1. SC/SVNTP (Silicon Valley) Steering Committee
February 27, 2017

2. Where Is Information About Our Program?
The Administrator Tab of Our Website

3. Connector
Purpose: To continue developing as a community of partners focused on supporting the needs of new teachers in our schools and districts.

4. Whip Around Introductions
Name
District
Position/Role
1 word that describes SC/SVNTP(write it on ½ sheet of paper)

5. Outcomes
Continue developing as a community of partners focused on supporting the needs of new teachers in our schools/districts.
Revisit and provide recommendations for updating our mission statement.
Explore the role of mentor & instructional coach & share resources/ideas for co-developing teacher leaders.

6. Agenda SC/SVNTP Mission Statement
Partnering to Develop Mentors and Instructional Coaches
Announcements
Closure

7. SC/SVNTP Steering Committee
What information do you need to share with your district?
With whom do you need to share it?

8. The SC/SVNTP Mission Statement
Purpose: To revisit and provide recommendations for updating our mission statement.
9:00-9:40
(40 mins)

9. SC/SVNTP Core Values Equity Collaboration Positive Presuppositions
Reflective Dialogue
Responsiveness
Inquiry Stance
St. Comm has seen these values before
These make our program unique
Have been very intentional about connecting these core values and learning in which mentors and coaches are engaging.
How can we communicate these through our Mission Statement?

10. Mission Why does the SC/SVNTP exist? What does the SC/SVNTP do?
Have a mission statement-What is audience for mission statement? Audience both inside and outside the organization.
Goal: Succinctly describe why the organization exists and what it does
Want to make sure it is updated, meets current goals

12. Triad Share ∆ +
Top 2

13. Whole Group Share Out

14. Partnering to Develop Mentors & Instructional Coaches
Purpose: To explore the role of mentor and instructional coach and to share resources and ideas for co-developing teacher leaders.
Let’s talk about what we know about the teacher shortage, how it impacts hiring and teacher support and what are some possible next steps.

15. Why Teacher Leadership?
“What happens in schools is more complex than ever and cannot be accomplished with strict division between administrators and teachers. The leadership and responsibility for student learning must be a collaborative effort. If teacher leaders can help change school cultures so that teachers and principals collaborate to build a culture of learning, everyone benefits.”
—ASCD Executive Director Judy Seltz

16. Who Are Teacher Leaders?
Resource Providers
Instructional Specialists
Curriculum Specialists
Classroom Supporters
Learning Facilitators
Mentors/Coaches
School Leaders
Data Coaches
Catalysts for Change
Learners
School Leader: (Committee/task force member, department chair. etc.)
These roles can be FORMAL and INFORMAL.
From: C. Harrison & J. Killion. (2007). Ten Roles for Teacher Leadership. Educational Leadership 65(1)

17. What Do Mentors & Instructional Coaches Do?
For the purpose of today, we are going to focus on formalized roles-mentors and coaches.
On chart paper:
Work with your district/CMO partners…..
What are the unique and common roles and responsibilities of these groups?

18. Pairs Compare Find another district/CMO Take turns sharing your charts
Discuss similarities & differences
Add new ideas as they emerge

19. How Do We Select, Develop & Evaluate Formal Teacher Leaders?
Getting calls from districts about this
MTs and ICs also want to have clarity around these processes!

20. Aligned, Clarified & Communicated Systems of Professional Learning
Common definition of effective teaching & learning
TL vision, goals & institutional commitment
TL roles, responsibilities, selection & assignment
Ongoing TL professional learning
Differentiated TL assessment system

21. 3 sets of standards to review:
Continuum of TI Program Development (bigger picture standards we use to develop our Induction program)
Continuum of Mentoring Practice (Standards for MTs- selection, development & evaluation)
Continuum of IC Practice (Standards for ICs- selection, development and evaluation)
These are not the only Teacher Leader standards out there. National Boards has a set, and there are also the Teacher Leader Model Standards.

22. What do Teacher Leaders Do?
Facilitate/advance professional learning of teachers as individuals & in groups to increase student learning
Create/maintain collaborative & professional partnerships to advance teaching practice & student learning
Utilize knowledge of standards, pedagogy & research to advance teaching practice & student learning
Facilitate professional learning in ways that advance teaching practice & student learning
Use assessment data to advance teaching practice & student learning
Develop as a professional leader to advance coaching & the teaching profession New Teacher Center, 2015
Standards for MTs and ICs are both divided into these 6 standards. Differentiated for role.
Review with team.

23. How SC/SVNTP Develops/Assesses TLs
Goal Setting Using Standards
Ongoing learning in MT or IC forums
Analysis of caseload/Case study teacher
Leadership/Peer observation & coaching
Professional Growth Reflections
We focus on the skills of mentors and instructional coaches
What we do NOT do/cannot do, is help MTs and ICs fully understand and integrate with your district’s unique vision, community, and needs.

24. What Schools/Districts Can Do To Develop TLs
Review/adjust TL goals to meet district/school context and needs
Hold regular TL meetings focused on vision, goals, initiatives, problem solving, resource sharing, etc.
Integrate TLs into district-wide professional learning
Gather/share/review programmatic data with TLs

25. How Do We Select, Develop & Evaluate TLs?
District Vision of Teaching/Learning
District Vision for Mentoring and Coaching
Mentors
Instructional Coaches
Selection
Selection
Development
Development
Evaluation
Evaluation
Add to your chart information about selection, development and evaluation.

26. Quiet Write: Possible Next Steps?
What do you need from SC/SVNTP?
What might you need to do in your home district?
What can we discuss further at Spring Visits?

27. Group Discussion: Next Steps?
What are your next steps?

28. Announcements
Purpose: To emphasize information and events with the potential for impact on collaborative work between program and districts.

29. Leadership Restructuring
Eligibility Forms
March Spring Visits
Spring Stakeholder Survey
Last Steering Committee Wednesday, April 26

30. Closure
Purpose: To review progress towards our outcomes from today and bring closure to our meeting.

31. SC/SVNTP Steering Committee
What information do you need to share with your district?
With whom do you need to share it?

32. Today We…. Reconnected as a community
Reviewed/Suggested revisions for the SC/SVNTP Mission Statement
Considered strategies for partnering to develop mentors and instructional coaches

33. Closure What worked well? Areas of foci/concerns Next Steps
What information do I need to share with my district?

34. Data of Implementation
NTC Impact Spectrum
Counting
Program Quality
Retention
Practice
Student Learning
Who are we reaching—directly and indirectly?
How well is the program being implemented?
Are we retaining teachers over time?
In what specific ways is practice becoming more effective?
How and in what ways is student learning improving?
Data of Implementation
Data of Impact
Programmatic data can be collected in many ways.
Spectrum.
Counting is easiest, st. learning is hardest...
SC/SVNTP can/does collect and share with you some of this data
Other data, you will need to collect within your school/district to develop a full picture
Share at least one concrete example of what SC/SVNTP does and what does the district do?