Highly Effective Teaching Strategies for Student Feedback

Instructional Leadership

Being an educational leader means persistently working to improve curriculum, classroom instructional practices and authenticity of assessment across all grade levels, keeping students at the center of discussion. This involves strategically planning professional development, facilitating collaborative spaces for staff, and providing mentorship for newer teachers. The artifacts below are examples of how I have engaged in this important work.

Professional Development

As a teacher leader, I have had numerous opportunities to engage in planning professional development. Below are artifacts that demonstrate my proficiency in designing and executing professional development on a school-wide level:

12 Week Inquiry Cycle Template A resource I designed to help plan school-wide cycles of inquiry.

2023/2024 Professional Learning Agendas I collaborated with other teacher leaders to design these interactive agendas for whole-staff professional learning every Monday.

Professional Learning Resources for Staff In concert with other teacher leaders, I compiled resources for other teachers to explore during professional development throughout the year.

District Teacher Mentor: Transfer High School Network

Starting in the Spring of 2024 and continuing through this year, I have had the privilege of serving as a district-wide teacher mentor, providing collaborative support for teachers in other schools, specifically with ELLs. Below are artifacts exemplifying this work:

Mentoring Meetings Calendar I created this calendar as a convenient and interactive means for my two mentees to schedule meetings and take notes on our sessions.

School Visit Feedback I was invited to observe teachers at another school in the Transfer High School Network. This is the feedback I provided after observing several instructional periods.

End of the year share out (Spring 2024) At the culmination of the district mentorship program for 2024, my mentees and I created this presentation to share our growth with other mentor/mentee groups.

Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)

ILT is an integral part of any school community, as it provides teachers with a safe space within which to explore problems of practice, ask for feedback, and grow as educators. Below are artifacts highlighting my collaborative work in ILT:

Sample Agenda for ILT Part of my role as a teacher is to facilitate ILT such that all members' voices are heard. This sample agenda shows the structure and planning of that facilitation.

ILT Turnkey to the Staff After spending a year studying Organizing Centers and the H.I.L.L. Model of culturally responsive curriculum, we turnkeyed our findings for the rest of the staff, providing resources and suggestions for their own practice.

Examples of My Own Teaching Practice

It is essential for leaders in education to invite others to examine their own teaching practice, modeling what it means to have an open mind and an open classroom. Below are artifacts from my classroom that provide a window to my approach to instruction and lesson design, as well as my versatility with a variety of pedagogical techniques.

GRASPS (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product, Success Criteria) This is a project that I designed for my AP English Language and Composition class.

POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) I designed this lesson as a way for students to think through the process needed to successfully tackle the text analysis essay on the ELA Regents.

Workshop Model After my mini-lesson on irony, students worked in pairs to analyze how irony works in poetry. After independent practice, the class ended with a whole class share out.

Scaffolded Reading for ELLs I used chunking, scaffolding, and other strategies to make this nonfiction text more accessible for a class of emerging and transitioning ELLs.

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