14 years, Halifax county NC

:) thanks so much!

Roles for Teacher Leaders

2 & 3

Roles for Teacher Leaders

Ostacles

Obstacles for Teacher Leadership

Instructional Coach

23 years, Durham Public Schools, NC

District coach

CDC

BT Coordinator

Administration

eLearning Coordinator

AP

Instructional Coach

World Language Dean

teacher 14 years

21 years

21 also

Great!

someone who always takes on challenges in your school

absolutely

YES!

Absolutely

Yes

How could we not be somewhat disconnected?

When I think about a teacher leader, I think about the teachers I have supervised who is a cheerleader to other developing teachers and they lead with grace. They have positive rapports with their students and their colleagues. They are always learning to be better at what they do.

Someone who is realistic!

Teachers who are

Please describe "Explorers".

They still feel the stress but try to handle it well...and admit to being stresses, tired, etc

Thanks!

@mandyholliday, I agree…a teacher leader knows their limitations and they are not afraid to admit they are stressed, yet they keep moving forward

Teacher leaders should also present themselves as a learner as well

Absolutely! Teachers are lifelong learners. :)

Yup!

Yes

yes

Definitely!

I definitely feel overwhelmed and constantly feeling like I’m dropping several balls

yep

obstacle - some teachers just don't realize they are actually leaders...they haven't realized their true potential

Absolutely Helen!

many of us mentor unofficially anyway....just not realizing it

oh no....I must leave to cover a zoom class for a colleague!.....I've really enjoyed this so far

They want followers

It is so hard to get your day to day work completed and still have time to focus on motivating staff, building them up and sharing your appreciation of them!

true leadership is authentic...it just comes naturally

I agree, but those tools have also been helpful.

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People are in different shape, and offering a solution does not mean others will follow. You maybe doing it all. Then, do we really want to volunteer? You open door, you try to do better, and you may just crash down on your own.

Exactly Sara

In high school it is easy to become isolated and feel you can't/don't have time to be a "leader." We become consumed with potentially 3 different courses within a semester (planning and teaching), right now some teachers are still remote, teachers see themselves as self-sufficient/adaptable so may not choose to lead or seek for help

Leadership burnout!

The teacher leader also needs to know when to step back and let someone else pick up the reigns

#2 is a good reminder…

I also have a problem saying no, but when you ask for volunteers and no one steps up, you feel the need to raise your hand!

Exactly!

You can be a remote leader. Just sending an email letting colleagues know about an strategy/tool you learned about, is an act of leadership.

And also, to be able to make mistakes sometimes

Will I be a “sales person” or middleman/woman?

Go for it!

Yes

Yes

yes

She would get a request for: how will that work/what does it look like?

Yes

maybe

she would still need to follow the standards

Yes.

I would need some more information, but if I have to choose yes or no, I will go with yes!

I guess it depends.. would probable need ore info..

Yes...so long as a valid rationale is presented to the admin

If its for student achievement, and meeting the standards

There has to be a good reason.

No because it impacts benchmark data

Grade level/department meetings

I think that would have to be discussed with her team…

through the admin team...the ELT team...to the CEO

She will have to respon some questions first

Department Meetings

Yes they would have the freedom since the final assessment is given at the end of the semester (in a high school)

Dept. Mtg.

To the team, admin, and she could share within the district

Make sure she has the data to go along with her sharing

if it works well - share the data, student work samples, prove that it works well for our kids

If it went well I’m sure there would be others that would be interested and could help her share…

She could share how her instruction enhanced the growth of student achievement, yet share how she met the standards as well.

Let her share in her program area dept. meeting and then possibly with the entire faculty---

Or even if it didn’t go as well as hoped they can discuss improvements

they didn't get to have the conversation about how it works, and what it looks like...this is delegation from above

Teacher leaders should have a voice.

Decide and announce

That’s what happened…lol not that I agree with this

It depends on the situation. To get but in, teachers and TLs should have a voice

The teachers did not have a voice earlier, and that is what I see as an issue.

I think that it is not a strong model. If they were being asked for input, that is one thing, but to present it as ready for implementation, it may not be well received.

Input from the teacher leader group should be shared/considered (if time allows) if the goal is true teacher leadership. Sometimes decisions just have to be made and passed down.

They could officially share but encouraging is too much

this is the wrong way to go about it...my school on some things seeks staff and families input depending on the topic...example when returning to face to face - it took four different surveys over the course of changing infection rates...it just depends on the choice being made

YES!!

I would need a little background of why a decision was made. It may help me grapple with the new change a little better

We try to implement the plan-do-study-act model

It puts the Teacher Leaders in a bad place.

No everybody was include in that decisionn . It would be easier if other people was involve in that policy.

A more distributive leadership approach would have included the teacher leaders, or even the rest of the faculty in the decision making

Sometimes it depends on whether or not the policy change is being pushed at the district level.

i'm at a charter school and we have generational families that have gotten used to being involved with a fair amount of choice within the school - again it depends on the subject matter at hand

It does not build trust and it does not make staff feel heard if they have had no input.

If it’s being pushed by the district, it’s helpful to know that admin hears the voice of the teachers, and try to find ways to make it work

In order for our profession to be respected, everyone has to do their part. All teachers have to know that we are being looked at as leaders and we all have to act accordingly.

teacher leadership also depends on how open the other teachers are to accepting the leadership from their peers

The strong professional environment

1

strong professional environment

Happy teachers make a happy school

A strong professional environment

Strong Professional Environment

Professional environment

eat the students

haha

Both!

If you don't have strong professional environment, how can you grow teacher leaders?

invested in the kids is key!!

everyone taking the same kind of training, following the same initiative, and strong leadership. A voice coming together for the purpose of a whole community.

Strong prof Environment leads to teachers that want to lead..

If your school has a strong professional environment teachers will start out following that lead.

determine the overall purpose of each person...if your purpose isn't the betterment of children then...

a shared effort in meeting school goals with everyone contributing

Respecting the differences of each individual and valuing the richness of everyone in the community.

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Each teacher brings different value to the school. We need to acknowledge that value and share each person's contributions.

Agreed Ms DLM…we all play different roles in different situations…

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Exactly!

Be invested!

Thank you

Thank you!

Thank you everyone!

Thank you

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Thank you so much.

Thank you all so much