Marzano & Dumbledore agree on #teacherleadership scale #harrypotter #MichEd

In researching teacher leadership, I have been looking at other leadership evaluation models. This morning I am reviewing The Marzano School Leader Evaluation domains, elements, scales and evidence. Marzano has five domain with elements in each domain. There are a total of 24 elements across all domains.
What stuck me was the scale. There is no highly effective. It is replaced with innovating. Innovating is what true leaders do. They improve practice. They move the ball and change the game.

I also love the lowest level, not using. Compare to other models that label our lowest level as minimally effective or not effective, this scale correlates to evaluation as a growth model. The lowest is choosing not to use the domain or element being evaluated. This returns me to one of my favorite quotes by Dumbledore, "Now is the time we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy." I truly believe few of us choose to be wrong, lacking, minimally effective. It's a place we land when w choose not to attend to something. Anyone choosing to attend to an element can be beginning to improve. The scale defines beginning as attempting.

source: http://www.marzanocenter.com/Leadership-Evaluation/Leadership-Model-Domains/

Teaching as a profession - the world is FLAT #teacherleadership

In researching my latest paper on Teacher Leadership Standards, I have had some insights on teaching as a profession. We are a flat profession. Take two teachers, one is new it's their first day, and the other has been teaching for 30 years. On the first day of school, they both have the same job duties.
Without the role of Teacher Leadership there is no growth for teachers beyond the mastery of instruction that allows them to continue work with students on a daily basis.
This is the important role of Teacher Leadership in the health and maintaining our master teachers. Teacher Leadership allows teachers to maintain that daily instruction and connection to students but also allows a teacher to grow as a professional, leader, and collaborate with others.