SAIL for Teacher Leader

SAIL for Teacher Leader is an 18-month professional development program blending face-to-face institutes, online support learning, and professional coaching. SAIL for Teacher Leader is about energizing and mobilizing the untapped attributes and contributions of teachers to strengthen student performance and increase student achievement.

The Topics addressed in SAIL for Teacher Leader are:

Institute #1
Teacher Leader: Identifying the Sleeping Giant
Exploring mindsets about leadership, Historical overview of Teacher Leader, Current research about Teacher Leader’s impact on student learning, Role of teacher as change agent, Examination of one’s own knowledge base, skill set, and leadership abilities

Institute #2
Equipping the Sleeping Giant
Perceived roles and responsibilities of Teacher Leader, Adult learning theory and implications for practice, Facilitation skills, Learning styles/social styles inventories, Facilitating courageous conversations, Mobilizing colleagues around a common vision, Time management and prioritizing work

Institute #3
The Sleeping Giants Dance with Data
Overview of professional development and teaching standards, Alignment of teacher leader functions to school and district goals, Role of teacher leader with data management and data-driven decision making, Analysis of student work and student assessment data, Assessment-based lesson design

Institute #4
The Sleeping Giants Increase the Capacity of ALL Learners
Meeting the needs of diverse learners, Creating a community of caring and high standards, Leading discussions about and modeling culturally relevant pedagogy, Stages of teaching, Teacher leader’s role as change agent, advocate, coach, or instructor

Institute #5
Sustaining and Celebrating the Sleeping Giants
Developing and creating structures of support that promote Teacher Leader, School culture surveys, Planning for change and responding to obstacles, Teacher leader’s role in professional learning communities, Assessing where and how the teacher leader’s gifts best meet the needs of the building, district, and beyond

Register for SAIL for Teacher Leader Now!

SAIL for Teacher Leaders Summer 2008 registration form
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SAIL for Teacher Leaders Fall 2008 registration form
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SAIL for Teacher Leaders ONLINE 2008 registration form
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If you are interested in bring SAIL for Teacher Leader to your state, please e-mail info@sailforeducation.org.

Doctoral and Graduate Credit Available

If you are interested in earning your master’s or doctoral degree, the SAIL program accounts for 18 credits toward a Master’s Degree in Teacher Leader or 12 credits toward a Doctor of Education Degree in Teacher Leader at Northcentral University.

Master’s Degree
SAIL participants will maintain concurrent enrollment at NCU completing 18 additional hours (6 courses) of graduate work. The program of study is:

Required Courses (9hrs)

ED5003 — Philosophy of Education (3crs)
ED6001 — Action Research (3crs)
LAC6001 — Leadership Academy Capstone (3crs)

Plus 3 Electives

CT 5002 — Learning Styles & Teaching Styles — Strategies for Success
CT 5003 — Principles of Teaching and Learning
CT 5007 — The Classroom: Managing and Organizing for Student Achievement

Doctor of Education Degree
SAIL participants will maintain concurrent enrollment at NCU completing 39 additional hours (13 courses) of graduate work. The program of study is:

Required Fundamental Courses (6hrs)

TL 5001 — Teacher as Mentor (3crs)
EDR7000 — Education Research Strategies (3crs)

Research and Dissertation Courses (24hrs – taken in sequence)

CMP8091, RSH1000, RSH2000, RSH3000, RSH4000, ED9005, ED9017, ED9029

Plus 3 Electives (9hrs)

Choose from: Curriculum & Teaching, Exceptional Student Education, Gifted and Talented Education, Instructional and Curriculum Leadership, Education Technology Management

Now Available:
Educators can earn a master's degree in Teacher Leadership and earn three varieties of doctoral degrees through Concordia University Chicago http://sail.cuchicago.edu/.

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