Domain 4

This is an organization that breaks professional learning into standards and outlines the characteristics of effective professional learning, even discussing how effective professional learning can positively effect student learning.

So often, teachers will tell me that they believe they are leaders and when I ask them why, they struggle telling me. Some will say, well, they coach, or they are the note-taker in team meetings, but they miss the whole picture. Having a mind of the "big picture" is hard. This resources gives some great advice on how to be that real teacher leader in your school and in your district.

This is a collection of what my staff believed professionalism to be. This topic can bring some fierce controversy to any staff. One person's definition of professionalism is not another's and to implement the same rules on the that same person causes that controversy. So, together as a staff, these are the "rules" that were created. It was interesting to me to see many of the concerns that I had of the staff in this area. I would have liked to take this another step further and determine as a staff what would be most appropriate to do when staff did not follow the agreed upon "rules."

It is amazing to me just how many teachers have no idea that there is a "school code" or "state expectations" of educators. The above code of ethics is quite explicit of the expectations for all educators. Often, teachers lose their jobs because they have violated the code, or done something inappropriate, or unethical. So study up!