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TCs, Leadership and Sustainability
Lynn Marsico Western Pennsylvania Writing ProjectSusan Biggs, Kevin Hodgson, and Bruce Penniman Western Massachusetts Writing Project
National Writing Project Annual Meeting 2007
Purpose and Goals
This session is an inquiry into developing TC leadership and supporting TCs as they take ownership of site work and site governance
To share stories and inquiry tools from WPWP and WMWP
To involve you in leadership development activities you can take back to your sites
Beginning Our Inquiry
Take 7 minutes to explore in writing the thoughts and questions you bring with you today on the topic:
Leadership Development
Mapping Out Our Writing Project Sites
Create a visual that represents the work of your site including who does the work how the work is connected
This visual can take the form of a graphic organizer that defines the work,
the people, and the relationships a metaphorical representation such as a
house
WMWP: Map as Inquiry Tool
Seeking to create a structure of sustainability after two key losses
Using the site map as a tool to probe the mission and goals of the site
Seeking opportunities to develop new leaders and expand site’s impact
Developing guiding questions to promote ongoing inquiry into the site
Satellite Programs or
Mini-NetworksCommunications Student Programs Teachers as
Writers
Summer Institute and
Alumni Programs
Director: Charlie Moran
Co-Director: Paul Oh Co-Director: Mary-Ann Palmieri
Co-Director: Diana Callahan
Co-Director: Bruce Penniman
InserviceSusan Biggs
WMWP PublicationsLeif RiddingtonLeslie Skantz-HodgsonMary Farrin
SummerWrite!Lisa LaMotheLeif Riddington
Teachers’ PublicationMary-Ann Palmieri
Summer InstituteBruce PennimanDiana CallahanCharlie Moran
New Teacher SeminarsBruce Penniman
State Network LiaisonMary-Ann PalmieriCharlie Moran
Student Writers’ WorkshopLisa LaMotheDiana Callahan
Writing and ResponseDiana Callahan
First-Year ProgramsTina Browne
ELL ProgramsKaren SumaryonoWilma Ortiz
Political ActionCharlie Moran
Student PublicationsJoanne Wisniewski
Writers’ RetreatsDiana Callahan, Mary-Ann Palmieri
Best PracticesBruce Penniman
Teacher ResearchAnne Herrington
Web SitePaul Oh
Teachers as WritersDiana Callahan
Advanced InstitutesAnne Herrington
Rural SitesMary-Ann Palmieri
NWP LiaisonCharlie Moran
Urban SitesCharlotte Lak
Record-KeepingPam Howes
Mapping Out Our Work: WMWP 2001
Site Map in Revision (2002): Responding to Our Questions
WMWP’s New Site Map
WMWP’s Current Site Map
Leadership Development
TC Timeline Activity Take 10 minutes to create a timeline of your
own history with your writing project. Circle the time when you first began to see yourself as a leader.
Share your timelines in groups of 4. Notice the differences and similarities in the ways people became leaders.
SI 2000
Fall Conf. presentation
EJ Article Published
Inservice Coordinator
Co-DirectorNWP Annual Mtg.2001
2002
Western Pennsylvania Writing Project
History of Teacher Leadership and Shared Governance
Site started in mid 1980’s Dynamic group of TC’s write the
charter Fourteen years of stability with a
single university director Five year period of various
management configurations Current model of shared governance
FellowsCouncil
Western Pennsylvania Writing Project
Western Pennsylvania Writing Project
PROMOTING GROWTH OF TEACHER LEADERSHIP What we learned at the WPWP Structure the Summer Institute around leadership issues.
Encourage teachers to participate in as many regional and national workshops, initiatives, retreats, and conferences as possible.
Insist on a teacher leader for whatever governing body the site maintains (Fellows Council for the WPWP). Allow this teacher leader to set the agenda and conduct all meetings.
Appoint fellows to serve on financial committees.
Support “thinking outside the box.”
Find ways to pay teachers for their efforts.
Recruit new fellows who have already demonstrated leadership in their teaching situations.
All teacher leaders must mentor teachers who will step into each leadership role
Planning for Leadership Development
Leadership Development PlanUse the handout to document your
thinking and learning in this session (10 minutes).
Work in groups of 4 to share these plans and get more ideas from each other (20 min).
Last Words
Take 5 minutes to complete one of these statements:
I learned . . .
I discovered . . .
I confirmed . . .