2. WHAT’S IN THE BOX? TEACHER LEADERSHIP Pat Goldys, Principal- Norwood ES Candice Stafford, Assistant Principal- Norwood ES Dawn Peake, Teacher Leader- Norwood ES

3. PADLET https://padlet.com/cstafford2/TL

4. DID YOU HAVE… Grade level chair Demos SPP PD Framework for Leadership Mentors Liaisons Values of dependability, resourcefulness, flexibility Lead teachers Present for staff development

5.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkepVCh2n_Y https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkepVCh2n_Y

6. Commitment Creative Problem Solving Collaboration Communication THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX…

7. CommunicationCollaboration Commitment Creative Problem Solving How do you empower all teachers to develop their leadership capacity?

8. COMMUNICATION Leadership agenda Trend Walks ABC conferencing with individual teachers Survey staff for areas of expertise How to get started: 1.Send out the leadership agenda a week in advance 2.Use Charlotte Danielson to guide informal walk-throughs in the building and communicate “trending” data with staff 3.Academics, behavior, and climate—make time to meet and discuss issues specific to that teacher and his/her students and possible solutions or pathways to change 4.Use staff survey results to address school-wide needs

9. Classroom Visits Which days are best for visits from other schools/offices?  Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday How often would you like to participate in intra- and inter- school visits?  Multiple times a week  Once a week  Twice a month  Once a month I would personally be comfortable demonstrating…  Writers’ Workshop  Justice Circles  Community Circles  Virtue Language  Guided Reading  Explore/Explain  Multisensory Phonics  STEM Lesson/KLEWs  Questioning Leading to Discussions  Co-Teaching  MakerSpace  Other: I am comfortable with visitors from…  Norwood Staff  Other BCPS schools/offices Additional Comments:

10. COLLABORATION Leadership problem solving Coaching and co-teaching STREAM Team Facilitators How to get started: 1.Open leadership team 2.Meet regularly to address problems as they arise 3.Release time for in-house experts to coach 4.Select and grow grade level leaders

11. Team Leader -sets up agendas & meeting times for grade level -gather and distribute materials needed for curriculum -support and leadership with problem solving Co-Teachers -could be grade level chairs, resource teachers, special educators, ESOL teachers, etc. -different purposes for co-teaching: teaching a challenging skill, a new strategy, or strengthen instructional practice Data -collect and analyze grade level data -determine interventions needed based on data -collaborate with other resource teachers -support teachers in gathering and analyzing data Professional Development -demo lessons/coaching -develop action plans for curriculum/best practices -attends meetings, webinars, etc. and brings information back to grade level STREAM Team Facilitator

12. COMMITMENT Values of initiative, grit, and risk-taking Life-long learners A community of action-researchers How to get started: 1.Hold a staff “Circle of Failures”. Celebrate what was learned from them! 2.Build teachers’ growth mindset by training them to think like researchers. Use this simple process to get started.

13. Action Research Action Research Observation Form Teachers Involved: Grade: Students Involved: Question: Guiding Principles Used in Data Collection: Types/Sources of Data Used: Key concepts: What is the intervention? When will it take place? How often? How will this improve achievement? Data September Pretest Data: On-going/Formative Data: January Data: April Data: Data Analysis: What does the data show? Do any anomalies exist? What patterns are evident? Are there other explanations for these results? What actions are needed? What new research questions does this data suggest? Further Questions or Concerns:

14. CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING Creative staffing Leadership roles EdCamp How to get started: 1.Analyze and prioritize your school’s needs and assign teacher leaders differentiated responsibilities 2.Based on action research, teachers or administration request grade level representation on conducting a pilot 3.Designate a faculty meeting as an EdCamp—teachers are provided a topic and submit questions pertaining to the topic ahead of time. Teachers choose which question to explore. 4.Meet with all resource teachers weekly to address new or ongoing concerns Teacher developed pilots Rapid Response Team

15. Student’s Name: Teacher(s) Referring Student: Date: What issues is the student having? (Check all that apply) ___Attendance ___Homework ___Behavior ___Family ___Academic ___Medical ___Lack of Resources What has been done already? (Check all that apply) ___Conference w/student ___Office Referral ___Behavior Checklist ___Referred to SST ___Behavior Chart ___Release of Records ___RPC ___Student Support Plan Rapid Response Team Follow-Up Notes: (Include results/actions/date) Log of Actions/Results: (Include phone calls/meetings/ actions)

16. GROWING IN LEADERSHIP C hoice R esponsibility O pportunity P rofessional Development S trength Recognition

17. CommunicationCollaboration Commitment Creative Problem Solving How do you empower all teachers to develop their leadership capacity?