This document provides materials and procedures for a 30-minute activity to help participants develop criteria for selecting teacher leaders. It involves introducing attributes of teacher leaders through a discussion, reviewing example criteria using a "Baker's Dozen" handout, and having teams develop their own selection criteria to share. The goal is to help representatives, STEM programs, and school districts set criteria for choosing teacher leaders.

1. TEACHER LEADER SELECTION CRITERIA
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Activity Materials / Procedure Time
e Job
General Materials Purpose / Audience
• LCD / Computer • Purpose: Help participants begin to set critera for teacher leader
selection.
• Audience: MSC Representatives, STEM, & LEA (would also be
appropriate Teacher Leaders)
Teacher Leader Selection Criteria Materials: 30 minutes
• Powerpoint presentation
Handouts:
• “Baker’s Dozen” Handout (do not need PPT thumbprints if this handout
is used)
• Reflection sheet: Teacher Leader Selection Criteria
• EdLeadership, “Teachers as Leaders”, September 2007 / Vol.65 No. 1
(Recommended resource / can be ordered through ASCD,
www.ascd.org. Focus of this entire issue is teacher leadership.)
Activities: 10 minutes
(1) Introductory slides 1 – 3 w/ team discussion on attributes of a teacher
leader. (Use “Reflection 1” in a Think-Pair-Share format.) 10 minutes
(2) Review “Baker’s Dozen” slides 4 – 8. 10 minutes
(3) Using “Reflection 2”, have teams develop their own selection criteria.
(4) If time, share out any additions they come up with to the list.
(5) Hand out and explain to them the EdLeadership issue that they are
receiving.
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