Invitation: National Board Certified Teacher Leadership Academy
To: NBCTs of Spokane Education Association
From: Katy Henry, SEA President
Mandy Manning, NBCT, WEA NBCT Teacher Leadership Academy Facilitator
Jim Meadows, WEA Center for Education Quality
Greetings! You should have received this invitation to your home email address last week. We wanted to follow-up with you on your school email to make sure you receive this message
. We are writing to share about an exciting opportunity–
the NBCT Teacher Leadership Academy.
Your National Board certification acknowledges you are an accomplished teacher.
Do other educators look to you for guidance? Have you wondered how you can have a greater voice to strengthen public education? With your National Board certification under your belt, have you been thinking about how you are going to grow next?
NBCTs often have an interest in stepping into the realm of the 6
th
Core Proposition –
Teacher Leadership
– but may not know where to begin on their leadership journey.
In the SEA and WEA Eastern Teacher Leadership Academy you will gain an in-depth understanding of the Teacher Leadership Initiative (TLI) competencies developed by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), the National Education Association (NEA) and the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ). Throughout the Academy you will engage with various education leaders from our region and around the state to examine three areas of teacher leadership: instructional, policy and association leadership. You will grow as a teacher leader by developing strong presentation skills; you will also develop, refine, and conduct your own small-scale leadership project that will culminate in a presentation during our capstone session.
A team of Washington state teacher leaders developed the curriculum. Mandy Manny, NBCT and 2018 State Teacher of the Year, along with a series of special guests from various education organizations, will be your facilitator in Spokane. Jim Meadows of WEA is providing support for five TLA’s to take place around Washington State this spring. Below is feedback from several of last spring’s participants:
“I didn’t realize that this would lead to such a difference in my focus. The realization that I don’t need to leave the classroom to lead; my leadership project fits my philosophy of education, teaching position, and need within my school. EMPOWERING!!”
“This was one of the best professional developments - I can immediately apply what I learned!”
Registration
This program is limited to just 20 participants.
Please use this link to register
(do not use Internet Explorer, please). You will need to select each session from the drop-down menu. If you tried to register last week and were unsuccessful due to an issue on the network, please take a moment to register again to be sure.
If you have any troubles registering, call Amy at SEA for assistance (509)325-4503.
Location
SEA Building
230 E. Montgomery Ave.
Spokane, WA
Dates
8 Sessions: Nov. 13, Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Jan. 22, Feb. 12, March 12, Apr. 23, May 7 (mostly Mondays)
Time
4:30- 6:30pm,
Dinner included
(please specify any dietary needs in registration)
Cost
Through grant funding from WEA, there will be
no cost
for WEA members to join the program
Clock Hours
18 clock hours provided for
free
to program completers
Recognition
WEA TLA leadership completers will receive a certificate of achievement that can be used as evidence for the National Board Renewal process. TLA completers will also be recognized in WEA’s NBCT Update and on WEA’s NBCT Facebook Page, and receive a TLA program completer memento.
