1. Teacher Leadership: Take the Lead in Creating Your Own Teacher Leadership Cohort (TLC) IPD Staff - Norma Sanchez & Vernon Gettone

2. What is Leadership?

3. What Makes a Good Leader? or

4. What are “Good” Leadership Traits?

5. What Skills are Required of Leaders? Using evidence and data in decision-making. Recognizing opportunities and taking the initiative. Mobilizing people around teaching and learning. Marshalling resources from community partners and taking action. Sharing progress and making adjustments. Sustaining the commitment of others on the value and importance of school to build a community Habits of mind, like optimism, enthusiasm, open-mindedness, confidence, courage, decisiveness, perseverance, creativity, flexibility, and more.

6. Leadership Quotes

7. TLC Program Grant from NEA to support teacher leadership & innovation in Curriculum and Instruction - $500 stipend Applications Online 6 Teachers selected per Region – 24 Total Leadership Academy - July 2013 & 2014 Two days Training on Leadership Presentations from Cohort 1 Seeds planted… Leadership Project Regional Participation

8. Professional Capital By Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullan Professional Capital Human Capital Individual “talent” or skills Social Capital Collective skills and interactions Decisional Capital Making decisions in complex situations

9. Cohort 1 2013-14 Cohort 2 2014-15

10. Leadership Projects Cohort 1 Chris Miraglia – Santa Ana Teacher Evaluation Tracey Douglas – NEA Jurupa TK and K Teacher Voice Trina Brown – Beaumont Special Education Advocacy Stacey Ward – Palm Springs Teacher Retention Strategies Monica Cooper – Adelanto Common Core Daily 5 Tina Gruen – UTLA Small Learning Community with Common Core (High School) Barbara Ransom – Santa Monica/Malibu Math Lesson Study (Middle School) Adriana Perez – Inglewood TK-3 Common Core Gabriela Orozco – Montebello Common Core Café (K-5) Ashley Cooper - Conejo Valley Professional Capital Region 3 Region 4

11. Leadership Projects Cohort 1 Continues Region 1 Greg Adler, San Jose Global Competence Flint Christensen, Oakland Integrating the Common Core State Standards and Technology Sue Holland, Dixie Instituting a Health Curriculum at Miller Creek Middle School Ken Klieman, Redwood City Connecting Rigor and Relationships: End of the Unit Service Learning Events Aijeron Simmons, Oakland Connect Home. School and Common Core Julie Webb, Davis Close Reading and the Common Core: What does it Look Like Primary Students

12. Region 1 Meetings Conference Calls Region 1 Bi-Monthly Meetings Updates on Projects UC Davis Reading Project Institute for Teaching (IFT) Opportunities to discuss, share and build capacity Conference Calls Strong board and managerial support

13. Region 3 Meetings Monthly Meetings Updates on Projects UCLA Writing Project CTA Governmental Relations Institute for Teaching (IFT) Parent University – Inglewood Communications – Messaging Opportunities to discuss, share, and build capacity Strong managerial support * Meetings attended by IPD & PCS Staff, Region 3 Manager, & Board Member

14. Power of Teacher Leadership Presenters at CTA conferences At Bargaining Tables Leaders in their Local Assn. NEA Teacher Ambassadors NEA GPS Facilitators RA Attendees TURN Presenters Directors of District Prof. Dev. Curriculum Dev Leaders Assessment Leaders And more… TLC Teachers are:

15. How can a TLC help your Local? Common Core, NGSS & SBAC LCAP & LCFF CTA Strategic Plan Build a Stronger Focus on Curriculum & Instruction Direct District Prof Dev. and Curricular Decisions Increase Parent Involvement Endless possibilities…

16. Basic ServicesStandards Parental Involvement Pupil Achievement Pupil Engagement School Climate Course Access Other Pupil Outcomes 16 8 LCAP State Priorities

17. Advocacy Organizing Culture LeadershipSocial Justice Community & Coalition Organizing the Unorganized Structure & Governance Transforming Our Profession 17 CTA Strategic Plan

18. What do you Need for a TLC? Application & Selection Process Stipend and/or Compensation MOU with District Clear Goals and Expectations = (e.g., setting all meeting dates & leadership project due date) Resources for Monthly Meetings = (e.g., food, location, release time) Multiple Opportunities for Presentation and Sharing of Leadership Projects Ongoing Support & Program Oversight Connecting Local, CTA and NEA

19. The Future? For more information contact: Norma – nsanchez@cta.orgnsanchez@cta.org Vernon – vgettone@cta.org– vgettone@cta.org

20. Who will be your shirtless nut(s)?

21. Your CTA Staff (Members of CSO) Work with you: Around Negotiations On Personnel Issues Contract Issues (Grievances) Unfair Labor Practices Politics (School Board Races, Parcel Tax and Bond Measures) Organizing and Community Outreach Professional Development and Training Membership And much more!