21st Century Strands & Strategies
Chapter: Strands & Strategies: Deep Dive
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Teacher Leadership
Teacher leaders are embedded into the school site through teaching in classrooms,
serving as instructional coaches, and fostering change through the CSI process. The
role of the teacher leader is to enhance student achievement through promoting
effective teaching practices in all classrooms and contributing to collective leadership
in the building. Teacher leadership is built on the
Three Roles of a Teacher Leader
Role Description in
School
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Working collaboratively with large and small group
specialists
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Co-teaching and Co-planning lessons
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Horizontal articulation
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Vertical articulation
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Cross-curricular integration
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Leading Professional development in areas of strength
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Distributed/Shared leadership - Participating in school
decisions
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Leading small group committees or teams
Role as a
Coach/Facilitator
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A quality site-based instructional coach at each building
will provide the structure needed for teachers to work
collaboratively to enhance student achievement
through co-teaching and ongoing job-embedded
professional development.
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Serving as an instructional coach
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Co-teaching
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Model teaching
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Providing “just in time” staff development
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Preparing resources, materials
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Helping colleague grow as professionals and
reach PGP goals
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Leading teachers in strategic staff development,
including:
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Facilitating 21st CTLL trainings
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PLTs, studies of need or interest
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Grade level collaboration
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Workshops
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Staff development days
Role as Change
Agent
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Teacher leaders foster change through actively
promoting the mission and vision of the school to
promote highest student achievement
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Contributing to the mission and vision of the school
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Act as an agent of change through informing,
leading, and modeling for stakeholders
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Developing capacity of others
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Designing and/or implementing professional
development
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Foster a shared belief to build a positive school
community
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Work collaboratively with colleagues and administrators
to design and implement curriculum, instruction, and
assessment
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Model the use of data to drive instructional practices
and teach others to implement this practice
