Self-Assessment of Teacher Leader Qualities

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 For each element, rate yourself in one of the following three categories (E/A/I). Be honest. This is an
opportunity to document growth
 Provide examples of your experiences in the leadership domain
 Identify areas within each domain where you are interested in growing as a teacher leader.
 Summarize your strengths and areas of possible growth.
 Boxes will expand as needed.
Exploring/Emerging (E) - a level of practice in which the teacher leader relies on ongoing assistance
from more experienced colleagues for support, guidance, and survival. The teacher leader is moving
toward becoming more self-directed and independent in her/his practice.

Applying (A) - a level of practice in which the teacher leader is able to provide independent
leadership and easily applies what s/he has learned about leadership.

Integrating/Innovating (I) - a level of development in which the teacher leader is fully skilled and
confident. The Integrating/Innovating teacher leader contributing to the broader educational
community through staff development, research, or publication in professional journals.

Domain 1: Fosters a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator Development and Student

E A I
Learning
a. Utilizes group processes to help colleagues work collaboratively to solve problems,
X
make decisions, manage conflict, and promote meaningful change.
b. Models effective skills in listening, presenting ideas, leading discussions, clarifying,
mediating, and identifying the needs of self and others in order to advance shared X
goals and professional learning.
c. Employs facilitation skills to create trust among colleagues, develop collective X
wisdom, build ownership and action that supports student learning.
d. Strives to create an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives are welcomed in X
addressing challenges.
e. Uses knowledge and understanding of different backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, X
and languages to promote effective interactions among colleagues.
Three Examples of Domain 1 Experiences Areas of Interest in Growth
1. I have begun leading discussions with my 1. I can grow in better utilizing processes during
colleagues in department and professional department meetings when disagreements
development meetings to foster a emerge between staff members. As different
collaborative environment while maintaining perspectives lead to disagreements, I can
efficiency toward goals. better manage how these conflicts are
2. I have contributed to the collective wisdom of handled to ensure all participants feel valued
my department by continuously adding and respected.
resources, tools, and readings to support our 2. I can improve my cultural toolkit to better
goals to support student learning. understand individual perspectives when
3. I ensure in my department meetings that all engaging with my colleagues. Since different
individuals have designated time to speak cultures value different things and express
their concerns, findings, and suggestions to their ideas differently, I need to be more
create a diverse environment. aware of how this information can improve
my leadership skills.

Domain 2: Accesses and Uses Research to Improve Practice and Student Learning E A I
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 a. Assists colleagues in accessing and using research in order to select appropriate X
strategies to improve student learning.
b. Facilitates the analysis of student learning data, collaborative interpretation of X
results, and application of findings to improve teaching and learning.
c. Supports colleagues in collaborating with the higher education institutions and other X
organizations engaged in researching critical educational issues.
d. Teaches and supports colleagues to collect, analyze, and communicate data from X
their classrooms to improve teaching and learning.
Three Examples of Domain 2 Experiences Areas of Interest in Growth
1. As a new member of our AI research team, I 1. I can improve in my collaboration with higher
have helped create a framework for my education institutions and organizations to
colleagues regarding the ethical use of AI to research critical issues. In our independent
support student learning. I have presented study setting, I know that collaborating with
these ideas to my colleagues at meetings. outside experts could be valuable to the
2. As a member of our assessment data effectiveness and sustainability of our
department, I have helped aggregate data and program.
find trends in student learning to improve 2. I can also improve in my support of teacher
teaching and learning from a variety of usage of data to ensure that teachers are
internal and external assessments. getting the necessary support of how to use
3. I have helped teachers use AI to collect and our assessment platforms, organize data, and
analyze data more easily, while also helping make sense of this data.
them use this data to create actionable plans
to improve teaching and learning.

Domain 3: Promotes Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement E A I

a. Collaborates with colleagues and school administrators to plan professional learning
that is team-based, job-embedded, sustained over time, aligned with content X
standards, and linked to school/district improvement goals.
b. Uses information about adult learning to respond to the diverse learning needs of
colleagues by identifying, promoting, and facilitating varied and differentiated X
professional learning.
c. Facilitates professional learning among colleagues. X
d. Identifies and uses appropriate technologies to promote collaborative and X
differentiated professional learning.
e. Works with colleagues to collect, analyze, and disseminate data related to the X
quality of professional learning and its effect on teaching and student learning.
f. Advocates for sufficient preparation, time, and support for colleagues to work in X
teams to engage in job-embedded professional learning.
g. Provides constructive feedback to colleagues to strengthen teaching practice and X
improve student learning.
h. Uses information about emerging education, economic, and social trends in X
planning and facilitating professional learning.
Three Examples of Domain 3 Experiences Areas of Interest in Growth
1. I have begun providing insight and feedback to 1. I can better engage with professional learning
our professional development team to create by learning more about my colleagues and
sessions that align with goals and critical how to create a more differentiated format for
needs within our school. This includes my professional learning that allows for targeted
work on the AI and data teams. interventions to improve teacher
2. I have started facilitating professional effectiveness.
development with my colleagues through AI 2. I can improve in my use of different
sessions, data analysis sessions, and history technologies to conduct and create
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 department sessions. professional development sessions. This
3. I always complete professional development includes the use of NearPod to create
surveys to ensure that constructive feedback asynchronous sessions for our teachers.
is being provided to my colleagues and
administrators to improve professional
learning experiences.

Domain 4: Facilitates Improvements in Instruction and Student Learning E A I

a. Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom and school-based data to
identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school X
organization, and school culture.
b. Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction,
student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research-based X
effective practices.
c. Supports colleagues’ individual and collective reflection and professional growth by X
serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator.
d. Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues X
to address curricular expectations and student learning needs.
e. Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in
helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge X
available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and
connect with people and resources around the globe.
f. Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the
classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central X
focus of instruction.
Three Examples of Domain 4 Experiences Areas of Interest in Growth
1. I have presented to my colleagues summative 1. I am interested in becoming a coach and
assessment data trends and how we can use content facilitator at my school. While I am
this data to improve student outcomes and still considered a new teacher, I hope that my
inform instructional practices. hard work will allow me to serve as a mentor
2. I have promoted new technology resources to in the future.
my colleagues, particularly those based on AI, 2. I know that I can improve in my use of
to help my colleagues improve task efficiency reflective dialogue with my colleagues to
in the workplace. ensure that data is always at the center of all
3. I promote varied instructional strategies in decision making, and that all teachers feel that
professional development sessions and in their voices are included when creating
curriculum writing to ensure that varied actionable items.
strategies are being used to address issues
inside the classroom.

Domain 5: Promotes the Use of Assessments and Data for School and District Improvement E A I
a. Increases the capacity of colleagues to identify and use multiple assessment tools X
aligned to state and local standards.
b. Collaborates with colleagues in the design, implementation, scoring, and X
interpretation of student data to improve educational practice and student learning.
c. Creates a climate of trust and critical reflection in order to engage colleagues in X
challenging conversations about student learning data that lead to solutions to
identified issues.
d. Works with colleagues to use assessment and data findings to promote changes in X
instructional practices or organizational structures to improve student learning.
Three Examples of Domain 5 Experiences Areas of Interest in Growth
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 1. As a member of our assessment data 1. I would like to improve in creating a climate of
department, I have helped teach my critical reflection in which all staff members
colleagues about effectively using varied feel that their voices are being heard. While
assessment tools throughout the curriculum many decisions include teacher input, I would
to fully prepare our students. I help ensure like newer teachers in particular to have a
that these tools are used effectively and are large voice of new practices to increase
aligned with standards. student learning and productivity.
2. I have also helped my school team with 2. I would like to improve in my influence of how
scoring of summative assessments to identify organizational structures in our setting could
where the major gaps of student be adapted to improve student learning and
misunderstanding still are. teacher efficiency and effectiveness.
3. As a member of our assessment data
department, I have helped advocate for
changes to our instructional practices to
improve student learning by suggesting
different instructional tools, technologies, and
assessments.

Domain 6: Improves Outreach and Collaboration with Families and Community E A I

a. Uses knowledge and understanding of the different backgrounds, ethnicities,
cultures, and languages in the school community to promote effective interactions X
among colleagues, families, and the larger community.
b. Models and teaches effective communication and collaboration skills with families
and other stakeholders focused on attaining equitable achievement for students of all X
backgrounds and circumstances.
c. Facilitates colleagues’ self-examination of their own understandings of community
culture and diversity and how they can develop culturally responsive strategies to X
enrich the educational experiences of students and achieve high levels of learning
for all students.
d. Develops a shared understanding among colleagues of the diverse educational needs X
of families and the community.
e. Collaborates with families, communities, and colleagues to develop comprehensive X
strategies to address the diverse educational needs of families and the community.
Three Examples of Domain 6 Experiences Areas of Interest in Growth
1. I frequently have meetings with families to 1. I can improve in my use and knowledge of
ensure their voices and concerns are being diverse perspectives to promote effective
met. I have developed an effective and interactions. I know this is particularly
professional demeanor when communicating important for my families who come from
and collaborating with families. diverse backgrounds and may not feel
2. I continuously partake in conversations and welcomed and valued.
meetings with my colleagues to discuss 2. I can improve in my encouragement of staff
pressing issues within our school and reflection and self-examination to help my
community to determine how we can support colleagues create a more culturally responsive
students in all aspects of their lives. This classroom environment in which all students
includes advocating for meal programs, feel accepted, valued, and belonged.
technology, and mass communication
processes.
3. I continuously collaborate with my families
and seek their input through surveys to
determine how to address their diverse
educational needs.

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 Domain 7: Advocates for Student Learning and the Profession E A I
a. Shares information with colleagues within and/or beyond the district regarding how
local, state, and national trends and policies can impact classroom practices and X
expectations for student learning.
b. Works with colleagues to identify and use research to advocate for teaching and X
learning processes that meet the needs of all students.
c. Collaborates with colleagues to select appropriate opportunities to advocate for the
rights and/or needs of students, to secure additional resources within the building or X
district that support student learning, and to communicate effectively with targeted
audiences such as parents and community members.
d. Advocates for access to professional resources, including financial support and
human and other material resources, that allow colleagues to spend significant time X
learning about effective practices and developing a professional learning community
focused on school improvement goals.
e. Represents and advocates for the profession in contexts outside of the classroom. X
Three Examples of Domain 7 Experiences Areas of Interest in Growth
1. As a member of the AI research team, I have 1. I can improve in my advocacy for financial
helped my colleagues identify how local support and assistance when needed to gain
policies surrounding the ethical use of AI have access to certain tools, resources, and
not been successful, and how we can use technologies. This increased advocacy will also
trends from elsewhere to be at the forefront help me further stand out as a teacher leader.
of this educational trend. 2. I can improve in my advocacy for the teaching
2. I have also begun advocating for my profession outside of the classroom. I am not
colleagues to conduct their own research in part of any educational organizations, so it
regards to AI, and empower them to start would be helpful if I started small and begun
creating their own classroom policies for how to slowly expand my voice outside of the
AI can be used effectively and ethically. classroom.
3. I have been able to encourage our department
chairs to advocate for access to certain
resources and tools to help improve our goals.

Summary of Strengths and Areas of Possible Growth

In terms of my identified strengths, I have grown a lot in this past year as a teacher leader by being assigned to
multiple departments, leading professional development sessions, providing support to teachers, and
advocating for additional tools, resources, and technology. I have successfully contributed to an effective
collaborative environment to meet individual and school goals. I have been able to help my colleagues enact
actionable tasks based on assessment data to help encourage them in continuous improvement and
professional development. Furthermore, I have grown in my ability to provide constructive feedback to
colleagues when needed, to further advance our goals and ensure that diverse perspectives are involved.

In terms of my identified areas of possible growth, I can improve in my facilitation of meetings to ensure all
individual’s insights are valued and respected. I can also improve my cultural toolkit to better understand
different perspectives and cultural values, and how these interact. Also, I can improve in my collaboration with
outside organizations, colleagues, and our professional development team to ensure that critical issues are
being effectively addressed in our organization. Furthermore, I can improve in my advocacy for additional
resources and supports, professional development sessions, and becoming a mentor or coach in the near
future. Lastly, I can improve my voice outside of the classroom by joining educational organizations and being
more versed in recent literature.

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