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After ten years serving over 1,000 educators, NAATE has adapted its content, pedagogy and approach to introduce a novel series of professional development modules tailored to the needs of all educators.

The 350 hour NAATE residential curriculum has been condensed and streamlined from 1,000 pages of readings, 60+ case studies and 20+ days away from home.

NAATE introduces its Field Modules: 48 hours of self-facilitated, discussion-based learning conducted virtually or inside your school building.

NAATE - Program - Field Modules After ten years serving over 1,000 educators from 25 states, 35 cities and over 100 charter, district and faith-based school networks across the country, NAATE has adapted its content, pedagogy and approach to introduce a novel series of professional development modules tailored to the needs of all....

We are excited to share news of our new partnership with Chatham University in Pittsburgh!

Chatham University hosts program for teachers serving high-needs schools Chatham University is hosting nearly 60 high-performing, experienced teachers from charter, district and faith-based schools from around the country.

Teacher turnover is a problem that has plagued our country in recent years - even more so in high needs schools. There isn't an easy solution, nor does everyone in education agree about the path to addressing the issue. This article encapsulates Linda Darling-Hammond and colleague's responses to a portion of this ongoing debate.

https://www.the74million.org/article/teacher-turnover-debate-linda-darling-hammond-colleagues-respond-to-critiques-of-their-latest-study/

Teacher Turnover Debate: Linda Darling-Hammond, Colleagues Respond to Critiques of Their Latest Study In August, the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) issued a new report on teacher turnover, offering an in-depth analysis of how often teachers leave their schools and why. We focused on turnover because teacher attrition from the profession comprises about 90 percent of annual teacher demand, and drive...

We're having a wonderful time with our second cohort of School Leaders this week, and can't wait to see Cohort I return to Wilmington next week! As we host so many lovely principals, deans, instructional leaders, and all around educational experts, here's a great article to reflect on the guiding principles for better school leadership - or should we say guiding principals?

4 Things Great Principals Don't Do The true beauty in leadership is being able to discern when to pull back and not give teachers things they don't need. There is a balance that great principals learn, and because of that balance, they generally have happy teachers in their classrooms.

to summer at the with a smiling Cohort V! We love that so many of these faces are still familiar to NAATE as Section Advisors for new cohorts 😁📖📚📖

Founded in 2010, founded in 1776 🔔 The NAATE team is in Philly for some team bonding!

Check out this awesome article by NAATE Cohort II Alumnus Matt Presser about bringing self led projects to the classroom to fire up student passion, creativity, and community. Excerpt and link below!

"We started by brainstorming students’ concerns about the world. They noticed that TV cameras rolled into the neighborhood when there was a murder, but not when good things happened. They were concerned about police brutality and a lack of trust between officers and teenagers. They worried about how the media portrayed young people, particularly young people of color like themselves, as uncaring rather than as the impassioned and curious people they are.
We then worked together to create standards-based projects that addressed those concerns. We developed the same skills students in other classes were learning, but we did so for real reasons. We built a website where they researched and reported their own stories for an online audience, responding to events in the news and paying attention to what the news overlooked. We designed a campaign to reduce stereotypes of officers and teenagers that students presented at the local police academy. We started a neighborhood museum at our school to celebrate the stories of our community."

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2017/09/20/educators-should-steal-googles-secret-about-creativity.html?qs=google+creative

Educators Should Steal Google’s Secret About Creativity When students are given creative freedom in the classroom, they have the opportunity to tackle problems connected to their interests, says Matt Presser.

Are you savvy? Do you have an interest in cross-platform learning? The initiative to lead the design, implementation, and expansion of new systems? Come work with us as Product Manager! bit.ly/2jIngpg

Happy ! This quote from Albert Einstein has us thinking he would appreciate the case study method 🤔💭

Staff Welcomes, Program Updates, Partnerships Updates, and more!

Staff Welcomes, Program Updates, Partnerships Updates, and more!

On September 11th, 2001, New York City schools were left with over 1 million students that had to be evacuated and safely dismissed. Here's a look back at one New York elementary school that became a shelter for students from around the city, and the heroic actions of so many educators that made sure all students got home safely.

https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2011/09/09/ten-years-after-911-remembering-educators-role-in-response/

Ten years after 9/11, remembering New York City educators’ role in responding to tragedy As the city commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, new attention is going to the largely unheralded role that educators played that day.

Calling all Massachusetts based NAATE alumni!

Our friends at Teach Plus Massachusetts are now seeking outstanding teachers for the 2017-18 Commonwealth Teaching Policy Fellowship. Check out the link below to learn more, apply, or nominate a great teacher today!

http://www.teachplus.org/commonwealth-policy-fellowship

Commonwealth Teaching Policy Fellowship | Teach Plus Teach Plus Massachusetts offers the Commonwealth Teaching Policy Fellowship to outstanding teachers in the state looking to deepen their knowledge of education policy and gain a voice in decisions that directly affect students and the teaching profession. The fellowship is open to teachers in the Gr...

What's in a grade? NAATE teachers grapple with this question over our Grading at Wellington case, where a struggling principal is reflecting on the meaning of grades and college preparedness. While the fictitious faculty of Wellington High all have their own ways of making grades matter, for the New York schools in this article, grades are no longer on the docket at all. Instead, the focus is on personalized, mastery-based learning that allows students to go at their own pace.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/nyregion/mastery-based-learning-no-grades.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry Mastery-based learning allows students to learn at their own pace.

Many of NAATE's teacher fellows and school leaders work in schools that are facing major challenges - some similar to those faced by Harvey Mudd College. There are no quick fixes in education, and, so often, well-intentioned changes have major ripple effects. Here at NAATE, we ask the question: how can we, as educators and leaders, create school atmospheres that allow for teachers, leaders, and students to address critical challenges in a positive way? http://www.npr.org/2017/08/02/540603927/a-college-president-on-her-schools-worst-year-ever

A College President On Her School's Worst Year Ever Student deaths, mental health issues, stress and overwork, racial and ethnic tensions: These are just some of the challenges faced by Maria Klawe at Harvey Mudd College.

Do you have experience in marketing with a passion for education and storytelling? Follow the link for an opportunity to join the NAATE team!

NAATE - About Us - Careers - Careers: Marketing Manager NAATE's visual communications, from collateral, to documents, to research reports, to social media and other channels need constant improvement, creative design, and coherence based on our brand and sector positioning. Additionally, we report our research findings regularly to outside stakeholders a...

Please join us in welcoming Rosemary Baker to the NAATE team as Director of Partnerships. Rosemary will be working with current and prospective NAATE partners in both Los Angeles and the Bay Area. You can read more about Rosemary's previous work and her work with NAATE by checking out our website!
http://www.naate.org/page/newsroom/naate_updates/15972

How do you engage in your students' Social Emotional Learning? Here's a quick read from from Edutopia on the fundamentals of Social Emotional Learning and what it means for schools.

Why Social and Emotional Learning Is Essential for Students Learn more about the critical role that social and emotional learning plays in promoting student success.

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Board Updates, NAATE Publications, Team Changes, and more! NAATE believes that if professional development is tailored to the needs of the various participants, it will be valued, and participants will become more engaged in their practice. This NAATE published monograph explores the differences in the needs of adult learners and the K-12 students they are…

Happy ! Thank you to all those who have dedicated their love, sweat, and tears, to such a critical calling. We'd like to take this week to share some awesome stories from our favorite teachers - you!
When have you felt especially appreciated and validated at the front of the classroom? Who was that one special teacher who made a mark on your life?
Reply with your favorite and share your story!

"I Choose to Teach." Check out this inspiring article on the language used to describe teaching as a profession, written by NAATE Teacher Fellow Jennifer Corroy Porras. Words are so powerful - we should all remember to tell others (as well as ourselves!) that we have chosen to teach. Thanks, Jennifer!

tntp.org/blog/post/i-choose-to-teach

I Choose to Teach | TNTP Thank you for your interest in TNTP. To get a fast response to questions about our organization, services or research, or to reach out to a specific staff member, please contact us using this email form.

Our Chief Program Officer & Founding Director, Deb Levitzky, had a wonderful time earlier this week at the Meeting Street Academy in Charleston, South Carolina. The whole faculty got together with their Principal and Director of Instruction to try their hand with our new Field Modules! Thanks for the invigorating discussions!

Growth mindset - the belief that we can continue to learn, grow, and become smarter versions of ourselves - is critical in fostering long term student achievement. So how can teacher leaders encourage growth mindset in their students? Edutopia put together this list of YA Novels that hope to do just that. Check them out below!

https://www.edutopia.org/article/young-adult-novels-teach-growth-mindset-robert-ward

Young Adult Novels That Teach a Growth Mindset Use these novels to teach learning from loss and overcoming adversity to your middle schoolers and high school freshmen.

The NAATE team had a great time today at the Yale School Of Management Education Leadership Conference!

Here's one takeaway moment that we loved from Sharon Oster, who was speaking on research by Raj Chetty, Stanford Professor:

"Great Teachers Make a Big Difference: The quality of individual teachers matters for long-term outcomes, though we don’t yet really understand why. Something good teachers are doing well even at the individual level (measured by value-add measurements), makes a big difference on the outcomes of students, including quality of college students attend, income, teenage birth, retirement savings across schools and demographics."

For more of thought provoking conference quotes, check out our twitter page! www.twitter.com/NAATEteachers

NAATE (@NAATETeachers) | Twitter The latest Tweets from NAATE (). NAATE is designed for high-performing educators to improve classroom effectiveness, increase value to schools & renew their commitment to the profession

One of the most important things that Teacher Leaders and School Leaders take away from NAATE is a sense of community. Check out this great story from NPR of veteran educators working to create a support network for new teachers!

Hey, New Teachers, It's OK To Cry In Your Car Getting through October and November can be tough for first-year teachers. Having someone along for the ride can help, and a veteran teacher near Miami offers hope and advice.

Join us at Yale’s Education Leadership Conference, “Education as Empowerment,” on April 6-7th, 2017, where Tony Klemmer will be facilitating a "live case" on New Mexico Teacher Leadership.

Each year, the Yale SOM Education Leadership Conference gathers over 750 education experts, practitioners, and leaders to discuss innovations in K-12 education reform. The theme of this year’s conference, Education as Empowerment, asks participants to explore the role of educational institutions and leaders in promoting economic empowerment, racial equity, and social mobility. Through panels, small group sessions, and keynotes, the conference will examine the often varying strategies districts, schools, and policy-makers have used to harness the power of students, families and communities. Speakers will discuss the complex relationships between schools and social movements, the relationship between education and life-outcomes, as well as innovative solutions designed to create lasting social change through education.

Conference Home Yale SOM ELC Connect. Build. Transform.

Team changes, program update, School Leader Program news, and more!

Interim Report for PL Educators, Program Update, Team Changes, and more! NAATE has been engaged in a study of educators in student-centered learning schools, thanks to funding from the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative, CCNY and New Schools Venture Fund. Our goal is to better understand the mindsets, skills and knowledge required of educators/teachers as well as their professio...

We are looking forward to seeing Cohort IX this week for their winter session. Wilmington, DE look out!