Teacher Leadership During Times of Transition

Too often, teacher leaders are tasked with leading departments, grade-level teams, or PLCs without sufficient support for developing the unique understandings and skills necessary to facilitate learning for colleagues. Teacher Leadership During Times of Transition develops the leadership capacity of established and emerging teacher leaders, with an emphasis on the design and facilitation of powerful adult learning spaces. The program deepens leadership identity while connecting to deeper purpose, vision for equity, and core values. As part of a reflective, robust community of practice, teacher leaders from multiple Bay Area districts will hone their capacity to facilitate collaboration that improves equitable outcomes for students.

The sessions of this Community of Practice are designed to support teacher leaders to:

  • Learn research-backed tools and strategies to design powerful adult learning spaces, refine their coaching stance and work effectively with colleagues.
  • Engage with equity-aligned leadership and coaching frameworks, grounded in real-world dilemmas and data.
  • Build a professional network with other like-minded educational leaders who routinely facilitate adult learning and coaching.
  • Reflect on leadership core values, clarify purpose and vision for the learning space, refine facilitation practices, and understand impact on adult and student learning.

Facilitators

Lead by Learning

Schedule

This Community of Practice will convene via Zoom on third Thursdays in October 2025 through May 2026, from 3:45–5:15p.m. The exact dates are October 16, November 20, December 18, January 15, February 19, March 19, April 16, and May 21.

Who should participate?

Teacher leaders who lead collaborative teams at their schools or in their districts, such as grade level leads, department chairs, PLC leaders, or Instructional Leadership Team leaders.

Cost

21CSLA programs are no cost to participants employed in Title II districts and schools in six Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano.

Click here to see schools served by the 21CSLA grant. If you do not see your school, district, or charter system, please contact us at 21csla_bayarea@berkeley.edu.

Registration

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Questions?

Contact us at 21csla_bayarea@berkeley.edu