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Click on the plus icon from in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

On the pop-up, add your name, then record a key takeaway from the reading, then click publish

On a second pop-up, add your name, then record a lingering question around teacher leadership.

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My key takeaway from the reading is I am going to be more open to others ideas. Everyone person's ideas are useful. It is my job as the leader to bring everyone back together and focus on the topic at hand and stay on task.

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Key takeaway:

I like the idea of the "dream" to make a difference. Certainly, we all have decided to be educators for that reason. Sometimes the opportunity to collaborate and reflect on teaching practices can reawaken the passion to make a difference in student's lives and community.

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My lingering question is how incorporate all the domains in my leadership model. I want to be a more well rounded leader. It will be my goal this year to work on relationship building especially. I feel that is my lowest level of the four domains.

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Key Takeaway: My key takeaway is how much of an influence teacher leaders can be on other teachers or leaders. The first quote by Marilyn Katzenmeyer and Gayle Moller made me consider the importance of contributing to a community of teachers and the influence we can have on others.

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My key takeaway is that we should always work to improve our educational practices as we take responsibility for all student learning and work with other teachers to use all of our expertise to farther our mutual learning.

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Key Takeaway:

My takeaway comes from the one word I chose on page 7.

Craft. Leadership is a craft; it takes hard work. The way I do it will look different from how others do it, but it needs to be something I am proud of and can always improve.

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My key takeaway is the importance of collaboration. Every quote mentioned collaboration and emphasized the idea that it is the most important way to solve problems and build culture.

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How do we define success as a leadership team beyond test scores?

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My key takeaways from the chart and the reading is that there are multiple ways of being an effective leader, and that leadership is a skill that can be trained through working closely with others. That collaboration is crucial for even the strongest leaders to fully understand the strengths of their team.

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My lingering question is how do I find people who are stronger in my areas of weakness. Our school really needs an influencer to achieve some of our goals. How can I find someone or become that someone without burning out?

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Key takeaway:

Teacher leaders are those who want to help the school community, not just their classroom. They care about student achievement, school success, and the culture/climate of the school and greater community.

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Lingering Question: My lingering question is how do you encourage others to be leaders when they are feeling overwhelmed or stressed?

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Lingering Question:

How can I best support/encourage colleagues with different leadership styles than mine to keep leading confidently?

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My lingering question is what to do when a team is struggling to work well together. As a relationship builder it is tough when conflict or negativity comes into a team. I want to be able to have a positive environment where productive work is done.

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My lingering question pertains to which leadership model is the most effective for a team that is passionate about goals but experiences tension when developing plans for reaching those goals.

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My key take away was that teachers who want to lead dream of making a difference, and this dream is kept alive by engaging with colleagues and the professional culture. Therefore, to lead one needs to be engaged. To stretch this out to another part of the text, teachers who lead will engage beyond the classroom and so will lead beyond the classroom.

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My key takeaway from the reading is that there are multiple types of leaders. We may not all lead in the same way, but we must all have the same end goal. Engagement and collaboration are key aspects to ensure that everyone is on the same track with that same end goal.

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Key Takeaway: My key takeaway is collaboration being the key to success. You have those few teachers who are traditional and set in their ways. It is hard to get them on board to new ideas. I want to be the lead teacher that encourages them to try new ideas because only working together as a team will provide a successful school environment.

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Key Takeaway: The "community of teacher learners"

The idea that we are leading each other and contributing to each other in order see not only academic success, but improvement within ourselves and our school culture.

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Lingering Question:

How do I empower others to be brave enough to be leaders and how do I empower leaders to allow new voices to be heard?

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Now that I have gained a better understanding of leadership and that different traits and strengths are truly unique to each of us, how do I use those strengths to my advantage to become the best leader that I can be?

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Key Takeaway: Engaging with colleagues and listening to others' ideas is essential for student and self-growth.

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One lingering question:

This will be new for not just me this year but my school. How does this actually start? Who is implementation on and are their plans already established?

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My key take away is that there is not a one size fits all leadership model. We have to be adaptive and understand our end goal, who we are working with and adjust accordingly. However, collaboration is vital.

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HOW do we get teachers to all be on the same page?

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Key Takeaway: My key takeaway comes from the quote by Linda Lambert when she says leaders "are focused on improving their craft; they accept responsibility for student learning." It reminds me that we as leaders need to keep learning about our profession and take more responsibility for how our students perform in the classroom.

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Lingering Question: How do I use all of this information to get everyone "on the same page," since all of our strengths are so unique?

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Key takeaway: All leadership roles have their positives. Teachers need support and to feel a responsibility for student achievement. Teachers also need to be surrounded with people that will keep their dream alive. It is easy to get "burnt out" but we should have a team to support us when we are going through tough times, so we do not feel too overwhelmed and feel a need to leave the profession.

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Lingering Question: How do we get all teachers on the same page of accepting responsibility for our student learning and outcomes?

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One lingering question: How do I keep myself focused on being a good leader when all of the other things come along and distract me (just the day to day things like lesson plans, testing, being class or club sponsor, doing duties, etc.) How can I do it all and still be an effective leader?

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Key Takeaway: There are a lot of different leadership styles and we ALL bring something to the table. A leader is not some on who "bosses" but LEADS. It is important to focus on my strengths as a team leader but to also point out strengths of my team members so they can fill leadership roles in a positive way and feel like a valuable team member.

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Key Takeaway: Teachers lead within to help create an educational environment based on relationships, learning, and improvement.

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Key Takeaway: Teacher leaders play a crucial role in connecting classroom practice with school-wide improvement by collaborating with colleagues, sharing expertise, and fostering a culture of mutual learning.

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Key Takeaway: There isn't one correct way to lead. I can collaborate with others to lead within my own classroom and beyond. I don't have to be in a leadership position to influence change.

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Key Takeaway:

It is my job as a teacher leader to influence those around me to be a "life-long learner". As teachers, we often get stuck in our own ways of doing things and we forget that we are responsible for learning just as much, if not more, than our students are. We have to be flexible and willing to make changes that will improve the way we reach our students.

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Lingering Question: How can I become the leader that helps promote teacher collaboration and positive attitudes?

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Lingering Question: How can teacher leaders effectively balance their responsibilities within the classroom while also driving meaningful change and collaboration beyond their own teaching?

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Key Takeaway: leaders who dream of making a difference are action oriented and work to improve their skills

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Lingering question: What is the best way to show support, yet hold your team accountable for their responsibilities?

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Lingering Question: How can I support new teachers in feeling like they have great ideas and can be a leader as well?

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Lingering Question:

How do you begin to initiate a new leadership model when others are so determined for it to be strictly traditional? That we don't have to have the one leader, we can share that role to prevent burn out.

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Lingering question: how to encourage participation to the ones that seem to encourageable because of teacher burnout or reaching retirement

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My key takeaway from the reading comes from the first quote by Marilyn Katzenmeyer and Gayle Moller (2001). The part of the quote that shares that "teachers who are leaders lead within and beyond the classroom" is my motto for this NIET training. As a young educator myself, this training is going to help me lead not only the students in my classroom, but beyond to future teachers who will soon fill their own classrooms. My goal for teaching is found at the end of the quote where is says "influence others toward improved educational practice." This is my goal, to always find ways to improve my teaching for the benefit of the students that I serve. I can do this best by building my leadership skills in this training.

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Key takeway: " focused on improving their craft, and action oriented".

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Lingering Question:

What is the best way to incorporate traits from different leadership models so my team is successful?

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Key Takeway:

Leaders are there to lead not discourage. We are there to not only make the students dreams come alive but to help our fellow teachers who have amazing dreams of being leaders, the best leaders that they can be also.

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My take away is that effective leadership comes in various forms. Being able to identify and build on different leadership styles can be greatly effective to not only the school but the community as well. Teamwork makes the Dreamwork!

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Lingering Question: As a relationship builder leadership an be hard. I have a lot of experience and lot of opinions and ideas after 29 years but I struggle to find a way to communicate that sometimes so I keep it to myself. Not so much a question as just an area I need to grow in before this whole shabang is all said and done!

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Lingering: In what ways can I introduce new ways and ideas to a team, in order to receive better student success and collaboration skills.

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A key takeaway for me is that as educators, we are still lifetime learners. We don't know everything. There is always something to learn about strategies, students, and colleagues that we can use in the best interest of our students and school.

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Lingering question: How do you show support and hold people accountable in doing their part on leadership teams without building resentment?

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My key takeaway is how important it is to be the person that still has passion and drive, even when it seems that many have burned out. A good leader is also a cheerleader that actively engages others towards a common goal.

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Takeaway: The significance a teacher can have outside of their classroom. A teacher's leadership is not limited to just their classroom, collaboration with others is essential for growth.

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Lingering Question:

Something that I have experienced several times in PLCs is that some teachers become stagnant or want to keep a "traditional way of doing things." As a future leader, how do you get these teachers on board with new concepts, strategies, etc., without being that leader that people see as a controller?

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Which Leadership Model is the most effective for education? Is there one?

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Key Takeaway:

My key takeaway is that leading doesn't stop in the classroom. The first quote on pg. 7 says that "leaders lead within and beyond the classroom" and that really resonated with me the importance of what we do and the impact we, as teachers, can have.

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Lingering question:

How do we know when and how to use the different leadership methods to achieve desired results?

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My lingering question is how do you motivate and support teachers that do not seem to want the motivation, support, or collaboration?

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My key takeaway from the reading is that my influence is in my classroom and outside of it as well. I am encouraged to continue being a reflective teacher, but I also need to be action-oriented to improve my influence with students and mentees.

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Key Takeaway: There are many different types of leaders, and the collaboration between these different types is very productive to the goals and planning of the group. It takes a village to educate!

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Key takeaway:

Teacher leaders are constantly seeking positive growth/impacts in their profession and ways to inspire colleagues through collaboration and relationships in effort to keep a strong community for learning.

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Lingering Question:

As a leader, how do I address teachers who have a negative perspective regarding the school, other teachers, or the decisions that are made?

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Lingering Question:

I need help knowing how to communicate when a problem that I see needs to be addressed without hindering the teacher. I don't want them to see me as a someone who is out to get them. I care and want to help. This is my 30th year and I am a relationship builder not a tearer downer. This is hard for me!

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My key takeaway is that you can specialize in a specific leadership model, but you must have a knowledge of all. The phrase "jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one" came to mind when I was reading through the passage. I loved the last quote- it said teacher leaders must be the broker, the participant, the mediator, and the learner.

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Lingering Question: How to get admin to be more understanding about the different types of leaders and how to get them more on board with handing over the reins to the group instead of having us plan, and then change everything the group works hard on.

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My lingering question is how do you promote positive leadership without others labeling you as a "goody-goody" or bossy?

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Lingering Question:

How can I help other teachers not lose their drive or help ones who have already lost their drive?

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Key Takeaway: My takeaway is from the sentence that resonated the most with me from the definition. "They are reflective, inquisitive, focused on improving their craft, and action oriented..." These 4 areas summarize what a leader is to me.

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Lingering question: How do you narrow down what's the best leadership model for you when you leaned towards more than one while reading through?

Second lingering question: How do you get other leaders to understand that there are more than one way to lead?

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Lingering Question: One of the definitions talked about leaders being able to be the broker, the participant, the mediator, and the learner. I spent all of my time this last year in the role of mediator. While I love that my colleagues feel that they can come talk to me and value my opinion when they are having problems, I would love to be able to also be the broker, participant, and learner. How to I foster this among my team where we all get to experience all 4 roles?

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My key takeaway:

The quote, "They (lead teachers) are reflective inquisitive, focused on improving their craft, and action oriented; they accept responsibility for student learning and have a strong sense of self." stood out to me as I believe it is the overall goal. It is very interesting to me that I see myself in several of the models. As I read through the different models, names of individual teachers came to mind. This has allowed me to understand their thoughts and in turn I hope to be able to, " influence others toward improved educational practice" while we engage in collaboration.

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Key Takeaway: As a teacher leader, we must always seek ways for improvement within our school, team, and classroom. We must be focused on improving ourselves as well, and be intentional. We are leaders within and beyond the classroom, and should always influence others toward improved practices.

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Key takeaway:

Teacher leaders should influence others and empower them to improve themselves and our craft.

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Lingering Question: How do you support/lead in a situation when someone is not open to new ideas or corrective criticism?

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After reading the definitions of a "Teacher Leader," my key takeaway is that a Teacher Leader has the ability to inspire, promote positive change, and set high standards. We are all natural-born leaders who first lead ourselves, but when tasked with leading others, it’s important to set aside individual motives and focus on helping others learn and grow.

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My key takeaway is based off the second quote. It says that Teacher leaders want to make a difference and help other teachers grow. The have a new sense of purpose and take responsibility for student learning. I can relate to this. After 22 of teaching I have a new purpose to help other teachers grow.

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Lingering Question:

As someone whose strength is executing, how do I balance getting the job done in an efficient manner when collaborating with our team yet empathetic and build relationships?

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Lingering Question: How do you guide and help other teachers when they are not willing to accept help or change in any way?

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Lingering question:

Does teacher leadership have to focus solely on student achievement?

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Key takeaway: collaboration and relationships are key for leadership!

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Key Takeaway: Leadership is not one-size fits all. Everyone may not lead the same way. It is important to collaborate in order to reach the goal effectively.

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Lingering Question:

As a new "Teacher Lead," what are some common mistakes made during the beginning of this new position?

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Lingering Question: How can teacher leaders effectively balance their responsibilities to students, colleagues, and school improvement efforts without becoming overwhelmed?

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My key takeaway is in order to be an effective leader; it is important to speak up as well as listen in order to be successful.

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Lingering Question: What is the best way to introduce a different leadership model when admin may seem to only want to follow the traditional model?

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Key Takeaway: The idea of "promote and participate" is important in that it shows that the leader is willing to to the same work that is being asked of the others. Many people want to see their leaders working right beside them instead of ruling over them.

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Lingering Question:

How do you take in everyone's opinion through collaboration but still maintain leadership?

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Lingering Question: We all have full plates just trying to do our jobs. How does a leader balance the needs of the school/students without overwhelming the teachers in the process, and how do you get them to participate more, without extra pay/incentive?

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My key take away is that no matter what role a leader finds themselves in they should be able to "translate" the goals or principles to others in a way they can apply/understand no matter the content area.

"Translate" - the ability to take a concept and give it to someone else in a helpful way. (Dooley's Definition) :)

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Question: How do you get burned out educators to re-engage when there is new leadership without being a nag?

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Take away.... Moving from traditional to more distributed. Everyone needs to be valued. Collaborating and using the models to fit my leadership style.

One word- Collaboration

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Question- What works best to keep everyone involved and valued?