Transcript Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession February 12, 2014   CSTP – Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession ◦ Katie Taylor, CSTP – [email protected] Auburn.

Center for Strengthening the
Teaching Profession
February 12, 2014
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CSTP – Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession
◦ Katie Taylor, CSTP – [email protected]
Auburn School District
◦ Rod Luke, Assistant Superintendent [email protected]
◦ Nola Wilson, Assistant Principal - Auburn Riverside High
School [email protected]
◦ Debbie Allison, Science Teacher - Rainier Middle School
[email protected]
◦ Doug Gonzales – District Coordinator Learning Systems
[email protected]
◦ Andrew Monsen Teacher at Auburn Riverside High
School [email protected]
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Learning Targets
◦ I can articulate how districts support a thriving
teacher leadership program
◦ I can explain at least one way in which teacher
leadership benefits a school district
◦ I can explain at least one way in which teacher
leadership benefits a building
◦ I can identify one action a teacher leader could take
What does it mean to build up teachers as teacher
leaders to help move a system forward? Why is it
important to do that?
• Teacher Leadership Framework
• ATLA: Auburn Teacher Leadership Academy
250 or more teachers will participate; 200 as of current school year
More than 1/3 of our classroom teachers
Each year fifty teachers participate:
 28 Elementary School
 8 Middle School
 14 High School
Academy Addresses:
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Framing Teacher Leadership & Leading Adults for Learning
Synthesizing Content and Problem Solving Dilemmas
Effective Facilitation for Teacher Leadership
Systems Thinking for Teacher Leaders
Leadership in Professional Learning Communities
Implementing Protocols
Instructional Alignment - Standards to Student Success
Strategies of Assessment for Learning
Analyzing Student Work in PLCs
Using Data to Inform Instructional Decisions
Teacher Leaders are Provided:
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Time to interact with colleagues across
our twenty-two schools
Opportunities, strategies and tools to
continue as leaders within their school
and our district
Focused time to meet and plan with their
principal
Opportunity to apply for mini-grant
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How have has ATLA influenced the operations
of the district?
How has teacher leadership impacted student
learning?
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How has teacher leadership impacted the
culture in your building?
How has that impacted student learning?
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How did becoming a teacher leader change
how you interacted with your colleagues?
How has your leadership work impacted
students?
How has your becoming a teacher leader
continued to impact your practice (beyond
attending ATLA)?
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Please indicate who you would like to direct
your question to
Any questions that do not get addressed
during this webinar will be followed-up with
and summarized when the ppt is distributed
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In the question box, please convey something
in your learning that has shifted or clarified
about teacher leadership today, using the
reflection prompt:
“I used to think_______ and now I think ____”