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Teacher Leadership: Take the Lead in Creating Your Own Teacher Leadership
Cohort (TLC)IPD Staff - Norma Sanchez & Vernon
Gettone
What is Leadership?
What Makes a Good Leader?
or
What are “Good” Leadership Traits?
What Skills are Required of Leaders?
Using evidence and data in decision-making. Recognizing opportunities and taking the
initiative. Mobilizing people around teaching and learning. Marshalling resources from community partners
and taking action. Sharing progress and making adjustments. Sustaining the commitment of others on the
value and importance of school to build a community
Habits of mind, like optimism, enthusiasm, open-mindedness, confidence, courage, decisiveness, perseverance, creativity, flexibility, and more.
Leadership Quotes
TLC Program• Grant from NEA to support teacher leadership
& innovation in Curriculum and Instruction - $500 stipend• Applications Online• 6 Teachers selected per Region – 24 Total• Leadership Academy - July 2013 & 2014• Two days• Training on Leadership • Presentations from Cohort 1• Seeds planted…
• Leadership Project• Regional Participation
Professional CapitalBy Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullan
Professional Capital
Human CapitalIndividual “talent” or
skills
Social CapitalCollective skills and
interactions
Decisional Capital
Making decisions in
complex situations
Cohort 1 2013-14
Cohort 22014-15
Leadership ProjectsCohort 1
Chris Miraglia – Santa Ana
• Teacher EvaluationTracey Douglas – NEA Jurupa
• TK and K Teacher VoiceTrina Brown – Beaumont • Special Education Advocacy
Stacey Ward – Palm Springs• Teacher Retention Strategies
Monica Cooper – Adelanto• Common Core Daily 5
Tina Gruen – UTLA• Small Learning Community with
Common Core (High School)Barbara Ransom – Santa Monica/Malibu• Math Lesson Study (Middle School)
Adriana Perez – Inglewood• TK-3 Common Core
Gabriela Orozco – Montebello• Common Core Café (K-5)
Ashley Cooper - Conejo Valley• Professional Capital
Region 3 Region 4
Leadership ProjectsCohort 1 Continues
Region 1Greg Adler, San Jose• Global CompetenceFlint Christensen, Oakland• Integrating the Common Core State Standards and TechnologySue Holland, Dixie• Instituting a Health Curriculum at Miller Creek Middle SchoolKen Klieman, Redwood City• Connecting Rigor and Relationships: End of the Unit Service Learning EventsAijeron Simmons, Oakland• Connect Home. School and Common CoreJulie Webb, Davis• Close Reading and the Common Core: What does it Look Like Primary Students
Region 1 MeetingsConference Calls
• Region 1 Bi-Monthly Meetings• Updates on Projects• UC Davis Reading Project• Institute for Teaching (IFT)
• Opportunities to discuss, share and build capacity• Conference Calls• Strong board and managerial support
Region 3 Meetings• Monthly Meetings• Updates on Projects• UCLA Writing Project • CTA Governmental Relations• Institute for Teaching (IFT)• Parent University – Inglewood• Communications – Messaging
• Opportunities to discuss, share, and build capacity• Strong managerial support
* Meetings attended by IPD & PCS Staff, Region 3 Manager, & Board Member
Power of Teacher Leadership
• Presenters at CTA conferences• At Bargaining Tables• Leaders in their Local Assn.• NEA Teacher Ambassadors• NEA GPS Facilitators• RA Attendees• TURN Presenters• Directors of District Prof. Dev.• Curriculum Dev Leaders• Assessment Leaders• And more…
TLC Teachers are:
How can a TLC help your Local?
• Common Core, NGSS & SBAC• LCAP & LCFF• CTA Strategic Plan• Build a Stronger Focus on Curriculum &
Instruction• Direct District Prof Dev. and Curricular
Decisions• Increase Parent Involvement• Endless possibilities…
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Basic Services
Standards
Parental Involvement
Pupil Achievement
Pupil Engagement
School Climate
Course Access
Other Pupil Outcomes
8 LCAP State Priorities
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AdvocacyOrganizing
Culture
Leadership
Social JusticeCommunity &
Coalition
Organizing the Unorganized
Structure & Governance
Transforming Our Profession
CTA Strategic Plan
What do you Need for a TLC?• Application & Selection Process• Stipend and/or Compensation• MOU with District• Clear Goals and Expectations = (e.g., setting all
meeting dates & leadership project due date)• Resources for Monthly Meetings = (e.g., food,
location, release time)• Multiple Opportunities for Presentation and
Sharing of Leadership Projects• Ongoing Support & Program Oversight• Connecting Local, CTA and NEA
Who will be your shirtless nut(s)?
Your CTA Staff (Members of CSO) Work with you:
• Around Negotiations• On Personnel Issues• Contract Issues
(Grievances)• Unfair Labor Practices• Politics (School Board
Races, Parcel Tax and Bond Measures)
• Organizing and Community Outreach
• Professional Development and Training
• Membership• And much more!