- Year 2023
- NSF Noyce Award # 1758392
- First Name Jessica
- Last Name Luxford-Wagenmaker
- Institution Holton Public Schools
- Role/Position Teacher
- Workshop Category Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships
- Workshop Disciplines Audience Chemistry, Geosciences, Life Sciences
- Target Audience Noyce Master Teachers, Noyce Teaching Fellows, Undergraduate and/or Graduate Noyce Scholars
- Topics Developing Teacher Leaders
- Session Length 45 minutes minutes
Goals
In this session participants will examine and discuss the Teacher Leader Model Standards. Digging into the standards they will describe key actions and practices for each of the seven domains. Participants will be asked to reflect on their role as a teacher leader and select one of the domains to focus on as they begin or continue their work as a teacher leader.
Evidence
In May 2008 a group of educators examined current research and the critical role that teacher leaders play in education. Upon reviewing this data, they believe that teacher leadership is the most powerful method to promote effective and collaborative teaching practices leading to student success. The Teaching Leadership Exploratory Consortium developed the Teacher Leader Model Standards. This set of seven domains describes the knowledge base and skills needed by a teacher leader to assume a leadership role in all aspects of education.
Proposal
Teacher leaders are the superheroes of education. They have a measurable, positive effect on students, school districts and other teaching professionals. What standards do these superheroes live by? In this session participants will look at and evaluate the National Teacher Leader Model Standards. Consisting of seven domains these standards will stimulate dialogue among educators regarding teacher leadership and their role as a teacher leader. Participants will walk away with a set of standards useful to teachers as they begin or further their explorations into affective teacher leadership.
