Teacher Leader Community of Practice in Partnership with 21CSLA

Too often, teacher leaders are tasked with leading departments, grade-level teams, or PLCs without sufficient support for developing the unique understandings and skills necessary to facilitate learning for colleagues. Teacher Leadership in Times of Transition Community of Practice develops the leadership capacity of established and emerging teacher leaders, with an emphasis on the design and facilitation of powerful adult learning spaces. The program deepens leadership identity while connecting to deeper purpose, vision for equity, and core values. As part of a reflective, robust community of practice, teacher leaders from multiple Bay Area districts will hone their capacity to facilitate collaboration that improves equitable outcomes for students.

The sessions of the CoP are designed to support teacher leaders to:

• Learn research backed tools and strategies to design powerful adult learning spaces, refine their coaching stance and work effectively with colleagues.
• Engage with equity-aligned leadership and coaching frameworks, grounded in real-world dilemmas and data.
• Build a professional network with other like-minded educational leaders who routinely facilitate adult learning and coaching.
• Reflect on leadership core values, clarify purpose and vision for the learning space, refine facilitation practices, and understand impact on adult and student learning.