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North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards
Standard 1: Teachers demonstrate leadership.
1.02. Teachers demonstrate leadership in the school.
Teachers work collaboratively with school personnel to create a professional learning community. They analyze and use local, state, and national data to develop goals and strategies in the school improvement plan that enhances student learning and teacher working conditions. Teachers provide input in determining the school budget and in the selection of professional development that meets the needs of students and their own professional growth. They participate in the hiring process and collaborate with their colleagues to mentor and support teachers to improve the effectiveness of their departments or grade levels.
- Work collaboratively with all school personnel to create a professional learning community
- Analyze data
- Develop goals and strategies through the school improvement plan
- Assist in determining school budget and professional development
- Participate in hiring process
- Collaborate with colleagues to mentor and support teachers to improve effectiveness
Resources for professional development
These resources available from LEARN NC can help you improve your teaching in this area.
Best practices & instructional models
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- Working together to get writing right
- Philosophical and practical reasons to support writing across the curriculum in high schools. A WebQuest for teachers.
- Format: article
- By Kim Bowen.
- Mentoring matters
- How mentors can serve as role models, helpers, and colleagues.
- Format: article
- By Evalee Parker.
- Learning from new teachers
- Mentors can share in the hope and enthusiasm of new teachers.
- Format: article
- By Joy Jenkins.
- Improving school improvement with Web 2.0 tools
- This article shares four technology tools that can make the process of creating and implementing a School Improvement Plan an easier one. Tools shared include Google Forms, wikis, social bookmarking, and Google Presentations.
- Format: article
- By Rebeccah Haines.
- How do I use all this data?
- An eight-step checklist and questions for making use of various kinds of education data.
- By Chris Hitch and Ken Jenkins.
- Communication: The key to successful mentoring
- Building support systems begins with asking for help — and giving it.
- Format: article
- By Diane Gore.
- Building your own support network
- How to take charge of your own professional development and break through the isolation of the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Denise Young.
