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    2 Lanes To Leadership

    Classroom visits and grade-level meetings build teacher capacity

    By Learning Forward
    April 2011
    Vol. 32 No. 2
    Like many school districts across the nation, Solon (Ohio) City Schools is committed to improving the quality and depth of student learning while simultaneously fostering the growth of leadership in the district. To achieve these goals, the district is investing in sustained professional learning designed to build leadership among faculty and to promote meaningful collaboration among teachers within a school and across the district. Two specific professional development approaches demonstrate how one district continues its journey to accomplish these goals. Quarterly Classroom Visitations On a cold February morning, Jessica Kobe, a first-year teacher, demonstrates a writing minilesson for her eager kindergarteners but also for a host of others. Ten teachers from within the district, her building teacher leader, several principals, the district literacy coach, and

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    Authors

    Denise N. Morgan, Jeff L. Williams, and Katie Plesec

    Denise N. Morgan (dmorgan2@kent.edu) is associate professor of literacy education at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Jeff L. Williams (jeffwilliams@solonboe.org) and Katie Plesec (kathrynplesec@solonboe.org) are teacher leaders in the Solon City Schools in Solon, Ohio.

    Visitation Protocol

    • Absolutely no talking or writing during visitations.
    • Limit your movements during visitations.
    • We can only engage in self-evaluation — how is our own practice the same or different from the host teacher’s.
    • What happens in Vegas …

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    References

    Barth, R.S. (2001). Learning by heart. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

    Lambert, L. (2002, May). A framework for shared leadership. Educational Leadership, 59(8), 37-40.

    Roy, P. (2009, October). More than a smile and a wave. The Learning System, 5(2), 8.

    Sparks, D. (2002). Designing powerful professional development for teachers and principals. Oxford, OH: NSDC.

    Wheatley, M. (2002). Turning to one another: Simple conversations to restore hope to the future. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.


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