Select teacher leaders as "experts down the hall" to represent grade bands and coach peers¶

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Description¶

Talladega invited teachers across the district into pathway development and selected multiple teachers per grade band. "The selected teachers were “experts down the hall” — a term that Talladega uses for teachers who take on a coaching role to support other instructors in their building with the integration of digital technology." This embeds peer coaching capacity in each building while grounding the pathway document in classroom expertise.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers with credibility among peers who can take on a coaching role
• District structures (release time, meeting space) that let teacher leaders participate

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Classroom teachers across K-12 grade bands

Target Learning Goals¶

• Integrating digital technology and computational thinking into instruction

Related Strategies¶

• Show teachers concrete examples of computational thinking in practice before asking them to design CT lessons

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Digital Promise. (2021). Nurturing an Innovative District: Inclusive Computing Pathways in Talladega County Schools. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/132