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Teachers As Leaders

Teachers As Leaders. A Training Program for Collegial Leadership. How to get started. . . . Brainstorming activity Divide in to groups Question: What training topics do you believe teacher leaders need to be effective?. Share information from each group Compile list. Administrators

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Teachers As Leaders

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  1. Teachers As Leaders A Training Program for Collegial Leadership

  2. How to get started. . . • Brainstorming activity • Divide in to groups • Question: What training topics do you believe teacher leaders need to be effective?

  3. Share information from each group • Compile list

  4. Administrators Principals Assistant Principals Coordinators Teachers Department Heads Team Leaders Who was invited to the Brainstorming Session?

  5. Condensed Refined Discussed Consensus Reached Reviewed Decisions about delivery method Compilation of Lists

  6. When would we conduct the class? • Every other month • During the regular school day • Alternate counties for meeting space • Hours: 8:30-4:00

  7. Topics • Dynamics of the teacher leader • Departmental Management/Professional Development • Skills • Instructional Improvement • Communication • Evaluation

  8. Dynamics of the Teacher Leader • Knowledge of research on effective schools/practices • Clear understanding of role within the mission and beliefs of the school and school system • Understanding change and the change processes • Ability to see the BIG picture

  9. Resources for Session One • Results: The Key to Continuous SchoolImprovement by Mike Schmoker • Effective Department and Team Leaders: A Practical Guide by Rodney J. LaBrecque • Who Moved My Cheese? by SpencerJohnson, M.D.[

  10. Departmental Goal setting reflecting the system and school goals

  11. Review “Don’s Case”

  12. Departmental ManagementProfessional Development • Organizing • Time • Others • Delegating • Effective Staff Development • Design • Implementation

  13. Resources for Session Two • LifeTime Organizer System • Guest Speaker - Lynn Seay

  14. Skills • Budgeting- How to create a budget • How To Run An Effective Meeting • Interviewing

  15. Resources for Session 3 • Systematic approach to budgeting based on Schmoker/School Improvement Plan • Effective Department and Team Leaders: A Practical Guide by Rodney J. LaBrecque • Human Resources Director • Judy Byrd, Fayette County

  16. Effective Meetings • Chapter 8- How To Run Effective Meetings: Don’t Waste Their Time • Jigsaw Chapter • Mike Schmoker’s- Time Effective Meetings

  17. Interviewing • Job Description/Job Vacancy • Profile of the Ideal Teacher • Paper Screening Score Sheet • Screening Interview - Guidelines and Questions • Selected Power Questions • Sample Questions to Identify Effective Teachers

  18. Instructional Improvement • Coaching • Observation Skills • Working with the marginal teacher • Working with teachers at different levels • New teacher support: do’s and don’ts

  19. Resources for Session Four • Guest Speaker from Northwest GA. RESA/Consultant • Phyllis Payne

  20. Communication and Evaluation • Collaborative Team Building • People Skills • How to deal with difficult people • Liaison- Effect between teachers and administrators • Listening • Reflecting • Next Steps

  21. Resources for Session Five • Effective Department and Team Leaders:A Practical Guide by Rodney J. LaBrecque • Chapter 3 & 4 • The FISH Video

  22. Key Components for Success • Pool Resources (use department heads expertise) • Job embedded • On-going • Evaluative feedback after each session • Listen and be flexible • Give them what they need

  23. “We have found that when teacher leaders join together to inquire about their work, they promote quality and professionalism, develop structures for learning, and prompt changes in their programs and practice.”Betty Achinstein NTC Program Director

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