Teacher Leadership
teacher autonomy to experiment with STEM strategies
Full Challenge: Autonomy for PK-12 teachers to experiment with new STEM teaching strategies.
Challenge Description: Teachers lack autonomy to experiment with new STEM teaching strategies, particularly active STEM teaching strategies, in the classroom. Active STEM learning experiences are those that enable students to construct their own understanding; build on the ideas, experiences, and questions that students bring to the classroom; are grounded in real-world problems; and engage students in hands-on and collaborative learning.
Progress
First Look: Remotely Located Multi-Classroom Leadership in Hard-to-Staff Secondary Schools
Watch "First Look: Remotely Located Multi-Classroom Leadership in Hard-to-Staff Secondary Schools", a "Steal This" presentation from North Carolina...
Code Nation's Teacher Led Pilot: Findings and Recommendations
Watch "Teacher Led Programming: Pilot Findings and Recommendations", a recorded "Steal This" presentation from Code Nation. In the 2019-20 school...
Teacher Forum Talks: Teachers Taking Initiative, Finding their Voice, and Seeking Community Partnerships
December 16, 2019 The 100Kin10 Teacher Forum helps us keep a pulse on what’s happening “on the ground” in classrooms and schools across the county....
It’s More Than Schedules: Teacher Collaboration and Innovative Instruction
June 1, 2018 We launched the 100Kin10 Teacher Forum to get a better pulse on what’s happening in schools and classroom across the country, directly...
Many schools lack opportunities for teacher leadership.
Published July 2017. The complexities of the 21st century require a citizenry with the skills to think critically and conceptually about difficult...
"How do I get my administration to recognize that they have a valuable resource in me?"
I can be a leader or a follower, depending on what the situation demands. I started teaching in 1998 with the help of excellent mentors,...
The traditional school model discourages experimentation.
Published July 2017. A typical public school classroom in the United States looks much the same in 2017 as it did in the mid-19th century: A teacher...
There is no commonly-agreed upon trajectory for teacher professional growth.
Published July 2017. Currently, there exists a plethora of ways and reasons that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers...
Teachers' voices are regularly absent from conversations about their professional growth.
Published July 2017. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs are expected to...