Teachers as leaders
The key to achieving school improvement goals is to ensure high quality, job-embedded professional learning aligned to school improvement priorities. In this module, participants will create a professional development plan aligned to English learner-centered SMART goals and aligned action plans. Participants will also learn how to initiate a teacher led improvement journey by empowering teachers to work in professional development project teams.
The collective knowledge of teachers is a force beyond measure!
To best support our students' academic achievement, we must
empower our teachers to be instructional leaders for all students
In this course, you will:
· understand the impact of establishing a teacher led school improvement journey to support school wide English Language Development;
· develop a professional development plan aligned to SMART goals and aligned action plans;
· create a project charter to organize teachers into project teams that develop high quality professional development aligned to school improvement priorities;
· explore a backward design approach to identifying professional development outcomes to support SMART goals and action plans; and
· use feedback on professional learning sessions to support continuous improvement efforts.
the leadership pathway
This course is part of the Leadership Pathway which includes:
Leading in High Impact English Learner Enrollment Schools
Setting and Monitoring English Learner Centered Goals
Estbalishing a Culture of Teacher Led Professional Learning
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Introducing Dr. Karen Woodson
Dr. Woodson is a retired Principal of a high-English learner enrollment Title 1 elementary school. A veteran in public education with over 35 years of service as a teacher, instructional specialist and district wide English Learner Program Director, Dr. Woodson focuses on creating equitable conditions for English learners in schools, English learner centered school improvement strategies, and Baldrige guided strategic planning. Dr. Woodson is the founder of Leading for School Improvement.
