge, skills and competencies that
teachers need to assume leadership roles in their
schools, districts, and the profession.
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Teacher Leader Model Standards
Structure and Contexts
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Domain
 Seven
domains that define the knowledge base
needed by the teacher leader
Functions
 Describe
key actions and practices related to
each domain
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Seven Domains of Teacher Leadership
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Domain I: Fostering a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator
Development and student learning
Domain II: Accessing and Using Research to Improve Practice and
Student Outcomes
Domain III: Promoting Professional Learning for Continuous
Improvement
Domain IV: Facilitating Improvements in Instruction and Student
Learning
Domain V: Using Assessments and Data for Systemic Improvement
Domain VI: Improving Outreach and Collaboration with Families and
Community
Domain VII: Advocating for Student Learning and the Profession
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What roles can/do
teacher leaders play?
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What knowledge/skills
do teacher leaders need?
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What pathways exist for
teacher leaders?
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Building Capacity for Teacher Leadership
Organizational structures and leadership
models
Selecting Teacher Leaders
Building and Supporting Teacher Leaders
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Organizational Structures
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Distributed Leadership Model
Sources:
•Ancona and Bresman. X-team: how to build teams that lead, innovate, and succeed. Boston: Harvard Business School
Press, 2007
•Ancona, Malone, Orlikowski, Senge, In Praise of the Incomplete Leader. Harvard Business Review, February, 2007.
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X Teams
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Sources:
•Ancona and Bresman. X-team: how to build teams that lead,
innovate, and succeed. Boston: Harvard Business School
Press, 2007
•Ancona, Malone, Orlikowski, Senge, In Praise of the
Incomplete Leader. Harvard Business Review, February, 2007.
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Selecting Teacher Leaders
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Use data to identify overall district goals
Define roles/responsibilities of potential teacher
leaders
Develop process for selecting and training
teacher leaders
Develop process/system for implementing
teacher leadership
Anoint and Appoint (Smylie)
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Teacher Leader Model Standards
Design and Application
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The teacher leader model standards can be
used to guide the preparation of experienced
teachers to assume leadership roles such as
resource providers, instructional specialists,
curriculum specialists, classroom supporters,
learning facilitators, mentors, school team
leaders, and data coaches
(Harrison & Killion, 2007)
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Teacher Leadership in Practice
Our experiences as Teacher Leaders and
Supporting Teacher Leaders
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Table Talk
How will you use this information to
help you work with others in building
Teacher Leadership in your
school/district?
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Resources - Webinar
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
Teacher leadership with Chong-Hao Fu,
Leading Educators and Ross Wiener, Aspen
Institute.
“Teacher Leadership Roadmap”
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 from 6-7PM EST
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Visit www.nnstoy.org for registration link or
click on: teacherleaderwebinar
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Resources
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Finding a New Way
Leading From the Front of the
Classroom
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Resources
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TLMS
Teacher Leaders: Not just a
buzz phrase
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