Teachers strive to improve the teaching profession. They contribute to the establishment of positive working conditions in their school. They actively participate in and advocate for decision-making structures in education and government that take advantage of the expertise of teachers. Teachers promote professional growth for all educators and collaborate with their colleagues to improve the profession.

Teachers should: • Strive to improve the profession; • Contribute to the establishment of positive working conditions; • Participate in decision-making structures; and • Promote professional growth.

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BTLN Currently serve on the leadership council of the Beginning Teacher Leadership Council

BTLN and WCPSS Human Resources collaboration to support Lateral Entry Program and BT Mentors

WCPSS ESL Dept

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NorthEast Regional Dynamic Learning Team (#ESL_DynamicLearning) is an ESL PLT that I organized in order to support new ESL teachers and to encourage teachers in the District to network and collaborate as a whole. We synergize regularly, collaborating to improve teacher instruction and assessment, increase student academic English language acquisition, and to decrease the academic gap between ELs and their native-speaking peers. While there are other ESL PLTs that share novel ideas, our team is recognized by the District which seeks our expertise and input regularly when they need teacher input or leadership. Our members, including myself, are called upon to mentor new ESL teachers, facilitate PD, and as a model for other PLTs. We also facilitate networking events to support new ESL teachers and peers. Each of us is also involved in the District curriculum overhaul as writers or pilot teachers. We collaborate in person, virtually, digitally (through email, Twitter, and Google Apps for Education), and small groups as necessary to achieve our instructional goals and student outcome goals. Although our PLT is at capacity, we open our virtual platform (Zoom) to allow new teachers to drop in and get support when they need it. We house shared information within a team folder in Google Drive.