PRESENTATION FOR

DATE

Designing Systemic Change:A Practical Workshop

Teaching & Learning Conference 201503.13.15

USE #CTQCOLLAB & #TLCONF15

TWEETING?

Brianna Crowley Teacherpreneur

& NBCT

@AkaMsCrowley

RedPenReflections, The Center for Teaching Quality

HS English Teacher & Instructional Tech Coach

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Question the

Status Quo

Say “Yes”

Connect Collaborate

Share

Jessica Cuthbertson Teacherpreneur & NBCT (@JJCuthy) • In A

Teacher’s Shoes (CTQ Blog)

• 8th Grade Literacy Teacher & Learning Lab Facilitator, Aurora, CO

A Three Year Teacher Leadership Journey

BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, TAKE RISKS, & BE RELENTLESS

Who’s in the Room?My current position is best described as …

• Pre-service Teacher

• P-12 Teacher/Librarian

• Hybrid Role

• Coach/Teacher Support

• Administrator

• Higher Ed.

• Other?

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Americans trust today’s teachers

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Do you have trust and confidence in

the men and women who are

teaching children in today’s public

schools?

72%

27%1%

Yes No

Don’t know

Bushaw, B. and Lopez, S. (2013). Which way do we go: The 45th annual PDK/Gallup poll of the public attitudes toward the public schools. Kappan. Retrieved on September 1, 2013 at http://www.oapcs.org/files/u1/2013_PDKGallup.pdf

LEVER 1: Reengage the Public

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In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week 2014, teachers took to social media to tell the world what #TeachingIs.

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Rethink people

Rethink curriculum

Rethink time

LEVER 2: Rethink School Finance

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LEVER 3: Redefine Teacher Prep

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Reciprocal mentoring

Residencies

Virtual collaboration

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LEVER 4: Reframe Accountability

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Teachers as assessment experts

Technological tools to assemble better evidence

Educators report to the public

MATH AND SCIENCE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, DENVER CO

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LEVER 5: Recalibrate Working Conditions

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Principals who know how to utilize teacher leadership

Tools to spread teaching expertise

Resources to create school-community partnerships

RENEE MOORE, TEACHER LEADER, MOORHEAD MS

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LEVER 6: Redesign Teacher Unions

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WORKSHOP…

Time to Actualize & Collaborate…

• 10 min. - Independent work time/action planning

• 20 min. - Workshop options (10 min. per person in pairs)

• Continue action planning

• Share/brainstorm with colleagues as a team

• Role-play/”pitch” a new colleague to receive feedback

Read more & get involved

Connect with teacher leaders in the CTQ Collaboratory: www.teachingquality.org24 #TEACHERPRENEURS

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COLLABORATORYA VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FOR EDUCATORS

TRANSFORMING EDUCATION.

TEACHINGQUALITY.ORG/COLLABORATORY