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Coaching and Supervising Your Team
As international schools mature, collaborative and distributed leadership models are becoming far more necessary and common. Many of these more contemporary leadership models expand the roles of department heads, grade or year level leaders, and other teacher leaders beyond curriculum work to include the promotion of teacher growth through coaching, as well as evidence-based accountability through supervision.
While the conventional wisdom has been that these two essential roles are not easily compatible, the reality is that teacher leaders will find themselves managing and leading both. Teacher leaders work far more closely with teachers and students than principals so are well-positioned to make significant contributions to both these facets. This course is designed to help teacher leaders learn the skills of both roles
While the conventional wisdom has been that these two essential roles are not easily compatible, the reality is that teacher leaders will find themselves managing and leading both. Teacher leaders work far more closely with teachers and students than principals so are well-positioned to make significant contributions to both these facets. This course is designed to help teacher leaders learn the skills of both roles
What you are going to learn
Learning Outcomes
You will learn and practice how to lead the process of:
- Collect meaningful evidence of: instructional strategies; planning approach; assessment tools; and student learning
- Use data to guide coaching and instructional decisions that promote teacher growth
- Provide meaningful feedback to team members on specific teaching and assessment strategies
- Lead reflective processes with colleagues, using evidence of student learning, which lead to improved teaching practices
- Identify and support the needs of team members as adult learners
- Align instructional practices to teacher standards
What's My Commitment?
This course has four learning modules. Modules become available every two weeks during the course. You will have two weeks to complete all learning tasks before the next module drops. In order to earn your Certificate of Completion for this course and count this course towards your Certificate of International School Teacher Leadership you will need to:
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Complete all learning tasks including quizzes and "stop and reflect" opportunities
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Engage in one job embedded learning task, per learning module, and share a reflection of your learning
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Participate in discussion posts to share ideas and experiences with your international school course colleagues
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Share your learning from one of the curated Go Deep resources from each learning module
You Are a Leader!
Increase your leadership skills and focus on student learning. You are on your way to earning your certificate of international school teacher leadership! The strategies and tools from this course are designed to help you effectively lead your team while improving student learning.