Teachers' Union Launches School To Train Teachers
The Chicago Teachers Union has become the first labor organization in the nation to launch a graduate school for K-12 educators, a move that comes as teachers' unions are working to expand their roles beyond the bargaining table.
Plans for the Jacqueline B. Vaughn Graduate School for Teacher Leadership were unveiled late last month, with the goal of opening its doors to 225 educators next January. The private institution, to be housed near union headquarters within the Chicago Merchandise Mart Plaza, will award only master's degrees in the area of teacher leadership.
"The intent is to raise the profile of the whole concept of teacher leadership and to support excellent teachers in their desire to remain in the classroom," said Deborah Lynch, the union's president. "Even the best principals cannot meet all the challenges that are required in a school; school leadership needs to be...
This article is available to subscribers only.
To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article.
Subscribe to Education Week and Save
Get a full year and save up to 45%!
Viewed
Emailed
Recommended
Commented
- Program Coordinator
- Institute for Educational Advancement, South Pasadena, CA
- K-8 Principal
- EdVantages/Performance Academies, Detroit, MI
- Principals
- Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
- Superintendent
- Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County, FL
- Elementary School Teacher
- Success Academy Charter Schools, New York, NY
