![]() ![]() Through a video example and a scenario they unpacked what it means, and what it takes, to participate in learning conversations that supportively challenge colleagues’ to deepen their awareness of their effectiveness as teachers. The experience of one group of teacher leaders from SLZUSD’s Lorenzo Manor Elementary – Deja Escalera, Justin McJilton, Rosemarie Sandoval, and Ashley Thomsak – points to the power of supporting teachers to lead their colleagues’ learning in this way.Īt the Teacher Leader Network convening, Deja, Justin, Rosie, and Ashley engaged in a series of learning activities along with the rest of the Network that deepened their understanding of the power of supportive challenge. We designed our October Teacher Leader Network convening to enable and inspire our teacher leaders to support their site colleagues to increase their effectiveness during moments of supportive challenge. Teachers build the self-awareness that leads to lasting change in their practice through conversations that honor their social and emotional competencies while helping them clarify both their goals for student learning and understand what is happening for individual learners. Yet, at Mills Teacher Scholars we know that such moments of supportive challenge are a key component of transforming educators’ professional learning spaces into the engines that drive progress toward equitable outcomes for students. Our teacher scholars from a broad array of districts have, year after year, expressed that it is difficult to ask a colleague probing questions about the purpose of an activity to make observations that help that colleague shift from deficit- to asset-based thinking about a student or to know what to say that will help a colleague get clear on their learning goals for students. Years of self-reflection data from our teacher scholars has told us that it is difficult to “supportively challenge” colleagues to deepen their thinking about their teaching practice. This was the invitation extended at our Teacher Leader Network convening at the end of October to our network of teacher leaders, who help us design and facilitate inquiry-based professional learning. “Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.”
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