1. Inspiring Teacher Leadership
in the New Era of PARCC
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3. Description
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. 
Learn how to inspire teachers to lead in this new era of PARCC and improve student progress and performance.
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4. 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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5. Overview Teacher Leadership What is it? Teacher Leader Model Standards
Why now in the era of PARCC?
Teacher Leader Model Standards
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6. What is teacher leadership?
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
Jennifer York-Barr learning practices with the aim of increased student learning and achievement”
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7. Teacher Leadership
See teachers as innovators, researchers, champions of student learning, leaders of colleagues and policy advocates
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8. What is Teacher Leadership?
What You Know Needs To Get Done
What Is Actually Getting Done
What Is Actually Getting Done
What You Know Needs To Get Done
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9. Teacher Leaders: Promoting School and Student Success
WhWhat Is Actually Getting Done
t Is Actually Getting Done
Teacher Leadership!
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10. How does your district/school define and promote teacher leadership?
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How does your district/school define and promote teacher leadership?
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11. Why Now in This Era of PARRC?
Highly effective teachers directly impact student learning
Teacher leaders lead and influence change
Teacher leaders support and train colleagues …
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12. 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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13. 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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14. Research
Principals’ satisfaction with their jobs in the public schools has decreased nine percentage points since it was last measured in 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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15. 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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16. Potential Barriers
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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17. Barriers to Promoting Teacher Leadership in Your District or School
Table Talk
Identify & List
Barriers to Promoting Teacher Leadership in Your District or School
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18. Teacher Leader Model Standards
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19. Teacher Leader Model Standards Purpose
-the knowledge, skills and competencies that teachers need to assume leadership roles in their schools, districts, and the profession.
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20. Teacher Leader Model Standards Structure and Contexts
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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21. Seven Domains of Teacher Leadership
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

22. Teacher Leader Model Standards
What roles can/do
teacher leaders play?
What knowledge/skills
do teacher leaders need?
What pathways exist for
teacher leaders?
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23. Building Capacity for Teacher Leadership
Organizational structures and leadership models
Selecting Teacher Leaders
Building and Supporting Teacher Leaders
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24. Organizational StructuresB. C. D.
Duff, LFNJ2013
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25. 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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26. X Teams
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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27. Selecting Teacher Leaders
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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28. Teacher Leader Model Standards Design and Application
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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29. Teacher Leadership in Practice
Our experiences as Teacher Leaders and Supporting Teacher Leaders
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30. 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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31. Resources - Webinar
Teacher leadership with Chong-Hao Fu, Leading Educators and Ross Wiener, Aspen Institute.
“Teacher Leadership Roadmap”
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 from 6-7PM EST
Visit for registration link or click on: teacherleaderwebinar
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32. Resources Finding a New Way Leading From the Front of the Classroom
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33. Resources TLMS Teacher Leaders: Not just a buzz phrase
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