Have you ever taken the time to really listen to teachers talk about their work, about their joys and frustrations, and about how they grow as they work together? This episode is an opportunity to do just that. Bailey teachers talk about their experience and offer wisdom for all of us as they do so.
00:00 Introduction to the Second Season
Dr. Barbara Stengel 01:25 Introduction to Professional Development? The Bailey Experience
Stengel 03:55 Bailey’s Team Structure as the Engine of Professional Development
Stengel, Keisha Harding, Bailey Teacher Leader now a STEM Consultant; Emily Prendergrass, Associate Professor of the Practice of Teaching Reading, Peabody College 14:20 TLUS as a Vehicle for Learning Together to be Prepared, Not Scared
Stengel, Harding, Pendergrass 24:05 More Relational Capacity: The Synergistic Role of Residents
Stengel, Lindsey Nelson, Dean of Academics; Kenan Kerr, resident, 8 year teacher, now curriculum consultant; Julia Konrad, resident, 5 year teacher, now Head of Education Research in NYC Independent Budget Office 40:05 Job-Embedded Teachers: The Answer to Shortages?
Stengel, Nelson, Kerr, Konrad 47:58 Why Aren’t These Teachers Still in the Classroom?
Stengel, Nelson, Kerr, Konrad 54:28 What Does Teacher Learning Look Like in the Good School? And How Can We Fund THAT?
Stengel 57:15 Next Time: “Parents Rights”: Politically Volatile but Educationally Important? Not So Much
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Many thanks to the guests who agreed to inform our thinking for this episode! These include Emily Pendergrass, Keisha, Harding, Lindsey Nelson, Julia Konrad, and Kenan Kerr.
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What is Chasing Bailey?
Chasing Bailey is a podcast about a group of teachers, leaders, and others who dedicated themselves to changing the fortunes of a failing middle school in Nashville TN from 2012 to 2016.
They succeeded, but their achievement was bittersweet.
In 2016, the district closed that school.
Still, those who were there knew they had stumbled onto something special, some important educational truths that might help all of us find our way out of the morass that COVID 19 has left us in.