Facilitating professional learning poses challenges for teacher leaders, including unfamiliarity with colleagues' instructional strategies and lacking skills to support teachers in applying them¶
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q1 i? Teacher leaders facilitating professional learning may not be familiar with the instructional strategies their colleagues are learning, or may lack the skills needed to support other teachers in learning how to apply them. → Jeff Archer 2019
Evidence¶
Jeff Archer 2019¶
Jeff Archer, Jeffrey Max. (2019). Preparing Teacher Leaders to Lead Professional Learning: Insights from the National Writing Project. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/preparing-teacher-leaders-to-lead-professional-learning-insights-from-the-national-writing-project
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The brief identifies potential challenges of teacher-leader facilitation as its motivating problem. It states teacher leaders "may not be familiar with the instructional strategies their colleagues are learning" or may lack skills to support teachers in applying them; no evidence is offered for these challenges.
"However, there are a few potential challenges with teacher leaders facilitating professional learning. They may not be familiar with the instructional strategies their colleagues are learning, or they may lack the skills needed to support other teachers in learning how to apply them."
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Related Claims¶
- Insights from the National Writing Project's teacher-leader preparation are presented as relevant for facilitating professional learning in all areas of instruction — related
- Teacher leaders can play a valuable role in supporting the professional learning of their colleagues — related
- Each toolkit PLC requires one facilitator who leads sessions and supports educators between them — related
- Implementing collaborative argumentation is challenged by time constraints, curriculum fit, teacher training, and system-level support — related
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Facilitating professional learning poses challenges for teacher leaders, including unfamiliarity with colleagues' instructional strategies and lacking skills to support teachers in applying them |
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Facilitating professional learning poses challenges for teacher leaders, including unfamiliarity with colleagues' instructional strategies and lacking skills to support teachers in applying them |
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