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20 Mar 2016
Report

Great to Influential: Teacher Leaders’ Roles in Supporting Instruction

Catherine Jacques and Gretchen Weber, AIR
David Bosso, Derek Olson, and Katherine Bassett, National Network of State Teachers of the Year

For years, education leaders have sought to pinpoint how teachers become effective in order to better leverage teachers’ impact on student learning and improve student outcomes. From Good to Great: Exemplary Teachers Share Perspectives on Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Across the Career Continuum was the first of its kind to ask National and State Teachers of the Year what helped them become effective. In the report, State Teachers of the Year rated teacher leadership repeatedly as one of their most significant supports and growth experiences across their careers.

This report includes three main sections: the characteristics of teacher leaders, the roles teacher leaders take in improving teacher practice, and the supports and barriers to teacher leadership. The report concludes with specific policy recommendations for supporting teacher leadership in state and local contexts.

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From Good to Great: Exemplary Teachers Share Perspectives on Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Across the Career Continuum

Recognizing that teachers are the single most important school-level factor influencing student achievement, policy leaders have invested tremendous public resources in new systems to both assess and address teacher effectiveness. Yet the research that informs teacher effectiveness policy leaves many important questions unanswered. This report helps to fill these gaps through a first-of-its-kind exploratory survey of National and State Teachers of the Year.
Topic: 
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Supporting Teachers as They Grow From Good to Great

How do good teachers transform into great ones? This blog post refers to a study from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, which surveyed more than 300 top teachers, to advise state education agencies about how to enhance teacher development.
Topic: 
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Further Reading

  • From Good to Great: Exemplary Teachers Share Perspectives on Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Across the Career Continuum
  • Client Services: Teacher Leadership and Career Pathways
  • Teacher Leaders: Many Titles, Big Impacts
  • First Survey of Teachers of the Year Stresses Role of Peer Support
  • How to Truly Appreciate Teachers: A Q&A With Gretchen Weber, AIR Managing Director
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Catherine Jacques

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Teacher Preparation and Performance

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Center on Great Teachers and Leaders

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