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Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

Extending Teacher Leadership’s Impact for Increased
Teacher and Student Success

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Steve Barkley, Education Consultant
For Administrators, Instructional Coaches, Teacher Leaders

The need for educators to maximize our learning is emphasized today as changes in teaching and learning are required at a rapid speed. In many cases, we are required to create best practices as well as being aware of what is already known. 

How can school administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders initiate and support moving from “check the box” plans to PGPs that capture real teacher investment and learning for all of us and our students.

Asking “What is my (our) hypothesis?”  may generate more individual and organizational learning than asking “What is my (our) my goal?” What might be generated with the question, “What do our students need us to learn?” A guide for planning and implementing will be shared and an initial coaching/planning conference with a teacher modeled.

 

Steve Barkley, who has worked in developing and coaching teacher growth for three decades, is currently supporting teams at several international schools that are focused on strengthening their PGP process. In this podcast, https://barkleypd.com/blog/podcast-building-educator-growth-plans/  Western Academy of Beijing shares their PGP process designed with Steve. Attend this session with a team, or gather your own insights on accessing or enhancing your current plan.

Following the session, you can arrange separately for coaching or consulting time directly with Steve. This could be as simple as a follow-up brainstorming call or a more extended session with your leadership team for design possibilities or specific coaching for individuals or teams. You can contact Steve in advance or following the session to explore possibilities.  sbarkley@pls3rdLearning.com 

Steve Barkley Biography

Extending Teacher Leadership’s Impact for Increased Teacher and Student Success

Team leaders, Heads of Departments, and Instructional Leaders across the school play key roles in generating ongoing

teacher development and success by supporting individual colleagues and guiding collegial practices. This program is

designed to support these key staff members.

Part 1 - Teacher Leadership Professional Development

Examines the role of backwards planning in identifying the roles of teacher and administrator leaders in supporting

teacher growth for increased student success.

Part 2 - Peer Coaching to Extend Teacher Learning

This session examines the “why and how” of peer coaching. Participants observe a model conference and experience

some simple structures they can use to initiate peer coaching or to extend teachers coaching teachers to the next level

of impact.

Part 3 - Professional Growth Plans That Maximize Teacher Growth for Student Growth

Professional Growth Plans (PGPs) should focus on maximizing the payoff in student success, growth, or achievement

from educator’s learning. How can school administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders initiate and

support moving from “check the box” plans to PGPs that capture real teacher investment and learning for them and

their students? Asking “What is my (our) hypothesis?” may generate more individual and organizational learning than

asking “What is my (our) my goal? Experiences assisting schools in redesigning their PGP approach will be shared.

Participants can begin designing their own PGP to share as a possible example with colleagues.

Part 4 - Virtual follow up sessions for all participating schools

Other MAIS schools taking part in the first day session could schedule a 60-90 minute virtual session back at their

schools to extend the areas of interest that they found at the workshop with a larger number of leaders at their school.

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For the past 40 years, Steve has served as an educational consultant to school districts, teacher organizations, state departments of education, and colleges and universities nationally and internationally, facilitating the changes necessary for them to reach students and successfully prepare them for the 21st century. A prolific published author, his weekly blog, Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud, has evolved into a go-to resource for teachers and administrators all over the world.

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