Draw on a professional development program's experience preparing teachers to lead it when preparing teacher leaders to facilitate professional learning¶

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Description¶

The brief's approach is to derive insights for preparing teacher leaders from a program's own experience developing teacher-leaders: it "offers insights to help address these challenges based on the National Writing Project's experience preparing teachers to lead one of its professional development programs." The strategy treats an established professional development program as a source of practical guidance for building teacher leaders' facilitation capacity, addressing the identified challenges of unfamiliarity with strategies and weak facilitation skills.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A professional development program with experience preparing teachers to lead it, from which insights can be drawn

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Teacher leaders who facilitate professional learning for colleague teachers

Target Learning Goals¶

• Teacher leaders' capacity to facilitate colleagues' professional learning and support teachers in applying instructional strategies

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Key Sources¶

• 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