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Shared-Leadership Network

Shared Leadership Network

Based on educator retention rates, it is very clear that the current system isn’t working for many educators. A shared-leadership approach positively impacts teacher retention, the working conditions and experience of educators, and student outcomes.

Shared-Leadership is a term used to describe educator teams that have collaborative cultures and use shared decision-making structures to lead their schools. These schools are almost always led by a principal or other designated school leader, but those leaders share agreed-upon decision making autonomies and are guided by the effective practices identified by the Teacher-Powered Schools Network.


Shared Leadership Network

The Shared Leadership Network is a series of meet-ups where school leaders and teams of teachers can connect with like-minded educators to share practices and hear from other schools about strategies and processes used to elevate teachers' voices and put their passions and ideas into practice.

Whether a leader is thinking about implementing a major initiative (Next Education Workforce™, XQ Institute, Teacher-Powered Schools, scaling a Community School model, etc.), supporting a new district/system-level adoption, or focusing on strengthening the school's culture and climate, having a network of like-minded colleagues surrounding them is critical.

The Shared Leadership Network meets via video conferencing, for 90-minutes and covers the following topics:

  • Keeping Students at the Center of Decision-Making

  • Honoring Student Voice and Choice

  • Meaningfully Involving Families and Communities

  • Transparency and Collaborative Culture

  • Shared Leadership Structures and Reimagining Leadership Positions


Autonomies

Each teacher-powered school looks different because their team is able to create the best system and environment for their students, staff, and community. The autonomies have been identified by Kim Farris-Berg, Edward J. Dirkswager, and Amy Junge after researching and observing autonomous schools throughout the country. More information about teacher autonomies can be found on the Teacher-Powered Schools website.

Teacher-powered schools have partial or full autonomy in one or more of the following areas:

Program

1 Learning program

2 School level policy

3 Professional development

4 Determining assessment

5 Broadening assessment

Personnel

6 Selecting colleagues

7 Evaluating colleagues

8 Transferring or terminating colleagues

9 Setting tenure policy

10 Selecting leaders

Administrative

11 Budget

12 Staff pattern

13 Compensation

14 Work hours

15 Schedule


Teacher-Powered Practices

The nine Teacher-Powered Practices are what teacher-powered teams use to design and run their schools. More information about The Practices can be found on the Teacher-Powered Schools website.

1. Keep Students at the Center of Decision-Making

2. Meaningfully Involves Families and Communities

3. Honor Student Voice and Choice

4. Cultivate a Collaborative Culture

5. Embrace Transparency in Decision-Making

6. Create Shared Leadership Structures

7. Reimagine and Rotate Leadership Positions

8. Engage in Peer Observation

9. Take On a Learner Mindset


Recorded Webinars

Teacher-Powered Schools 101 Webinar

Teacher-Powered Schools Leaders Panel