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Teacher Leaders Network

For years, Education Week Teacher has partnered with the Center for Teaching Quality to publish a regular column by members of the Teacher Leaders Network, which is now the CTQ Collaboratory. For the most recent pieces in the column, visit the new CTQ Collaboratory index page.

Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Cultivating Community (and Efficiency!) With Classroom Jobs
Eighth grade teacher Ariel Sacks discusses the benefits, both educational and administrative, of putting students to work in the classroom
Ariel Sacks, August 27, 2013
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Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory A Parent's Letter: What I Want From My Kids' Teachers
A teacher and father wants his own kids to love learning, and has three requests of their classroom teachers to help make that happen.
Jonathan Eckert, August 20, 2013
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2 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Surviving a Last-Minute Change in Your Teaching Assignment
What do you do when you're unexpectedly transferred to teach a different class and grade? A teacher who went through the experience offers seven tips.
Georgianna Castellano, August 13, 2013
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5 min read
Ed-Tech Policy CTQ Collaboratory Three Mistakes Teacher Leaders Can Avoid This Year
Having headed a districtwide technology initiative for the last five years, an Alabama teacher reflects on past leadership missteps and how she’s since corrected them.
Jennifer L. Barnett, August 6, 2013
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4 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Teaching Collaboration and Critical Thinking, Tech-Free
An instructional coach offers some low-tech ideas for helping students develop collaboration and critical-thinking skills.
Ben Curran, July 31, 2013
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4 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory How to Help Student-Teachers Feel Prepared
An upcoming first-year teacher describes the most valuable lessons she learned from the veteran teacher with whom she interned.
Angela Riggs, July 22, 2013
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3 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Four Steps to Letting Your Students Surprise You
Before embarking on a trip to Nepal, teacher Wendi Pillars received a surprise lesson from her class about generosity and the value of understanding students’ passions.
Wendi Pillars, July 16, 2013
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4 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Boosting Creative Thinking in Math Class
Fourth grade teacher Lana Gundy says that she gained insight into her students’ application skills and interests by having them create their own math problems.
Lana Gundy, July 9, 2013
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2 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Making Substitute Days Count
Just because a teacher's absent doesn't mean the day has to be a waste. These tips can help keep the class attentive and engaged.
Dave Orphal, July 2, 2013
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3 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Speaking of the Common Core ... Give Students Time to Talk
A teacher offers six suggestions for giving students purposeful practice in oral communication, a focus of the common standards.
Wendi Pillars, June 25, 2013
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3 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory Common Core: Diamond in the Rough?
In a discussion about what the common core means for educators, two teachers describe the ways they’ve seen it lead to “joyful learning.”
Dina Strasser & Cheryl Dobbertin, June 18, 2013
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Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory My Breakthrough Moment as a Teacher
Working with, and ultimately getting through to, a difficult 6th grader reminded this teacher that students' personal gains are often as important as their academic ones.
Brittany Cerevic, June 11, 2013
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4 min read
Teaching Profession CTQ Collaboratory How My Online Learning Changed My Teaching
Becoming a student again reminded this gifted-education teacher about some basic teaching musts, including providing clear directions and encouraging class camaraderie.
Anthony S. Colucci, June 3, 2013
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5 min read
Professional Development CTQ Collaboratory Fighting Teacher Isolation With Technology
Jennie Magiera, a digital learning expert, offers tips on using free platforms and tools that she says can help teachers jumpstart their own professional learning.
Jennie Magiera, May 29, 2013
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5 min read
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