Teacher Leadership

We asked: Write a poem to describe your teaching philosophy.

Teacher leaders seek to make a difference beyond their classrooms, but school systems are complex and ever-changing. This resource introduces the Activity System Framework to help teachers map, analyze, and better understand their systems—whether a classroom, department, or committee—so they can identify leverage points for meaningful change.

In this webinar, we present a specialized tool designed to assist early-career STEM teachers (ECSTs) in identifying factors within complex systems that impact collaborative relationships between colleagues. This tool aids ECSTs in meaningful discussions about implementing equitable teaching practices across all grade bands and content levels, fostering shifts in their own and their colleagues’ approaches.

The public narrative about education often lacks teacher voices. Teachers face barriers in deciding what to write as well as where and how to make their stories public. This resource is intended to reduce those barriers by helping teachers decide systematically on a writing topic and venue.

How can teacher leaders find support and professional learning as they step into a new role? The answer for me was finding a leadership coach.