Learning+Forward

Re-think traditional, site-bound definitions of "teacher leader" as you explore new passion-based models of teacher-generated leadership in virtual communities of practice. Investigate what makes virtual teacher leadership communities successful. Create a new needs-based community to build leadership capacity in teachers, get support for launching it, and identify indicators of success.
 * E20 || ** WE BUILT IT AND THEY DIDN'T COME ** ||

===[|Nancy Flanagan], Teachers Lead, Howell, MI, nflanagan@centurylink.net http://twitter.com/nancyflanagan=== ==Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, Powerful Learning Practice, Virginia Beach, VA, sheryl@plpnetwork.com http://twitter.com/snbeach ==

**Strand**: Teacher Leadership

=Collaborative Tools=

Today's Meet
Please log into the back channel chat. http://todaysmeet.com/learningforward11
 * Back Channel Chat**

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= AGENDA =

**9:30- Welcome and Introductions **
* Who are you? * What do you do? * How would you define teacher leadership in the 21st Century?  - 1-2 sentences, adjective driven, phrases
 * Housekeeping- collaborative tools
 * Who we are and our journey to teacher leadership

==**Process Deeper- The Heaven Made Staff Lounge (at your tables) **== - If you were working with your colleagues the way it could/should be what would it look like, who would be there, what are you talking about, what actions could you take, what plans would surface? Dream big!

==**Share Out** - Someone from your table give us the gist! ==

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10:00 - Setting the Stage **
**<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We built it and they didn’t come-- and then they did come.. what shifted? **

//**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As we share the quick overviews of these case studies please use the graphic organizer to jot down your perceptions of what worked, what didn’t, and why. What jumps out at you as key indicators of success and capacity builders? **//



=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Models of teacher leadership that didn't work :__ =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- awards and prizes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(recognition without relationships doesn’t work)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Network of Famous Teachers **

- prestige w/o relationships
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">University By-Invite Leaders Group **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(motivation for being there and support to stay is important)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- purpose and value missing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Can’t give away what you do not own)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">PLP NBCT Community **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Transition to Teaching - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Control and lack of open leadership
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Fortune 500 Tech Corporation **

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Models of teacher leadership that did work:__ =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Clear Purpose and Mission <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Clear common goal full of value add)
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Take One! //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> in North Carolina **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Passion Driven <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Being part of something bigger than ourselves)
 * Save Our Schools March**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Collaborative Culture <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (connected learning without pain or frustration)
 * AZ/WA Blogger Group**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Willingness to Evolve <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(co-created content creates a sense of community)
 * PLP Communities**

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10:30 Process Deeper - Lessons Learned =
 * // At your tables, using your notes tease out the factors that led to vibrant (or not) learning communities. What are the takeaways we should learn from in these examples? // **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10:40 Share Out- What did you uncover in your discussions? **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10:45 Communities and Network- What Does the Research Say? **

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11:00 Creating Your Community- Elements and Indicators of Success = ==

Accountability
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How do you know you are doing well?

Study on knowledge construction in VLCs

 * Paper for ISTE**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11:25 Wrap up and Q&A
= **RESOURCES** = http://www.amazon.com/Alone-Together-Expect-Technology-Other/dp/0465010210
 * //Sherry Turkel's book://**

[] http://newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com/BackChannel+and+Chat
 * //What is back-channel chat?//**

David Logan's TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html

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