Standard II

Standard II: Teacher leadership specialists support an environment that is respectful of a diverse population of educators.

Element a. Teacher leadership specialists model respectful communication strategies.

Developing

Communicates effectively with individuals and groups as a means to build relationships.
Identifies and acknowledges cultural differences that exist in the work environment.

Proficient

...and

Communicates effectively with individuals and groups as a means to create and sustain relationships that focus on student learning.
Respects cultures, experience, backgrounds, ethnicities, beliefs, and languages in the school as evidenced by professional development practices.

Accomplished

...and

Facilitates effective conversations among educators to build relationships that focus on student learning.
Promotes effective instruction through the use of: Culturally relevant strategies.
Culturally sensitive strategies.
Different points of view.

Distinguished

...and

Monitors communication strategies and patterns to:

Determine their effectiveness.
Adjust as needed.
Respectfully and effectively conducts difficult conversations as needed.
Provides effective feedback to teachers and/or other staff members regardless of their background.

Element b. Teacher leadership specialists differentiate professional learning to meet the diverse learning needs in the school/district.

Developing

Identifies the diverse needs of individual educators.

Proficient

...and

Adapts level of support to meet the diverse needs of individual educators.

Accomplished

...and

Provides appropriate differentiated professional development.

Artifact- G Suite for Education

Context- this resources provides teachers with written and video instructions for using the G Suite Apps for Education.

Rationale - This resources offers three paths for teachers to take. It meets the diverse needs of the educators by providing them with a beginner level path, intermediate path, and an experienced user path. The beginner path provides educators with face-to-face instruction and support. The other two paths can be used for a blended learning environment or for educators to use to work online at their own pace.

Reflection - this resource's initial goal was to prepare educators to pass the Google Level 1 & Level 2 exam. It has evolved and now focuses on the pedagogical implications the G Suit for Education apps have and trains teachers how to implement these apps in their everyday instruction.

Distinguished

...and

Establishes peer support networks among educators to improve instruction.

Sample Artifacts

Standard 2, Element a

Teacher leadership specialists model respectful communication strategies.

· Provide opportunities and a structure for educators to communicate instructional concerns.

· Use protocols to facilitate conversations between special educators and general educators, grade levels, or departments.

· Develop or facilitate trainings around diversity, culture and sensitivity.

· Support teachers in leading classroom conversations around different points of view.

· Effectively mediate difficult conversations.

Standard 2, Element b

Teacher leadership specialists differentiate professional learning to meet the diverse learning needs in the school/district.

· Pre-assess participants learning and address wants of participants in future professional learning.

· Offer choice and voice in professional development offerings.

· Provide learner agency within professional development opportunities.

· Provide evidence of implementing strategies learned through presenter trainings to meet the needs of various learners.

· Work within a PLT of TLS to identify areas of support for one another.

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