Teachers Leading Change (TLC)

School administrators’ support of shared leadership empowers teacher leaders to contribute to high achieving learning communities and promotes school culture. Moreover, teachers who are leaders in their own classrooms help to build a positive school culture and inspire their peers to improve their own instructional practices.

Competencies and Beliefs

Kingsport teacher leaders believe...

• that it is important to be continuous learners and search for ideas to grow in the practice.
• that there is a need to understand the communities in which they work and be advocates for the rights of students.
• in the value of maintaining a strong sense of purpose.

Kingsport teacher leaders have the capacity to...

• develop a community of trust and collective responsibility.
• differentiate instruction to meet the varied needs of teachers.
• use formative assessment to pinpoint trends and identify areas of support for teachers and students.
• use research as evidence to improve practice and promote student achievement.
• navigate the complexity of relationships, data, and best practice in order to support both teachers and students.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Facilitator of Professional Learning
• Communicator
• Designer and Creator of Curriculum, Resources, and Pacing Guides
• Mentor

Cost and Sustainability

The Kingsport Teacher Leader Council was funded by Race to the Top monies in the 2013-14 school year. Title II monies funded the Teacher Leader Council in the 2014-15 school year. This gave the district the opportunity to implement a new alternative salary schedule to determine the availability of funds needed to pay the teacher leader stipends for the 2015-16 school year and beyond. Kingsport’s Strategic Compensation Task Force completed phase I of the differentiated pay plan involving the one-lane pay scale, and is now working on phase II, a compensation plan for additional