Developing Arts Teacher Leaders Through Professional Learning Communities

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Seventeen
  In Roundtable Session: Teacher and Student Development Through Arts Education (Table 17)

Abstract

This project builds on research to address identified gaps in arts teachers’ leadership practices through professional learning communities (PLCs). The study examined differences over time in treatment and comparison arts teacher leaders in PLCs, specifically in their facilitation skills and their knowledge of formative assessment classroom practices, as well as their experiences with blended professional learning using technology. Arts teacher leader outcomes in the first two years of the study included increased PLC facilitation knowledge; increased knowledge of formative assessment to improve planning, instruction, and assessment; increased knowledge of how to effectively use blended professional learning; and effective leadership ratings from their PLC members.

Authors

• Nicole L. Lorenzetti, City College of New York - CUNY
  Presenting Author

• Jessica R. Goffredo-Englehart, New York City Department of Education
  Presenting Author

• Susanne DeFalco Harnett, Metis Associates, Inc.
  Presenting Author