Teacher Leaders Network
For years, Education Week Teacher has partnered with the Center for Teaching Quality to publish a regular column by members of the Teacher Leaders Network, which is now the CTQ Collaboratory. For the most recent pieces in the column, visit the new CTQ Collaboratory index page.
In a discussion about what the common core means for educators, two teachers describe the ways they’ve seen it lead to “joyful learning.”
June 18, 2013 – Teacher
Working with, and ultimately getting through to, a difficult 6th grader reminded this teacher that students' personal gains are often as important as their academic ones.
June 11, 2013 – Teacher
Becoming a student again reminded this gifted-education teacher about some basic teaching musts, including providing clear directions and encouraging class camaraderie.
June 3, 2013 – Teacher
Jennie Magiera, a digital learning expert, offers tips on using free platforms and tools that she says can help teachers jumpstart their own professional learning.
May 29, 2013 – Teacher
Opening up the lines of communication with parents and listening to their advice can make it easier to teach and support their children, says a special education teacher.
May 21, 2013 – Teacher
Letting other educators and community members into their classrooms helps teachers see their students and practices with new eyes, says 6th grade teacher Jessica Cuthbertson.
May 14, 2013 – Teacher
With school budgets tightening, teachers may feel even more pressure to spend their own money on classroom supplies. These tips can help keep the costs down to almost nothing, says a math teacher.
May 8, 2013 – Teacher
Kimber Larson, a 6th grade teacher, shares the grading policy that she says transformed her classroom into a positive learning environment.
April 30, 2013 – Teacher
A Los Angeles teacher shares how a program designed to create a greater college-going culture at school has also served as a vehicle for student voice and leadership.
April 23, 2013 – Teacher
After trying out a co-teaching model with her school's reading specialist, a language arts teacher offers some lessons learned from the collaboration.
April 17, 2013 – Teacher
Megan Allen, a 5th grade teacher in Florida, offers a confidence-boosting tip sheet for educators who are interested in getting involved in education policy and school decisionmaking.
April 10, 2013 – Teacher
A high school English teacher aims to counter his coworker's fears that the common-core literacy standards' focus on nonfiction will hinder students' creativity.
April 3, 2013 – Teacher
Jennifer Barnett says that introducing initiatives to get students thinking about life after high school has had a dramatic effect on student involvement and engagement at her school.
March 26, 2013 – Teacher
Literacy teacher Jessica Cuthbertson explains what losing her voice to laryngitis recently taught her about good teaching.
March 20, 2013 – Teacher
A teacher who has been in and out of the classroom for the last three years offers some pointers that have helped get her reading lessons back on track.
March 13, 2013 – Teacher
Running shares many of the same characteristics as teaching and can help educators connect with their students on a different level, says Wendi Pillars.
March 5, 2013 – Teacher
High school English teacher Larry Ferlazzo offers advice on helping students develop more positive emotions, which he says can enhance their attention and higher-order thinking skills.
February 26, 2013 – Teacher
Language arts teacher Rob Kriete examines the habits of successful teacher-learning cohorts.
February 20, 2013 – Teacher
After years of experimentation and reflection, English and digital media teacher Paul Barnwell offers his current take on smart—and not-so-smart—ways to use technology in the classroom.
February 12, 2013 – Teacher
Teacher and policy advocate Megan Allen offers tips for teachers on how to balance their time and rediscover their passion for teaching.
January 29, 2013 – Teacher
Veteran teacher Elizabeth Stein shares tips on bringing more meaning and value to data-driven instruction.
January 22, 2013 – Teacher
Many teachers are worried they'll have to scratch poems from their syllabi under the common standards, but teacher Ben Curran says all that's needed is a shift in the way poetry is read and discussed.
January 15, 2013 – Teacher
Inviting students to help make changes in their school can be a powerful exercise in practicing leadership, says teacher Jennifer Barnett.
January 8, 2013 – Teacher
With the Common Core State Standards hovering, a middle school math teacher discusses her efforts to help her students reason abstractly and approach problems more systematically.
December 31, 2012 – Teacher
A middle school teacher describes how she walked "a fine line" in answering her students' questions about the Sandy Hook school shooting.
December 19, 2012 – Teacher
A secondary language arts teacher shares how she uses film to inspire her students' interaction with a variety of texts.
December 12, 2012 – Teacher
A language arts teacher offers ideas for establishing grading practices that make kids not only want to succeed, but feel that they can.
December 4, 2012 – Teacher
Instructional coach Ben Curran offers tips on getting started with student blogging, which he says can help address the common standards in language arts.
November 28, 2012 – Teacher
Teacher Wendi Pillars says recent findings in neuroscience can help teachers better understand the reading-development process.
November 14, 2012 – Teacher
The true magic in putting tablets in the classroom comes from effective teacher pedagogy and implementation models, says digital-learning expert Jennie Magiera.
November 7, 2012 – Teacher
Despite all the negative news about teachers, there are still plenty of reasons to celebrate the profession, says a high school teacher.
October 30, 2012 – Teacher
Teacher and tech coach Brianna Crowley offers advice to help teachers better understand and negotiate the digital push taking place in many schools.
October 24, 2012 – Teacher
By reflecting on situations in which they've needed help themselves, teachers can gain insight into strategies that will make learning easier for students, says a gifted education teacher.
October 9, 2012 – Teacher
ELL teachers Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski offer examples of games that work well in the ELL classroom and can be adapted for all English-ability levels.
September 25, 2012 – Teacher
Games can help create meaningful and low-anxiety opportunities for English-language learners to develop fluency, say Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski.
September 19, 2012 – Teacher
Educators John Prosser and Ryan Prosser from Tacoma Public Schools offer tips on using ethical dilemmas in the classroom to promote critical thinking and self-efficacy in students.
September 12, 2012 – Teacher
Wendi Pillars, a veteran English-Language-learner teacher, explains how Action Research can help educators better understand and address instructional challenges.
September 5, 2012 – Teacher
A 2nd grade teacher touts the benefits of video clubs, in which groups of teachers watch and discuss video-recorded lessons.
August 28, 2012 – Teacher
A 6th grade teacher says that carefully introducing her students to the protocols of academic discussion and inquiry has led to improvements in engagement and learning.
August 22, 2012 – Teacher
To address writing difficulties among her students, special education teacher Laurie Wasserman uses journaling as the foundation for all writing in her classroom.
August 14, 2012 – Teacher
A high school math teacher shares the strategies that have worked for her in developing strong connections with students, which she says leads to higher achievement.
August 7, 2012 – Teacher
Teacher Sandy Merz elaborates on how he arranges permanent seating assignments in his classroom to maximize students' potential for learning.
July 31, 2012 – Teacher
A summer of Spanish immersion in South America got one teacher thinking about ways to improve his literacy instruction once he heads back to class.
July 25, 2012 – Teacher
Truly engaging with "teacher voice" means taking seriously the collective and individual expression of teachers' professional opinions, writes José Vilson.
July 17, 2012 – Teacher
Two teachers attempt to set the record straight on the instructional shifts required by the common standards.
July 10, 2012 – Teacher
Teacher and world traveler Noah Zeichner explores what teaching "global competencies" might look like in practice.
July 3, 2012 – Teacher
Sandy Merz writes that engaging his students in seat-selection activities sets a positive collaborative tone from the first day of school and helps him learn how each class will function.
June 27, 2012 – Teacher
As the school year closes, Anthony Colucci asks himself some tough questions about his performance as a teacher leader.
June 19, 2012 – Teacher
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