I Absolutely Have a Way to Become Better as a Teacher

Site Administrators, coaches, and educators, Looking for away to start of the year? Check out the post at The Fischbowl. I Have Absolutely No Way to Become Better as a Teacher . The page was taken from Carl Glickman's Leadership for Learning: How to Help Teachers Succeed, a book I have not yet read. If a staff, team or teacher, were to break down each bullet into a positive phrase and then turn each phrase into an action plan, then teachers would absolutely have a way to become better as a teacher. For example: Take the phrase" I do not visit other schools or attend particular workshops or seminars or read professional literature on aspects of my teaching" Turn it into, "I visit other schools and attend workshops and read professional literature on aspects of my teaching." Now comes the action plan. Administrators can set up classroom observations throughout the year (even if it's somewhere in the district or even at a school site). Even if there isn't money to send teachers to workshops, coordinate with district or community leaders to have site based workshops that help teachers meet objectives or specific goals. And now... start a Book Club on campus or district-wide for teachers who are interested. You may even want to begin with this book, Leadership for Learning: How to Help Teachers Succeed.