{"data":{"ID":321,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383074106,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Imagining a Different Path:  Charting a course for Teacher-led schools","Handle":"Imagining_a_Different_Path:Charting_a_course_for_Teacher-led_schools","ShortDescription":"How can we organize schools that empower teachers to be responsive to the individual curricular and social needs of students? What would a school led by teachers look like and what conditions need to exist to create such a place?","Description":"Too often our schools rely on a top-down model of leadership and curriculum development that isn't responsive to the needs of individual students in a 21st century environment. Imagine a school where everyone teaches and all decisions - from curriculum to scheduling to discipline policies - were made by teachers. There are schools where this fantasy is a reality and there is research that suggests this model might be just what our education system needs. Join Teachers Lead Philly to explore the research around teacher-led models for schools.  Through an overview of the theory behind the model and actual examples of teacher-led schools from around the country, we\u2019ll develop an idea of what teacher-led schools might look like in our own districts and what conditions might be necessary to create such schools.  The conversation will conclude with the development of action-steps to pursue schools that allow teachers to drive policy, practice, and curriculum.","Link":["http:\/\/www.teachersleadphilly.org\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will conduct collaborative inquiry informed by their own practice and research. The conversation will culminate with expectations, implications, and actions steps for pursuing a teacher-led model in schools.","Presenter":["Chris Angelini","Jessie Gluck","Annie Huynh"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Teachers Lead Philly"],"PresenterEmail":["chris@teachersleadphilly.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":33,"ScheduleLocationID":14,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3}}