Teacher Leaders Fellow Application

Teaching Matters and the NYCDOE Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality are excited to offer an opportunity for New York City Teacher Leaders to to develop instructional leadership skills and deepen the implementation and rigor of the Common Core at their schools.

Through a competitive process, Math and ELA Teacher Leaders can apply to join the fellows program where they will receive support to earn four micro-credentials, recognizing their work in leading their peers towards improved Common Core-aligned instruction. Teacher Leader Fellows who earn four competency-based micro-credentials will be prioritized for a Master Teacher qualification within the NYCDOE. Teacher leaders will also be asked to share their work with a broader audience, impacting schools across NYC and beyond.

Eligibility

To be eligible for Teacher Leader Fellows, teachers must be:

Staffed in a Peer Collaborative Teacher (PCT) role through the Teacher Career Pathways program for the 2017-2018 school year.
Leading at least one teacher team/professional learning community focused on either math or ELA/Literacy during the 2017-18 school year.
Able to participate in required professional learning activities.

What Support Will I Receive and What are the Expectations?

Teacher leaders will benefit from support from a highly-recognized professional learning organization, Teaching Matters. This includes: individualized coaching, institutes emphasizing leading Professional Learning Communities in Common Core-aligned practices, and online learning modules, all leading to the opportunity to earn four micro-credentials recognizing their work in leading their peers.
Teacher leaders will support and lead peers to improve their instruction within their schools through activities such as weekly PLCs, individualized coaching, and workshops.
Teacher leaders will integrate tools from Achieve the Core, including the Instructional Practice Guide Coaching tool into their teacher leadership practice.
Teacher leaders will impact teachers beyond their buildings through presentations at conferences and events, blog posts and newsletters, and social media.

For more details on the fellowship, please read our one-pager here.

Teacher Leader Fellows

Participation in Teacher Leader Fellows will require specific commitments over the course of the 2017-18 school year and we ask that applicants consider this at the onset of applying. Are you able to commit to the following :

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I will attend the 3-day Leading Teacher Teams workshop on September 27th, 29th and December 5th.
I will schedule and attend monthly support sessions from a Teaching Matters consultant (some on-site, some virtual).
I will submit evidence to earn 4 “micro-credentials” demonstrating my skills
I will integrate tools from Achieve the Core, including the Instructional Practice Guide Coaching tool into my teacher leadership practice.
I will support a cohort of 10 teachers in improving Common Core-aligned instruction.
I will share my work digitally with a broader audience of teachers beyond my school.
I will complete required evaluation and administrative tasks in support of the program.

How many years have you been in the PCT role?

How much release time do you currently have in your PCT role?

How much release time do you anticipate having in your PCT role during 2017-18?

What do you hope to gain through your participation in Teacher Leader Fellows program? How do you hope to use this opportunity to positively impact your school community?

How many teacher teams do you currently facilitate?

How many teacher teams do anticipate facilitating in the 2017-18 school year?

Please describe the teacher teams you currently facilitate, including: How many teachers are on each team?How often does each team meet? What is each team’s composition (ex: 6th grade ELA team, 3rd grade team, 6-8 math team, 7th grade interdisciplinary team, etc.)? What activities does each team most commonly engage in?

To the best of your knowledge, please describe the teacher teams you anticipate facilitating during the 2017-18 school year.

As a Teacher Leader Fellow, you will be required to support 10 teachers towards improved Common Core-aligned practices in ELA or math. To the best of your knowledge, please explain how your role as a PCT during the 2017-18 school year could enable you to support 10 teachers. For example, some possible support configurations include 1) leading 2 PLCs, each composed of 5 teachers, 2) leading 1 PLC composed of 5 teachers, and providing one-on-one coaching to an additional 5 teachers, 3) leading 1 PLC composed of 5 teachers, and providing support for a larger group of teachers through monthly professional learning workshops

Choose one of the PLCs that you facilitate. Describe this team’s greatest strength and most important area for growth. If you are not currently facilitating a team, describe a team on which you participated this year.

Considering your own teaching practice, please describe one strength and one area for growth in relation to implementing Common Core-aligned instruction in your ELA or math classroom. Where have you been successful, and what are you still working on?

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