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Map your route through The Great Teacher-Powered Get Together

HEADS UP: Hotel & registration deadlines near!

Welcome back to school!

Here’s a wild thing: The Great Teacher-Powered Get Together is only six weeks out, November 4–6 in Minneapolis.

It’s time to map your route—and make sure you don’t miss important deadlines.

Regular registration ends Oct 15
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$139 room rate guaranteed by Oct 4
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Tips for mapping your conference route

If you’re new to the movement…

Come early to Teacher-Powered 101, a pre-conference session to build the fundamentals of teacher-powered and jumpstart the weekend—and your journey beyond.

$100 or $75 per person for teams; registration required.

If you’re curious how others do it…

Join school site visits Friday, November 4 to learn directly from educator teams and students at innovative Minnesota teacher-powered schools.

$100; registration required. Transportation and lunch provided.

If you’re in search of a beacon…

Follow sessions in the “Blue Ribbon Practices” track, highlighting exemplar student-centered learning environments.

Attend Empower Teachers to Empower Students—presented by Starr Sackstein, Constance Borro, Grace Cruz, Meika Nwaomah.

If you’re eager to get unstuck…

Follow the “Escaping the House of Mirrors” track, with sessions all about navigating the system and removing policy barriers to collective autonomy.

Attend Does Empowering Teachers Impact Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention? Presented by Richard Ingersoll and Marisa Saunders.

If you’re a teacher-powered admin…

Find sessions in the “Teacher-Powered on a Stick” track, about how teams use autonomies, structures, and collaborative leadership practices to govern schools.

Attend The Mighty Midway: What does it mean to be an administrator at a Teacher-Powered School? Presented by Jeff Austin and Krissy Wright.

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A hello to the Teacher-Powered Schools Network

My name is Wendy and I am thrilled to be joining Teacher Powered Schools as our new Teacher-Powered Specialist.

I began my journey in a teacher-powered school ten years ago at the UCLA Community School in Los Angeles. My teaching experience taught me to dream big and envision schools that advance democracy and social justice. I am excited to continue this journey and to support teams to lead their schools in ways that center students and communities.

I believe that teachers can truly be catalysts of change and are the leaders we need in public education. I look forward to connecting and building together.

With gratitude,
Wendy Salcedo-Fierro

Tell us: What is retention like at your teacher-powered school?

We’re surveying the schools in our network to learn what answers teacher-powered might hold for questions of teacher attrition and retention. Complete the survey or forward this email to a colleague who should.

We also invite you for a stay/exit interview to talk about your experiences, specifically why you decided to stay or leave your teacher-powered site.

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Cultivating creative, curious learners outdoors at a teacher-powered school

“These are the tough kids,” some say. They are, but they deserve a free, high-quality education, too.

So they choose a different school—one that lives its days in the woods or wetland or art studio. Where they can use their voices to ask questions and find real answers. Where teachers deftly facilitate learning with uncommon autonomy.

Veteran educator Paula Zwicke shares how teacher-powered Class ACT in northern Wisconsin helps students turn over new leaves for themselves.

Read the blog post
The #CanopyProject is a collaborative research project that aims to build collective knowledge about where, how, and why schools are innovating, and offers a revealing look into creative learning environments. The project, led by the Center on Reinventing Public Education and Transcend, sources and elevates learning environments nominated for breaking barriers and reflecting the needs of their communities.
Read the full report


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