Leading Educators
Project Title
As a final grant to support curriculum-based professional learning with a particular focus on science education
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
19 months
Description
Leading Educators works with school and district leaders to build and sustain the conditions, teaching, and leadership needed to improve student outcomes. They have partnered with over thirty medium- to large-size districts, supporting over 13,000 educators and impacting 196,000 students. A 2022 study of their work found significant results for students, showing a 28 percent increase in math proficiency and a 17 percent increase in English language arts proficiency in their partner school districts. Leading Educators aims to improve science education outcomes by developing an OpenSciEd-specific implementation framework to enhance student performance in selected districts, and creating a professional learning resource hub to provide nationwide access to resources that can bolster science instruction.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
Many schools and systems do not have conditions in place to elevate the type of job-embedded, professional learning supports for teachers to practice and receive ongoing feedback to improve instruction anchored in the use of high-quality instructional materials. Leading Educators works at every level of the school system to ensure leaders prioritize coherence, and strengthen conditions, leadership, and teaching so that all students are successful. They partner with professional learning peers, system leaders, and teachers to design and implement high-quality, curriculum-based professional learning. Through this general support grant Leading Educators will implement their FY2022-23 strategic plan by continuing to offer direct services and contribute to the knowledge base of the curriculum-based professional learning field.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
Many schools and systems do not have conditions in place to elevatethe type ofjob-embedded professional learning supports for teachers to practice and receive ongoing feedbackto improve theirinstructional approaches.Leading Educatorsaims to address this gap as theypartner with professional learning peers, system leaders, and teachers to create a suite of open education resources that guide high-quality curriculum adoptionand implementation, anti-racist policies and structures, and equitable teaching practices. Through thisgeneral supportgrant Leading Educatorswillimplement theirFY2021-2022 plantoa) innovate and advance the professional learning field, b) provide direct services totheirsystem partners, and c) use evidence to understand and improve their program impact.
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For a project to support a national teacher practice measurement study
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
23 months
Description
Leading Educators partners with schools and school districts to empower their best teachers to lead standards-aligned, content-specific professional learning, linking that knowledge to a high-quality curriculum selected by school systems. Through this grant Leading Educators will design and implement their National Teacher Practice Measurement Project. The study will research how standards-aligned and content-based professional learning impacts teacher practice so Leading Educators can make better evidence-based recommendations to its district partners, and provide insights to the field about what it really takes to support teachers to improve their standards-aligned teaching practices. With Corporation support, Leading Educators will (a) work with an Evaluation Advisory Board, who will serve as a quality assurance body to validate the research design, data collection and analysis; (b) refine the design of their teacher practice measurement tool; (c) collect and analyze data; and (d) plan dissemination of initial findings.
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For a project to develop deep partnerships with school districts to build capacity for district and school leaders to design and implement large-scale initiatives to improve instruction through distributed leadership and professional learning
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Leading Educators (LE) partners with schools and school districts to develop systems of professional learning that aim to strengthen teachers’ content knowledge and instructional skill. Through their partnership engagements, Leading Educators helps build the capacity of leaders at the district and school level to design and implement large-scale initiatives to improve instruction, while also improving the quality of instruction at the classroom level by developing the leadership, content, and pedagogical skills of teacher leaders. To date, the organization has helped schools and districts develop a culture of distributed leadership and professional learning through intensive job-embedded training, coaching, and other supports. This project will support the first twenty-four months of the organization’s growth plan that is focused on deep partnerships with districts (eight new districts by 2022, for an estimated reach to more than 400,000 students). Over the grant period, LE will establish a new partnership in Tulsa, OK in FY18, and two additional partnerships in FY19.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
18 months
Description
A rich body of literature points to teacher leadership as key to elevating teacher effectiveness, increasing student achievement, and fostering a healthy future for the teaching profession. However, teachers currently have few opportunities to lead and influence policies and programs, and to develop and strengthen the skills and mindsets needed to assume greater leadership responsibilities in their schools. Leading Educators is a national program that exclusively supports mid-career teachers to develop the leadership and management skills needed to become teacher leaders. Through its flagship two-year fellowship, partnerships and strategic consulting engagements with districts, and thought leadership, Leading Educators is both preparing teachers to become impactful leaders and transforming schools and districts to create opportunities for teachers to learn and lead. This grant provides general support for Leading Educators to strengthen its team and implement its strategic plan.
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For developing and launching an online learning initiative
Date
Jun. 04, 2015
Duration
6 months
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Project Title
For measuring the student achievement gains for students taught by Leading Educators Fellows and by teachers led by Leading Educators Fellows
Date
Sep. 11, 2014
Duration
6 months