Teacherpreneurs E-Book

Barnett Berry

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 397

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

We need a bold new brand of teacher leadership that will create opportunities for teachers to practice, share, and grow their knowledge and expertise. This book is about "teacherpreneurs"--highly accomplished classroom teachers who blur the lines of distinction between those who teach in schools and those who lead them. These teacherpreneurs embody the concept that teachers can teach as well as lead the transformation of teaching and learning. It's about empowering expert teachers who can buoy the image of teaching and enforce standards among their ranks while all along making sure that their colleagues as well as education policymakers and the public know what works best for students. The book follows a small group of teacherpreneurs in their first year. We join their journey toward becoming teacher leaders whose work is not defined by administrative fiat, but by their knowledge of students and drive to influence policies that allow them and their colleagues to teach more effectively. The authors trace the teacherpreneurs' steps--and their own--in the effort to determine what it means to define and execute the concept of "teacherpreneurism" in the face of tough demands and resistant organizational structures.

Leseprobe

Contents

Cover

Additional Praise for Teacherpreneurs

How to Use This Book

Title Page

Copyright

About the Center for Teaching Quality

About the Authors

Barnett Berry

Ann Byrd

Alan Wieder

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Why We Wrote This Book

It Begins With Renee's Story

The Power and Promise of Teacher Leadership

This Book is Personal

Always Looking Forward

Chapter 1: Advocating for a Bold Brand of Teacher Leadership

A New Wave of Teacher Leadership

Moving Past Outdated Structures and Inadequate Solutions

Teacher Leadership and “Voice” and the Slow March to Professionalism

Chapter 2: Defining the Teacherpreneur

Teacher + Entrepreneur = Teacherpreneur

The Faces of Teacherpreneurism

Noah: The Right Stuff

Chapter 3: Preparing for Teacherpreneurism

Shared Experiences

Jessica and Reciprocal Mentoring

Ariel and Her “Nimble Teaching Mind”

Chapter 4: Making Teachers—and Teaching—Visible

Identifying Systemic Deficiencies

Redesigning Schools for Authentic Teaching and Learning

Renee's Commitment to the Profession

Chapter 5: Transcending Teaching's Past

Shannon, an Online Pioneer

José, a Seeker and Powerful Speaker

The Gendered History of Teaching

Teaching as a “Semi-Profession”

A Small Revolution Begins

A Classroom without Walls

Resisting Traditional Hierarchies

Chapter 6: Cultivating Teacherpreneurs for Teacher-Led Schools

Math and Science Leadership Academy (Denver, Colorado)

The Value of National Board Certification

A Quiet Kind of Leadership

The Potential for Greater Impact

Chapter 7: Meeting Resistance—and Crossing Borders

Cultural Barriers

Organizational Barriers

Political Barriers

Chapter 8: Creating What We Have Imagined

Are You Ready to be A Teacherpreneur?

Selecting Teacherpreneurs

CTQ Teacherpreneurs and Teachers in Residence, 2012–2013

Supporting Teacherpreneurs

Planning for the Teacherpreneurial Role

Sustaining Teacherpreneurs

Chapter 9: Finnish(ing) Lessons for Teacherpreneurism

Teachers Lead, and Leaders Teach

Investment in Teacher Preparation

Chapter 10: Foreseeing 2030

Promising Developments

Where We'll be in 2030

Appendixes

A. Group RéSumé (Chapter Two)

B. Renee's Typical Schedule (Chapter Four)

C. Sample Memorandum of Understanding—2011–2012 (Chapter Eight)

Memorandum of Understanding between Seattle Public Schools and Center for Teaching Quality, INC.

D. Teacherpreneur Monthly Reflections (Chapter Eight)

E. Sample Teacherpreneur Work Plan (Chapter Eight)

Endnotes

Index

Jossey-Bass Education

Additional Praise for Teacherpreneurs

“This book gives anyone who is concerned with the education of our nation's children a great deal of hope. We should be grateful to Barnett Berry, Ann Byrd, and Alan Wieder for introducing us to these ‘teacherpreneurs,’ the incredibly dedicated and innovative teachers whose stories are featured and whose work will move you. These gifted individuals clearly have the ability to inspire, encourage, motivate, influence, and educate other teachers.”

—Anthony S. Bryk, president,Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

“Why do I think Teacherpreneurs is an exceptionally inspiring book? It offers authentic teacher voices that speak volumes of truth. This book talks less about shortcomings of teachers or teaching and more about solutions that innovative teachers offer to make teaching one of the noble professions. A must-read for anyone who cares about how our schools will look in the future.”

—Pasi Sahlberg, director general of CIMO (Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation) in Finland and author of Finnish Lessons

“Teacherpreneurs will be a turning point for the field. It offers ‘existence proofs’ of the book's central concept while bringing the concept to life. It makes the case in an easy-to-read manner. West Point trains cadets to be 2nd lieutenants but educates them to be generals. Schools of education should similarly prepare strong candidates to be effective classroom teachers and potential teacherpreneurs. While no college program can fully prepare teachers for leadership, it can shape how they think about their careers. Teacherpreneurs presents a vision of a career in which effective teachers shape the policies that determine the classroom environment in which they and their colleagues teach. Education professors and teacher candidates will learn how they can revolutionize teaching for the betterment of students.”

—Arthur E. Wise, CTQ board chair, and president emeritus,National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

“The real-life stories of Teacherpreneurs show us the power of this hybrid model—a teacher who leads her or his colleagues without leaving the classroom, who is engaged in both pedagogy and policy, and who constantly seeks solutions. What better way to support peers and navigate the challenges confronting public schools and our students today.”

—Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers

“Strong leaders are critical in transforming schools, but too many teachers believe they must leave the classroom to make an impact. Teacherpreneurs profiles transformative teacher leaders who are revolutionizing teaching and learning and leading in their professions. By acknowledging that the teacher is the key element in authentic school improvement, Teacherpreneurs offers a roadmap for much-needed change, pointing out the institutional and cultural barriers that often stifle teacher-leadership and offering systemic measures necessary to shift the culture of school leadership.”

—Dennis Van Roekel, president,National Education Association

“Barnett Berry and colleagues have written a powerful book—offering us a powerful, new way to think about the teaching profession, now and in the future. Teacherpreneurs describes how eight extraordinary teachers became leaders without leaving the classroom, and provides insight into their inspiring and important work. Filled with rich narratives and research, this book is a must-read for teachers, administrators, and researchers, as well as education policy leaders who must invest in teaching to build the profession-wide expertise that our students need and deserve.”

—Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles Ducommun Professor of Education,Stanford University School of Education, California

“Hillsborough County Public Schools believes that ‘teacherpreneurs,’ as identified in this new book, are essential elements of a successful career ladder plan. Our best teachers want to remain teachers, but they also want to help develop colleagues, write curriculum, and have a voice in shaping educational policy at the local, state, and national level. Empowering our most effective teachers to take on broader roles should be a goal of every district seeking reform.”

—MaryEllen Elia, superintendent,Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida

How to Use This Book

This book tells the stories of extraordinary teachers who have found pathways to transformative professional leadership without leaving their classroom and students. The days of having to move out of the classroom to “move up” in your career are fading, and the teacher leaders you'll meet in these pages are proof. It is also a guidebook for other teachers, perhaps like you, who are still seeking their own leadership path.

Starting your journey is the biggest challenge. More than any other teacher leaders, teacherpreneurs must know how to connect with and create new opportunities, ready themselves with the competencies needed to lead well, and lead work among colleagues of all kinds collaboratively rather than being perpetually “out in front.” Activities at the end of each chapter help you apply the big ideas you've just read about, take action, and share with others—either in your school or as a part of the Center for Teaching Quality Collaboratory, a national virtual community of teacher leaders that we invite you to join. By the time you've worked through this book, you'll have a strategic plan to prepare for and build your own future teacherpreneurial role.

Your leadership is the sequel to Teacherpreneurs. Let's get started.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Berry, Barnett.

Teacherpreneurs: innovative teachers who lead but don't leave / Barnett Berry, Ann Byrd, Alan Wieder.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-45619-4 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-1-118-53991-0 (ebk.)

ISBN 978-1-118-54004-6 (ebk.)

1. Teaching—United States. 2. Educational change—United States. I. Byrd, Ann, 1961- II. Wieder, Alan, 1949- III. Title.

LB1025.3.B4734 2013

371.102—dc23

2013018291

About the Center for Teaching Quality

The Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) is a national nonprofit that is transforming the teaching profession through the bold ideas and expert practices of teachers. CTQ cultivates opportunities for teachers to connect, learn, and lead—for the benefit of all students.

Driving CTQ's work is the knowledge that teachers stand on the front lines of implementation for every education innovation. Because of this, they are uniquely well positioned to create practical, sustainable strategies to improve our public schools and teach and reach all students to prepare them for the global society in which they live.

Since its founding in 1999, CTQ has transitioned from a think tank to an action tank. Currently more than 20 percent of CTQ's network members are compensated to develop and use their leadership to advance the teaching profession and student learning by serving as virtual community organizers, online mentors, assessment experts, policy liaisons, writers, and speakers.

CTQ serves as one of our nation's most important thought leaders in advancing teaching as a twenty-first-century profession. At the heart of its work is the Collaboratory, a virtual community for incubating and executing educators' ideas. The Collaboratory welcomes forward-thinking administrators, policymakers, parents, and others who value teachers as leaders.

For more information, and to join the movement, please visit: teachingquality.org

About the Authors

Barnett Berry

Barnett Berry is founder and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), based in Carrboro, North Carolina.

A former high school teacher of three years, Barnett has worked as a social scientist at the RAND Corporation, served as a senior executive with the South Carolina Department of Education, and directed an education policy center while he was a professor at the University of South Carolina. In the mid-1990s he worked with Linda Darling-Hammond, then executive director of the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF), in developing its seminal report, What Matters Most. In leading NCTAF's state policy reform efforts, Barnett launched CTQ.

Barnett has authored more than eighty peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and published many other academic reports and articles for the popular education press. He blogs at Advancing the Teaching Profession, addressing today's most pressing education issues.

He frequently serves in an advisory capacity to education associations, nonprofits, and school reform organizations committed to teaching quality, equity, and social justice in America's schools. Barnett's areas of expertise include policies to advance the teaching profession, spanning from such areas as teacher recruitment and preparation to how teacher effectiveness is evaluated and rewarded.

At the core of Barnett's work is a simple and powerful conviction: our public schools will not realize their promise without drawing on the many excellent teachers we have right now. Today's expert teachers have the potential to lead the transformation of teaching and learning.

Teacherpreneurs builds on Teaching 2030 (Teachers College Press, 2011), a book Barnett coauthored with twelve expert teachers. Teaching 2030 depicts a provocative and hopeful future for the profession that transcends much of the current debates about teaching.

Barnett is married to Meredith, a dedicated special education teacher who just retired after thirty-five years of highly accomplished teaching. She has kept him grounded in the daily realities of public education. Barnett and Meredith are the parents of Joseph (age thirty-one), a political organizer and law student, and Evan (age twenty-six), an organic farmer, baker, and activist for sustainable community agriculture. Barnett and Meredith are very proud that both their children are dedicated to building a better world.

Ann Byrd

Ann Byrd serves as the chief operating officer and a partner at CTQ, where she leads organizational strategy, vision, and management efforts so that teachers can transform education. Her work at CTQ—and throughout her career—has been sparked and shaped by her thirteen years teaching high school English and journalism in Lancaster, South Carolina. Ann served as an instructor with the Teacher Cadet Program—run by Winthrop University's Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA)—for seven years while maintaining her primary role in the classroom—an experience that gave her firsthand insight into the challenges and rewards of a teacherpreneurial role. In her work with the Teacher Cadet Program, Ann sought to recruit high school seniors into education. She also served in various positions with CERRA as teacher in residence; program director; and executive director, a role she held for six years.

Ann holds a BA in English in secondary education from the University of South Carolina, an MEd in English education from Winthrop University, and an EdD in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Carolina.

She earned National Board Certification in English Language Arts for Adolescents and Young Adults in November 2000 and renewed her certification in November 2010. She also served for six years as a member of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards board of directors. Ann continues to be energized by her efforts to ensure that teacher leaders can find ways to lead their profession without having to leave their students.

Alan Wieder

Alan Wieder is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Carolina who currently works as a senior research consultant with CTQ. He has also taught at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Besides serving twice as a Fulbright Scholar, he currently holds an appointment as Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. His past research includes oral histories on race and education in the United States as well as on South African teachers who fought apartheid. His current book, on South African freedom fighters, is titled Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid, published in June 2013 by Monthly Review Books in the United States and by Jacana Media in South Africa.

Acknowledgments

So many teachers, with their pedagogical expertise and commitment to teaching, inspired us to write Teacherpreneurs and make the case for a bold brand of teacher leadership. The more than two thousand teachers in the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) Collaboratory keep us grounded (as much as we can be from a distance) in the daily realities—good and bad—they face in their respective classrooms, schools, districts, and states. They inspired us in countless ways. Most important, they have taught us that the number one problem in regard to teaching quality reforms of today is the lack of demand for the leadership that many, many expert teachers who currently teach could provide to transform public education. Of course, we are especially indebted to Shannon C'de Baca, Jessica Keigan, Stephen Lazar, Renee Moore, Lori Nazareno, Ariel Sacks, José Vilson, and Noah Zeichner (as well as Megan Allen, Jessica Cuthbertson, Sarah Henchey, and Ryan Kinser)—who are profiled in this book—for teaching us so much about how they developed their teacherpreneurial skills and characteristics. In telling the stories of their journeys as innovative leaders who lead but don't leave, we learned a lot about the soul of the teaching profession. They have taught us how to cultivate and support many teacher leaders who can do what they have done. They have motivated us even more to find ways to connect, ready, and mobilize six hundred thousand teacherpreneurs by the year 2030.

We are especially grateful to the philanthropies—the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MetLife Foundation, the Rose Community Foundation, and the Stuart Foundation—whose financial support has made it possible for us to activate growing numbers of teacherpreneurs. We also appreciate the guidance and enthusiastic backing of our editor at Jossey-Bass, Kate Gagnon, who from the start saw the value of our experiences with these talented teachers and the power of sharing their stories.

Running a nonprofit and publishing a book do not always go hand in glove. Our efforts to document the leadership stories of these terrific teachers and write Teacherpreneurs would not have been successful without our colleagues at CTQ—Kate Albrecht, Alesha Daughtrey, Teresa Durn, Eva Hardy, Ali Kliegman, Kris Kohl, Meredith Kohl, Leanne Link, Melissa Rasberry, Keshi Satterwhite, Cynthia Sharpe, Braden Welborn, Skye Wilson, and Tim Wilson. And special thanks go to Emily Liebtag, whose internship came at just the right time to keep us all (almost) sane and organized in preparing the words that follow. Every one of our board members (including Shannon and José, who are profiled herein) have been essential to the development of our organization and the advancement of teacherpreneurs—but none have been of greater importance than our chair, Arthur E. Wise, whose deep knowledge, sharp intellect, and steadfast focus on professionalizing teaching constantly frame our hopes and actions.

From Alan: I thank my wife and partner, Joanie Krug, who never wavers in her support of my work for social justice in the United States and throughout the world, and who, like Meredith Berry, is in her third decade as an educator in America's public schools.

From Ann: I thank Bobby and Shirley, my parents, and my first two teachers. Bobby showed me the value of maintaining high expectations for my students, my colleagues, and myself. And Shirley passed on a passion for reading that opened up my education and that of others in ways that would not otherwise have been possible. I am where I am because of who they are.

From Barnett: And then there is Meredith, my wife of thirty-six years, just retired from over thirty-five years of expert teaching. She shows me every day of our wonderful life together how important it is for students to have teachers who teach for a career.

Prologue: Why We Wrote This Book

It Begins With Renee's Story

Walking into Renee Moore's classroom in Drew, Mississippi, a town of 2,500 that has had its better days, served as a pivotal moment in putting together this book on a new, bold brand of teacher leadership. We had traveled the 110 miles from the Memphis airport, driving past cotton and soybean fields as well as cinderblock penitentiaries and brazen entrances to casino compounds in the Mississippi Delta. Renee is a veteran, award-winning teacher who has deep knowledge of world literature, language, and writing. She also has an abiding faith in God, grounded beautifully in her devotion to her religion, and an unwavering commitment to the students and families of the Deep South whom she and her husband have served for over twenty-five years. Her story helped us frame what it would mean to be a teacherpreneur—a classroom expert who still teaches while finding time, space, and (ideally) much-deserved reward for spreading both sound pedagogical practices and policy ideas. As we watched her teach, we realized that Renee's narrative tells us much about the many innovative teachers . And as we began to understand how Renee learned to lead, we realized that her story must be told if our nation's public education system is ever going to capitalize on the talents and ideas of so many teachers like her.