Three teachers selected as teacher leaders
Published 10:01 am Monday, February 2, 2015
Three Federal Way teachers are among 25 selected by the Puget Sound Educational Service District as Puget Sound Teacher Leaders.
They will blog and tweet about their experiences, instructional practices and their successes in the classroom specifically related to Common Core Standards, Next Generation Science Standards and Teacher/Principal Evaluation Project.
In addition to monthly blog posts, teachers host and participate in two Puget Sound Educational Service District-supported Twitter chats each month.
These teachers from Federal Way include:
• Carly Hancock, Olympic View Elementary. Follow her @ICoachCarly (twitter.com/ICoachCarly).
• John Hines, Todd Beamer High School. Follow him @jhhines57 (twitter.com/jhhines57).
• Shannon Houghton, Wildwood Elementary. Follow her @MsHoughton (twitter.com/MsHoughton).
Puget Sound Educational Service District believes that teacher leadership is essential for successful large-scale systemic changes in education.
On Jan. 3, 25 accomplished teacher leaders gathered for the 2015 Puget Sound Teacher Leader kick-off. After a competitive hiring process, the service district hired 15 new teacher leaders to join 10 returning teacher leaders to continue working to accelerate implementation of new learning and new teaching standards through teacher dialogue via social media.Each teacher leader will receive in-depth professional development in the Literacy Design Collaborative, a unit planning framework aligned to the English Language Arts Common Core, which supports literacy instruction across disciplines. Through their social media platforms, and through their professional learning networks, Puget Sound Teacher Leaders will share their knowledge and resources with teachers across the region.
