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How Leaders Can Make A Big Difference

By Learning Forward
Categories: Leadership, School leadership
December 2015
According to the 2015 National Survey on College and Career-Ready Literacy Standards and Collaborative Professional Learning, 91% of teachers surveyed report working on standards implementation during collaborative time with colleagues, with 77% rating it valuable or extremely valuable in supporting their transition to new literacy standards. 73% of teachers who report having regular time to collaborate feel better prepared to implement the standards. And yet more than 80% of teachers report having fewer than two hours a week to collaborate. If we agree with the simple supposition that time and collaborative learning experiences are key to successful implementation, then how do we ensure that more teachers have what they need? Research has confirmed many times that leadership is second only to teaching in influencing student

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Stephanie Hirsh

Stephanie Hirsh (stephanie.hirsh@learningforward.org) is executive director of Learning Forward.

About The Survey

NCLE’s report, Building Literacy Capacity: The Conditions for Effective Standards Implementation, details the findings from a large-scale national survey completed in spring 2015 in cooperation with NCLE’s 25 stakeholder groups from across the education spectrum. Read the full report at www.literacyinlearningexchange.org/building-literacy-capacity.


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