Intersections Between Teacher-Powered & Community Schools

January 2018 •

Many teacher-powered schools identify as community schools, and vice versa. Read more about the parallels between these two models, here.

Five Innovative Skills Mastered in Teacher-Powered Schools

July 2016 •

An infographic about Woods Learning Center—a teacher-powered school in Wyoming—where Mrs. Jackson and her student Jude engage in similar learning and innovation skills.

Steps to Creating a Teacher-Powered School

January 2016 • Educator Resources

A step-by-step resources to use in launching a new teacher-powered school, including a handful of tips and resources for each step.

Sample Documents: A Collection

January 2016 • Educator Resources

A collection of sample documents from teacher-powered schools, including decision-making procedures, organizational structures, school proposals, and more.

Lessons from the Innovators: Discussion Starters for Creating a Teacher-Powered School

October 2015 • Educator Resources

Interactive resources featuring sets of lessons learned, tips, and discussion questions for teacher teams to take up as a group.

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Teacher-Powered Schools: Generating Lasting Impact through Common Sense Innovation

September 2014 •

The initial white paper of the Teacher-Powered Schools Initiative, which describes the results of national research that found overwhelming support for the "teacher-powered" idea among teachers and the general public.

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Trusting Teachers with School Success

October 2012 • Core Publications

A book on teacher-powered schools by authors Kim Farris-Berg and Ed Dirkswager, with Amy Junge. Their research found that teachers make choices associated with high-performing cultures when they collectively secure autonomy to design and manage schools. This finding is foundational to our teacher-powered work.