1. TEACHER LEADERSHIP LEARNING TEAMS OUR FUTURE Stephanie Hirsh National Staff Development Council

2. It is no failure to fall short of realizing all that we might dream. The failure is to fall short of dreaming all that we might realize. - Dee Hock Founder, VISA

3. Being a teacher leader is a powerful professional growth experience.

4. Behind every great school door is not only a great principal, but also a great team of teacher leaders.

5. American Federation of Teachers National Education Association National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

6. NSDC Goal All educators in all schools will experience high-quality professional learning as part of their daily work.

7. The NSDC Vision  Results-driven  Standards-based  Job-embedded

8. What are students expected to know and be able to do? What must educators know and be able to do to ensure student success? What professional development must be offered to enable educators to develop the knowledge and skills needed to produce the results they want for students?

10. No more “adult pull-out programs”.

11. Examine data Clarify student needs Establish adult learning priorities Design powerful lessons and assessments Reflect on the results Learning Teams...

12. At school, everyone’s job is to learn.

13. The single largest determinant of a student’s success is the quality of teaching. -Kati Haycock

14. It is what students need rather than what adults want that should shape educators' learning. Mizell, Hayes. (2003) Facilitator: 10 refreshments: 8 evaluation: 0, Journal of Staff Development, (24:4). p 10.

15. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. - Nelson Mandela

16. Defense contractors speak as if the fate of the nation depended on their products, and it does. Why don’t education advocates convey that same sense of importance and urgency when they know to a certainty that their “products” will absolutely determine the fate of our nation? Begala, P. (2002). Paul Begala sounds off on leadership. Connections, 9(1), 18.

17. Leading by example is perhaps the purest form of leadership and the one over which each of us has the most control. Barth, Roland. (2001, February). Teacher Leader. Phi Delta Kappan, 82(6), 447.

18. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

19. Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. Sitting Bull, 1877