TLN Teacher Voices: Secrets of Successful Learning Teams: An Interview with Anne Jolly - 0 views
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Teacher Leaders Network
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we were the ones who generally had less opportunity for real input into policies and procedures that either allowed or threw up barriers to good teaching and learning.
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personally offer appropriate feedback to teams on a regular basis, and allow teachers to be risk-takers.
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examine research and articles on instruction to broaden their knowledge base, and work together to develop and collectively implement new strategies.
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the culture of the school begins to shift and teachers begin to support one another as professionals. In fact, team members begin to take responsibility for the success of each other as teachers.
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Imagine that you have freedom to design your school to operate anyway you want it to, and that you will be provided with sufficient resources do implement the design.• What will your teachers be doing from the time they walk in in the morning until the time they leave in the afternoon? • What would you (the principal) be doing during the school day?• How would you like the school day to be structured?• What types of meeting rooms, student learning rooms, laboratories, classrooms, and other space would you like to have in this school?• What clerical positions would be needed? What would clerical staff responsibilities be with respect to facilitating teaching and learning?
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teachers focusing exclusively on teaching and learning during the school day. The principal also takes a leadership role in the instructional process and involves teachers in helping him/her make instructional decisions.
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The school day is structured so that teachers have two hours a day to work together to address student strengths and weaknesses and improve instruction. Teachers have comfortable and relaxed surroundings in which to work together. They have access to technology and a high comfort level in using it. School firewalls have been altered so that students in the school can access and create wikis, blogs, social bookmarks, rss feeds, and other digital tools when useful for learning.
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Students who consistently disrupt learning for other students in class are temporarily placed with a smaller group of similar students within the school where trained teachers work with them in academics and behavior modification.
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clerical staff to handle non-instructional paperwork, and non-teaching staff monitors students at lunch, during class changes, and at other times when students are not engaged in instructional activities. This frees up extra time for teachers to meet with parents, attend IEP meetings, and prepare for classes.