A1: Excellent admins are ones who balance the decisions they have to make while empowering those they lead to be a part of the process. They have to be decisive, but also willing to share leadership when they can #utedchat

A2: Recognize/then utilize talent. Clear/concise communication on policies that impact the Ts, involve the building leaders often. Assume good intent. Remember that Ts are on the court vs the admin as the GM. Policies feel diff. at diff. distances from the classroom #utedchat

A3: Ts should understand that admin have a ton of paperwork, reports, meetings, and having to understand big picture stuff that Ts may not be aware of. So know they are busy, and solutions oriented discussions, while showing you understand their efforts #utedchat

A4: It may seem that admin is just looking for what's not working, & not realizing the evals are somewhat w/o context of prior lessons/interactions. What's good is when its all about improving what I do. Our admin make their 1st evals. to only be about positives #utedchat

A5: Its complex, b/c you do have some admin that had little classroom experience or they lose the feel of the classroom. It comes down to empathetic listening by both sides, & not assuming an adversarial relationship. Commonly created goals, & clear communication #utedchat

1st annual My Impact challenge Utah. Thx Bill of Rights Institute and congrats to the students across the state that competed. #uted

A1 #eduhive

A2 You use the talents of your own those around you, and be willing to make decisions. #eduhive

A3 Teacher Fellows leadership team. They all work towards creating a positive future for education and have helped to influence me to be better. #eduhive

A4 Feeling like you should lead, being allowed to lead by those ahead of you, having the resources/support to lead effectively. #eduhive

Thx Candice B. Pierucci and Jefferson Moss for taking time out of your summer to discuss teacher leadership with the Teacher Fellows Teacher Fellows. #uted

This is what educators do in the summer. They continue to work, attend conferences, and build the profession. #uted

"Hey LeBron you should coach" LeBron stays on the court and Teacher leaders should be able stay in the classroom. #uted #utpol Can help designate/compensate these teacher leaders.

Hey #utedchat Stephan Seabury here. HS teacher of various Hist/gov class at Providence Hall High School. I love when my students apply the skills of gov/hist in their thinking. You can see them creating new pathways of how/why they understand the content in/outside of class.

A1: Teacher leadership means not just leading your Ss, but leading in your profession. That could be creating new ideas in your classroom, sharing ideas with colleagues or finding ways to improve your school or even state policy #utedchat

A2: We can start by just sharing our ideas with the person next door. You see something that improved your teaching, then share it. It grows from there as you start going to Edcamps, confs..etc and sharing what you've learned. #utedchat

A4: All the above. Ts don't get training on leading, we get content and classroom management. So Ts need opportunities to lead, support do so through things like the the Portrait of a Teacher leader or the Roles of UT teacher leader guidebook, and time/compensation. #utedchat

A6: The future will be the creation of new teacher leader career paths that don't lead out of the classroom. Ts will collectively gain leadership positions similar to other professions. This happens as we support policy, funding, & the creation of these career options #utedchat