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Teacher Leadership
This document outlines standards for teacher leadership at Cedar Ridge High School. It discusses how teachers can demonstrate leadership in the classroom by taking responsibility for student learning, communicating vision, using data to plan, and establishing a safe environment. Teachers can also lead in the school, profession, and by advocating for schools and students. The document emphasizes that teachers must uphold high ethical standards, as outlined in the NC Code of Ethics, and maintain professionalism at all times, both during and outside of school hours, as they are always representing their school. Contact information is provided for questions.
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Teacher Leadership
- 1. Orange County Schools CedarRidge High School December 3, 2015 Standard One: Teachers Demonstrate Leadership Teacher Leadership
- 2. Teachers Lead inthe Classroom Table Talk – how do you… •take responsibility for all students’ learning? • communicate vision to students? • use data to organize, plan, and set goals ? • use a variety of assessment data throughout the year to evaluate progress ? • establish a safe and orderly environment? • empower students? “Be the thing you teach” Liz Prather, “How to Be a Teacher Leader”
- 3. Teachers Demonstrate Leadershipin the School
- 4. Teachers Lead theTeaching Profession Grab a sticky and write one way you can LEAD in the profession!
- 5. Teachers Advocate forSchools and Students Discussion Dice Activity: Teacher Advocacy http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/maths/doubledice.html
- 6. Teachers Demonstrate HighEthical Standards http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/effectiveness-model/ncees/standards/code- of-ethics.pdf Have you read… the Code of Ethics for NC Educators? http://webpages.uncc.edu/~btlove1/professional_standards_documents/ethics.pdf
- 7. The “How” ofProfessionalism Think First! • Know the NC Code of Ethics and Professional Teaching Standards • Consider Consequences • Think Like a: – Parent – Principal – Superintendent – Lawyer – TV news anchor
- 8. The “When” ofProfessionalism You are always a teacher. • When am I not a teacher? • Integrity doesn’t take a vacation in our profession. • Everything we do and say is a reflection of our school and our district.
- 9. Ripped from theheadlines… http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt /community/unit_4_- _the_connected_teacher/21086/introduction/ 1239885
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Editor's Notes
- #4 Discuss how to lead in these ways. Go to worditout.com. Make your own teacher leadership (in the school) wordle.
- #5 Affinity diagram – Think of your mentor or someone else you consider a teacher leader in the school. What does that person do that makes him/her a “leader?” Can you be that kind of leader? What do you do that makes you a “leader?” Use two stickies.
- #6 Discussion Dice Activity on Teacher Advocacy
- #8 Distribute Code of Ethics – What is surprising, what isn’t? Case Study activity from Penn. Site – choose various ones to highlight different parts of the code of ethics - Discussion
- #10 Google “Teacher Fired for Relationship with Student”