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TEACHING POLICY FELLOWS
The Teaching Policy Fellowship is a highly selective program for teachers interested in having a voice in decisions that affect their profession.
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T+ NETWORK
The T+ Network is a rapidly growing national movement of teachers who want to connect with national and local policy leaders and be a voice for change within the teaching profession.
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T3 INITIATIVE
The T3 Initiative is an innovative program to recruit, develop, and support effective, experienced teachers to serve in our lowest performing schools.
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Fellows In The News

Teach Plus Boston is excited to announce its new cohort of Teaching Policy Fellows. Click here to learn more about the incoming cohort!

Video: U.S. Department of Education Ambassador Fellow and Teaching Policy Fellow Alumna Shakera Walker meets with Arne Duncan. Watch now.

Boston T+ Network

Check back soon for upcoming T+ events in Boston. Join the Network and follow Teach Plus on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates.

Event Recap

How can a district best support the needs of its students? BPS Superintendent hears from teachers. Read the event recap here. 

Read about past events here.

 
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Teach Plus In The News

Teach Plus Indianapolis Executive Director Casey Patterson writes in the Indy Star that teachers’ unions must modernize for the sake of teachers and students.

Following two years of dedicated advocacy by Teaching Policy Fellows, Indiana has passed SB 1, sweeping legislation that will improve teacher quality across the state. See a description of the effort here.

Indianapolis T+ Network

Check back for more updates soon, Join the Network, and follow Teach Plus on Facebook and Twitter.

 

Event Recap

The Indianapolis Teaching Policy Fellows hosted an event with Marion County legislators on December 13th. Governor Daniels and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett have made clear that education reform will take top priority in the 2011 Legislative Session.

Indianapolis Policy Fellows want to be sure that teacher voice is included in these critical conversations that are sure to alter the Indiana education policy landscape.  To that end, the legislators heard from teachers on a variety of issues including layoff policies, teacher tenure, evaluation, improving working conditions, and changing pay structures.  We look forward to continuing this dialogue as the session progresses.

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Teaching Policy Fellowship

We are now accepting applications for the 2012 Memphis Teaching Policy Fellowship. The priority deadline is Sunday, March 25. Learn more today!


Memphis T+ Network

Mark your calendars for the following events: March 3rd TEI and Teach Plus Institute on Compensation and the March 29th Year 1 Review of TEM Implementation. Check back soon for more event details!

 

Event Recap

February 2, 2012 - Teacher Leaders Building Teacher Effectiveness Through Peer Assistance and Review

Read the transcript of Expert Panel answers to your submitted questions and teacher recommendations for the new Memphis program, Peer Assistance and Review. . Read a detailed event summary here.


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Teaching Policy Fellowship

Be a voice for change in the teaching profession! Apply now for the next cohort of Chicago Teaching Policy Fellows. Application deadline is Monday, April 16. Learn more today!

 

Fellows in the News

Fellow Jillian Carew will be featured as part of the StoryCorps National Teacher Initiative. Jillian’s story about her life in Chicago classrooms will be archived in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, in addition to the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. 

Fellow Tracie Kenyon was interviewed and featured as part of the Joyce Foundation’s 2010 Annual Report. Tracie spoke on the issue of teachers evaluation; check out a clip of the interview. 

 

T+ Network

Check back soon for upcoming T+ Network events in Chicago!

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Teach Plus in the News

LA Teaching Policy Fellow Kyle Hunsberger is quoted in an LA Times article on teacher and principal evaluations. "I think there's a possibility of change for schools and, more importantly, for kids," says Kyle.

 

Los Angeles T+ Network

February 16, February 21, March 6, March 13: What’s the Value of AGT?

Teach Plus and LAUSD will be hosting a series of conversations about the use of Academic Growth over Time (AGT) in LA schools.

Learn more and RSVP!

Event Recap

November 17, 2011 - The Use of Student Growth Measures in LA Schools. 

Read a detailed event summary

 

 
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Teach Plus in the News

Teach Plus welcomes Washington, D.C. Executive Director Candace Crawford.  Read about Candace and the entire Teach Plus Team here.

 

Washington, D.C. T+ Network

January 31, 2012: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan celebrated the launch of Teach Plus Washington, D.C. and introduced the inaugural class of Teaching Policy Fellows. The event, with more than 200 teachers and policymakers in attendance, included a reception for guests and remarks from Secretary Duncan. Watch footage from the event!

Apply for the Teaching Policy Fellowship!

The Teaching Policy Fellowship is a highly selective program for teachers interested in having a voice in decisions that affect their profession. Teach Plus seeks classroom teachers within years 3-10 of their teaching career who have ideas of policy change they would like to enact on a local and/or national level; a desire and the strong communication skills necessary to actively advocate for these changes; and a track record of success teaching students in urban schools.

Applications are now closed.

 

 
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Teach Plus Washington, D.C. Launch Celebration with Secretary Arne Duncan

January 31, 2012: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan celebrated the launch of Teach Plus Washington, D.C. and introduced the inaugural class of Teaching Policy Fellows. The event included remarks from Secretary Duncan and a question-and-answer session with more than 200 D.C. teachers and policymakers.


Watch footage of the event!

 

Memphis and Chicago Teaching Policy Fellows Applications Open!

Want to be a voice for change in the teaching profession? Apply now for the next cohort of Memphis or Chicago Teaching Policy Fellows. Learn more and start your application today in Memphis or Chicago!



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See how Boston teachers improved the odds that high-need students would get access to effective, experienced teachers.

Read about how Indianapolis teachers helped to save their own jobs.

Learn about how Teach Plus is helping Memphis use teacher input in key reform decisions.

Join us in celebrating the amazing progress of T3 schools in closing the achievement gap. Click here to read more about our teachers' progress with students in Year 1.

LATEST CITY NEWS

MEMPHIS:
The 2010-2012 cohort of Fellows has authored a new report on conditions for the successful implementation of Peer Assistance and Review.

LOS ANGELES:
Teach Plus recently co-authored a paper with the Ed Trust — West entitled "Improving Teacher Evaluation in California."

BOSTON:
The results from the first year of the T3 Initiative are in! Read the T3 Program Analysis.

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