Transforming Teaching and Leading
Transforming Teaching and Leading
The U.S. Department of Education recognizes the great work of teachers throughout the country, who give of themselves to improve educational opportunities for all students. We support the work of teachers through initiatives and resources that lift the profession and help educators and students succeed.
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Leading from the Classroom
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Teach to Lead® is an initiative jointly convened by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, ASCD and the U.S. Department of Education. The program's mission is to advance student outcomes by expanding opportunities for teacher leadership. This is achieved by providing resources, facilitating stakeholder consultation, and encouraging professional collaborations to develop and amplify the work of teacher leaders. Teach to Lead envisions a world in which teachers are valued as the foremost experts in instruction and, as such, are leaders of informing, developing, and implementing education policy and practice to steer systematic improvements to benefit student learning.
Mission: Teach to Lead envisions a world in which teachers are valued as the foremost experts in instruction and, as such, are leaders in developing, informing, and implementing education policy and practice to steer systemic improvements to benefit student learning.
Objectives:
- Increase pathways and opportunities for teachers to exercise leadership
- Elevate teacher voice to inform and develop policy and practice
- Expand existing efforts and create models to steer systemic improvements to benefit student learning
- Visit the Teach to Lead website and learn more.
- Questions? Contact us at: info@teachtolead.org
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The Teachers Edition
The Teachers Edition is a weekly newsletter written by teachers at the Department of Education that celebrates teaching and leading.
The Teachers Edition highlights great teachers and teacher leadership and offers a number of resources, including examples of best practices and links to interesting reading and emerging research that help educators solve problems and answer burning questions.
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- Review back issues to catch up on resources you may have missed.