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Teacher Leadership: Association Pathway

What You'll Learn

You will learn how to advocate for diversity, equity and cultural competence as you develop leadership skills in instruction, policy and/or association.

Who Should Apply

K12 Educators
Higher Ed Instructors
Mid Career Educators
Veteran Educators
Administrators

5
micro-
credentials

15
Approximate hours each

Description
This stack is based on the Teacher Leadership Competencies that were developed in partnership by National Education Association, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and Center for Teaching Quality. They are designed to help teachers develop leadership skills in instruction, association and educational policy. The Overarching and the Diversity, Equity and Cultural competence micro-credentials focus on competencies that all teacher leaders need to have. The Association Pathway micro-credentials focus on skills needed to be engaged in association leadership and the Policy Pathway micro-credentials focus on skills need to advocate for education equity and funding at the local state and federal levels. The Instructional pathways focus on teacher leadership for classroom practice.

Program	Description	Action
	Building the Capacity of Others Educator demonstrates leadership skills and uses personal interactions to implement training for others who wish to take more Association responsibility. *Types of Evidence Required:* 10 min. video OR audio OR written artifact OR Photos AND written artifact, written artifact OR video [View PDF]
	Learning Community and Workplace Culture Educator deepens their understanding around improvements around community and workplace culture. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written artifact, audio or video AND written documentation, Written artifact OR video [View PDF]
	Organizational Effectiveness: Leading with Skill Educator demonstrates the ability to perform one or more administrative leadership tasks to maintain/enhance an organization’s effective operation. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written artifact, audio or video AND written documentation, Written artifact OR video [View PDF]
	Organizational Effectiveness: Leading with Vision Educator grows as a leader with vision for themselves and the vision, mission, and values for their association on a local, state, and/or national level. *Types of Evidence Required:* Audio OR video OR written artifact AND written artifact [View PDF]
	Organizing and Advocacy The educator/teacher leader will learn the needed leadership skills to organize and advocate for a needed researched cause or policy. *Types of Evidence Required:* Audio or video OR written artifact AND description written artifact, Written artifact OR audio or video OR survey [View PDF]