This past year, I took part in a project called the Teacher Leadership Institute (TLI). TLI’s goal is for participating teachers to become leaders in the profession, developing the knowledge, skills, and core values to meet the demands of…
In August of 2014, I received an email from Ron Thorpe at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards about the Teacher Leadership Institute (TLI), an institute created through a partnership between NBPTS, the National Education Association, and the Center for Teaching Quality. The email said the institute was looking for teachers in Mississippi who…
When I began the Teacher Leadership Institute (TLI), I was a veteran teacher with plenty of leadership experience in my community but little leadership experience within my school. I was hopeful that TLI would not only provide me with…
As Americans, we tend to have a romanticized view of leadership in general. Our leaders are those at the forefront of the fray, the ones who are recognized, who have followers, right? They are the ones on the nightly news, the covers of biopics, and…