Teacher Leadership
Professional Growth
schedules that foster teacher collaboration
Full Challenge: The number of districts implementing schedules to foster PK-12 STEM teacher collaboration.
Challenge Description: Few districts implement creative staffing and scheduling practices to maximize the time STEM teachers have to work together to improve practice and student learning outcomes. As a result, the structure and schedule of the typical school-day limits opportunities for meaningful teacher collaboration.
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...
How Modeling Instruction Provides Effective Professional Development for STEM Teachers
Watch "How Modeling Instruction Provides Effective Professional Development for STEM Teachers", a recorded "Steal This" presentation from the American...
Catalyzing Change in Math Education: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Elementary and Beyond
Watch "Catalyzing Change in Math Education: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Elementary and Beyond", a recorded "Steal This" presentation...
Funding Opportunities to Support the Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of STEM Teachers of Color
Watch "Funding Opportunities to Support the Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of STEM Teachers of Color", a recorded "Steal This" presentation...
Teacher Forum Talks: Defining, Accessing, and Investing in STEM
August 27, 2019 Here at 100Kin10 we seek out the perspectives of STEM teachers from across the country through our Teacher Forum. Members help us...
Teacher Forum Talks: STEM-spiration, CTE, and Teacher-led Learning
May 24, 2019 We launched the 100Kin10 Teacher Forum to hear directly from STEM teachers. Teacher Forum members help us keep a pulse on what’s...
Teacher Forum Talks: NGSS, the Meaning of STEM, and Resources
November 27, 2018 100Kin10 Teacher Forum members gathered virtually in November to discuss what they had heard from their peers during recent...
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...
"I finally began to understand that teaching is not 'settling'"
“Hi, I’m Amanda. I attend Colorado School of Mines and am majoring in Engineering Physics.” That’s how I introduced myself over and over – during job...
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...
Professional development is often treated as a compliance issue.
Published July 2017. Recent reports from such organizations as the National Research Council and the National Academy of Science highlight concerns...
"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 often lack access to quality STEM professional development.
Published July 2017. Efforts to improve K–12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education will necessarily require quality...
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...
"Too often, professional development in schools is disjointed, unsupported, and participated in just to check a box toward recertification"
In the third grade, I had a lovely teacher who meant well. Nearly every week, we would celebrate Fridays with a game of “Round the World” to practice...
Schools often lack a collaborative environment to foster teacher growth.
Published July 2017. One of the factors contributing to the attrition of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers is the lack...