Jill Harrison Berg
Jill Harrison Berg is a leadership coach, school improvement consultant, researcher, and writer committed to maximizing the leadership potential of teachers. Berg is the author of Leading in Sync: Teacher Leaders and Principals Working Together for Student Learning (ASCD, 2018). Her monthly column, “Leading Together,” in ASCD’s Educational Leadership magazine aims to heighten leaders’ attention to the complementary roles that teacher leaders and administrators must play in restructuring and re-culturing schools for equity and excellence.
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Model classrooms can amplify coaching’s impact
A school is much more than a collection of individual classrooms. Although teachers have an undeniable impact on the students in their classrooms, school culture and structure can effectively support or dramatically limit teachers’ capacity to grow — and, therefore, their students’ capacity to learn. But the influence of school culture […] -
To lead for equity, learn from teachers
Schools committed to equity are experimenting with creative and powerful ways for teachers to ensure all students receive what they need to learn in the classroom. Many of these efforts focus professional learning on strengthening the instructional core — teachers’ knowledge of and relationships with students, teachers’ deep and critical […] -
‘Let’s get ready to work even harder’ for Indigenous students
Within weeks of school building closings in spring 2020, it became clear to many educators that the fear and isolation experienced by students and educators would force changes to schooling in ways that will reverberate for a long time to come. Many of us were particularly concerned about students and […] -
Educating for racial equity: Equipping oneself with anti-racist strategies
The individual and collective call to action for advancing racial equity at all levels in our education system begins with equipping educators with anti-racist strategies and practices. This webinar will focus on resources, strategies, and tangible ideas at the classroom, school, and district levels that all teachers and leaders can […] -
An opportunity for equity
When COVID-19 appeared on international radar this year and began its march around the globe, it revealed to any who might have previously denied it that the work to eliminate educational inequities is far from done. During this pandemic, some students have uninterrupted access to the basic needs of daily […] -
How teachers learn to lead
While many schools are experimenting with new fads and formulas in an effort to ensure that all students receive what they need to be successful, others have begun to look anew at the resources they already have: teachers. Each teacher brings a unique combination of knowledge, skills, experiences, passions, and […] -
Advancing equity
The article “Come together for equity” on pp. 24-27 highlights the importance of engaging educators in examining beliefs, practices, and systems that support or hinder all students’ opportunities to learn. In the pages that follow, we present a tool that can help education leaders and professional learning specialists assess whether […] -
Come together for equity
The word “equity” is found throughout U.S. schools today — in district mission statements, school vision documents, and classroom posters. It is used to signify a value that feels fundamental to our democracy and public education system: Students’ educational outcomes should not be determined by their demographics, including race, ZIP […] -
Strength training institutes pump up teachers' roles as instructional leaders
When Deb Brady, the new assistant superintendent of the North Middlesex Regional School District, came into the district as part of a new leadership team in 2006, she asked teachers from the high school about their hopes for the year. One teacher’s reply made quite an impression on her: “I […]
