Breakout Session Topics

By • Jun 13, 2016

We are excited to share with you the following breakout sessions for the 2017 Teacher-Powered National Conference. This year we have five different strands of breakout sessions with some sessions […]

Teacher-Powered Day

By • Dec 26, 2023

We are excited to announce our first regional Teacher-Powered Day on November 9, 2019. Led by our Minnesota and Wisconsin ambassadors, the day is designed to improve your collaborative leadership practices in an informal setting.

Student Empowered School via Town Hall

By Maggie McHugh • Feb 23, 2023

It’s a Friday afternoon. Normally, students are abuzz, packing up at the end of the day, chatting about weekend plans, waiting impatiently for the clock to hit 3:00. Not this […]

Teacher Evaluation Reimagined

By Greg Fisher • Feb 16, 2023

This is the second of a two-part set of articles on Teacher Evaluation. See the first entry here. Contact Greg Fisher at schoolempowerment@gmail.com. Is there more than one way to design […]

2022 Sessions

By • May 24, 2022

Topic Strands Breakout workshops, expert panels, and roundtable discussions will organize into these session strands: Teacher-Powered On a Stick: How teams use autonomies, structures, and collaborative leadership practices to govern […]

Coaching & School Partnerships

By • Nov 15, 2021

For teams that would like more individual support, Teacher-Powered offers a range of options: Each option allows your team to have dedicated time with teacher-powered staff and/or ambassadors. Our team […]

Mountain View School

By • Nov 11, 2021

Mountain View School is a progressive, learner-centered Pilot School in Southeast San Diego focused on whole-child, constructivist education. We are proud to be a high quality TK-8 public school of […]

Is a change in schooling just too obvious?

By Curtis Johnson • May 21, 2021

Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages The lessons of the pandemic start with the inadequate attempt by too many schools at remote learning for kids. Parents saw, many for the […]

Teacher voice

By • Feb 12, 2021

A popular and overused term, which usually means asking teachers’ opinions about a topic, decision, or policy. Teacher voice describes input, but not decision-making authority. It is thus distinct from […]