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Multi-Classroom Leadership

Defining the MCL Role


Learning Objectives

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• Understand how MCLs use both direct and indirect reach strategies to impact student achievement

• Understand the expectations for new roles• Distinguish between teacher and teacher-leader

competencies• Distinguish the role of the MCL from other roles in the

school building


Goal 1: Give more students access to excellent teaching

Goal 2: Transform teaching into a highly paid, higher-impact

profession

Why an Opportunity Culture?

Challenges:• “Solo practice”—one-teacher-one-classroom model• Absence of teams allowing leadership, professional

learning, pay• Too many students go without excellent teaching

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1. Reach more students with excellent teachers and their teams.

Opportunity Culture Principles



2. Pay teachers more for extending their reach.




3. Fund pay within regular budgets.




4. Provide protected in-school time and clarity about how to use it for planning, collaboration, and development.




5. Match authority and accountability to each person’s responsibilities.




1. Reach more students with excellent teachers and their teams.

2. Pay teachers more for extending their reach.3. Fund pay within regular budgets.4. Provide protected in-school time and clarity about

how to use it for planning, collaboration, and development.

5. Match authority and accountability to each person’s responsibilities.




• Design Process:– Needs Assessment– Goal-setting– Model Selection– Hiring, Scheduling– Implementation Planning

How Did We Get Here?



• 2013-14: 7 schools in Charlotte and Nashville• 2014-15: More than 30 schools, 3 states

How Did We Get Here?


• 2015-16: 60+ schools, 4 states, 5th state planning

• Projected: double annually


What Qualities Led You to this Position?



Competencies of Teacher-Leaders

A pattern of thinking, feeling, acting or

speaking that causes a person to be successful

in a job or role.

Competencies can be the focus of professional

development and are powerful for selecting

people who are already a good fit for a job.

What is a competency?



Competencies of Teacher-Leaders

Competencies: • Underlying traits and

patterns of behavior• Example: Initiative and

Persistence

Adapted from Spencer, Lyle M., and Spencer, Signe, M.. (1993) The Iceberg Model. Competence at Work (page 11). New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Actions:• Teacher-leader

practices• Knowledge and skills



The MCL vs. the Traditional Teacher

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Achievement: The drive and actions to set challenging goals and reach a high standard of

performance despite barriers.

• As an MCL, you now focus on your goals and those of other teachers on your team.

• You are expected to follow through on commitments to students, your school’s leadership team, and other teachers and staff.

• Not only do you demonstrate perseverance, you encourage and reinforce it in others on your team.

Competency How it Changes



The MCL vs. the Traditional Teacher

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Monitoring and Directiveness: The ability to set clear

expectations and to hold others

accountable for performance.

• You are now responsible for asserting high standards for both students and teachers and paraprofessionals on your team.

• You are now responsible for confronting adults on your team when there are performance problems.

Competency How it Changes



The MCL vs. a Facilitator/Coach

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Are excellent teachers with

leadership skills

Leads a team of teachers in a deep, hands-on way and teaches

Works with many (if not

most) teachers in a school or

multiple schools in a district

Multi-Classroom Leader Both Facilitator/Coach



The MCL vs. a Facilitator/Coach

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Provides direction

about instructional

methods, materials,

planning, etc.

Leads team in determining roles and classroom routines

Makes suggestions to

teachers and provides

assistance, but may not have

actual authority to lead

Multi-Classroom Leader Both Facilitator/Coach



MCL Types of Support--Overview



• Review the job descriptions for MCLs• Look for:– Ambiguities– Specific actions– Areas that fit your team’s strengths, or highlight an area of growth

Job Descriptions

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• How will the MCL work cohesively with the other leadership positions in the school?– Create an organizational chart

The MCL and Other School Leaders

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Imagine that one of your colleagues comes up to you during the first week of school and asks you what it means to be an MCL…..

• In explaining your role to this colleague, what are the two or three most important things you plan to say about your new role as an MCL?

Reflection: Next Steps



• Opportunity Culture Toolkit: http://opportunityculture.org/opportunity-culture-toolkit

• The Many Faces of Leadership in Educational Leadership (2007), by Charlotte Danielson (2007) retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept07/vol65/num01/The-Many-Faces-of-Leadership.aspx

• KIPP (2009). Leadership Progression Roadmap: Teacher to Grade Level Chair. Retrieved from: http://tntp.org/assets/tools/KIPP_Leader_Progression_Teacher_to_Grade_Level_Chair.pdf

• Spencer, Lyle M., and Spencer, Signe, M.. (1993) The Iceberg Model. Competence at Work (page 11). New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc. 23

Sources


http://opportunityculture.org/opportunity-culture-toolkit/

http://opportunityculture.org/opportunity-culture-toolkit

http://opportunityculture.org/opportunity-culture-toolkit

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept07/vol65/num01/The-Many-Faces-of-Leadership.aspx



http://tntp.org/assets/tools/KIPP_Leader_Progression_Teacher_to_Grade_Level_Chair.pdf



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