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Teacher-led Professional Development with Nathan Adams Transformative Principal 107

Nathan has been a special education teacher for 8 years. He has taught in middle, high, and elementary levels.

• Teacher led professional development
• Sponsored by the local teacher’s union.
• Joined the union that has supported him, in an effort to give back.
• Idea of helping general education teachers and special education teachers understand the needs of each other.
• Brotherhood of professionals.
• Need to find a way to offer this for credit to improve skills but also have incentive.
• NEA grant that supported professional development for teachers teaching teachers.
• Institute for Professional Development.
• Will align in the future to make the district PD calendar aligned with what the association is wanting.
• Surveyed members to determine what they wanted to learn.
• This is a perk/benefit for the members of the association.
• Challenge is finding the time to make this happen.
• Highlights: Teachers posted what they found beneficial from the courses.
• Google Certified Teacher, Level I and II.
• Teachers were responsive to the things they were learning.
• Advice: Continue to use good teaching strategies. But don’t be demeaning.
• District started doing magnet schools.
• Principal that just started in the position.
• Teacher leader for educational technology.
• Personable leader, understands the field, understands the kids.
• Ambassador as a teacher.
• Weekly email from the principal.
• Staff meetings are held in a different teacher’s classroom each week.
• What are we going to do that week that is interesting?
• Principal asks how he can support us.
• How to be a transformative principal: Trust the people that are working for you.

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