TCs, Leadership and Sustainability

Lynn Marsico Western Pennsylvania Writing ProjectSusan Biggs, Kevin Hodgson, and Bruce Penniman Western Massachusetts Writing Project

National Writing Project Annual Meeting 2007

Purpose and Goals

This session is an inquiry into developing TC leadership and supporting TCs as they take ownership of site work and site governance

To share stories and inquiry tools from WPWP and WMWP

To involve you in leadership development activities you can take back to your sites

Beginning Our Inquiry

Take 7 minutes to explore in writing the thoughts and questions you bring with you today on the topic:

Leadership Development

Mapping Out Our Writing Project Sites

Create a visual that represents the work of your site including who does the work how the work is connected

This visual can take the form of a graphic organizer that defines the work,

the people, and the relationships a metaphorical representation such as a

house

WMWP: Map as Inquiry Tool

Seeking to create a structure of sustainability after two key losses

Using the site map as a tool to probe the mission and goals of the site

Seeking opportunities to develop new leaders and expand site’s impact

Developing guiding questions to promote ongoing inquiry into the site

Satellite Programs or

Mini-NetworksCommunications Student Programs Teachers as

Writers

Summer Institute and

Alumni Programs

 

Director: Charlie Moran

Co-Director: Paul Oh Co-Director: Mary-Ann Palmieri

Co-Director: Diana Callahan

Co-Director: Bruce Penniman

InserviceSusan Biggs

WMWP PublicationsLeif RiddingtonLeslie Skantz-HodgsonMary Farrin

SummerWrite!Lisa LaMotheLeif Riddington

Teachers’ PublicationMary-Ann Palmieri

Summer InstituteBruce PennimanDiana CallahanCharlie Moran

New Teacher SeminarsBruce Penniman

State Network LiaisonMary-Ann PalmieriCharlie Moran

Student Writers’ WorkshopLisa LaMotheDiana Callahan

Writing and ResponseDiana Callahan

First-Year ProgramsTina Browne

ELL ProgramsKaren SumaryonoWilma Ortiz

Political ActionCharlie Moran

Student PublicationsJoanne Wisniewski

Writers’ RetreatsDiana Callahan, Mary-Ann Palmieri

Best PracticesBruce Penniman

Teacher ResearchAnne Herrington

Web SitePaul Oh

  Teachers as WritersDiana Callahan

Advanced InstitutesAnne Herrington

Rural SitesMary-Ann Palmieri

NWP LiaisonCharlie Moran

     

Urban SitesCharlotte Lak

Record-KeepingPam Howes

     

Mapping Out Our Work: WMWP 2001

Site Map in Revision (2002): Responding to Our Questions

WMWP’s New Site Map

WMWP’s Current Site Map

Leadership Development

TC Timeline Activity Take 10 minutes to create a timeline of your

own history with your writing project. Circle the time when you first began to see yourself as a leader.

Share your timelines in groups of 4. Notice the differences and similarities in the ways people became leaders.

SI 2000

Fall Conf. presentation

EJ Article Published

Inservice Coordinator

Co-DirectorNWP Annual Mtg.2001

2002

Western Pennsylvania Writing Project

History of Teacher Leadership and Shared Governance

Site started in mid 1980’s Dynamic group of TC’s write the

charter Fourteen years of stability with a

single university director Five year period of various

management configurations Current model of shared governance

FellowsCouncil

Western Pennsylvania Writing Project

Western Pennsylvania Writing Project

PROMOTING GROWTH OF TEACHER LEADERSHIP What we learned at the WPWP Structure the Summer Institute around leadership issues.

Encourage teachers to participate in as many regional and national workshops, initiatives, retreats, and conferences as possible.

Insist on a teacher leader for whatever governing body the site maintains (Fellows Council for the WPWP). Allow this teacher leader to set the agenda and conduct all meetings.

Appoint fellows to serve on financial committees.

Support “thinking outside the box.”

Find ways to pay teachers for their efforts.

Recruit new fellows who have already demonstrated leadership in their teaching situations.

All teacher leaders must mentor teachers who will step into each leadership role

Planning for Leadership Development

Leadership Development PlanUse the handout to document your

thinking and learning in this session (10 minutes).

Work in groups of 4 to share these plans and get more ideas from each other (20 min).

Last Words

Take 5 minutes to complete one of these statements:

I learned . . .

I discovered . . .

I confirmed . . .