The Instructional Leadership Corps: Entrusting Professional Learning in the Hands of the Profession. Research Brief

The Instructional Leadership Corps (ILC) is an innovative professional learning project in which teacher leaders in California collaborate to lead sustainable professional development to support implementation of new student standards within their districts. Over more than 4 years, the ILC has serve...

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Published inLearning Policy Institute
Main Authors Lotan, Rachel A, Burns, Dion, Darling-Hammond, Linda
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Learning Policy Institute 01.02.2019
Subjects
Academic Language
Active Learning
Alignment (Education)
Common Core State Standards
Conferences (Gatherings)
Educational Change
Elementary School Teachers
English (Second Language)
Faculty Development
High Achievement
Hispanic American Students
Instructional Leadership
Limited English Speaking
Low Income Students
Mathematics Education
Mentors
Professionalism
Program Design
Program Effectiveness
Rural Schools
School Community Relationship
Science Education
Second Language Instruction
Secondary School Teachers
Self Efficacy
State Standards
Teacher Leadership
Teacher Workshops
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
California
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Summary:The Instructional Leadership Corps (ILC) is an innovative professional learning project in which teacher leaders in California collaborate to lead sustainable professional development to support implementation of new student standards within their districts. Over more than 4 years, the ILC has served over 100,000 teachers. The responses of these educators to ILC conferences and trainings have been overwhelmingly positive. This brief describes how the ILC has changed the professional development landscape in four communities, offering lessons about how teacher-led learning can motivate shifts in practice, enhance teachers' professionalism and efficacy, and create supportive systems and strategic relationships that can sustain change. [For the full report, see ED603444.]