What Issues Do Expert Teachers and Teacher Coaches Face When They Are "Inserted" Into High-Needs Schools?

31 TLN 2005 What Issues Do Expert Teachers and Teacher Coaches Face When They Are "Inserted" Into High-Needs Schools? What issues do highly skilled teachers and teacher coaches face when they are "inserted" into high-need, low-performing schools? Would it be more effective to introduce a team of expert teachers (and perhaps a proven principal)? And if so, how should this happen? Members of the Teacher Leaders Network explored both these questions during recent online conversations. Taken together, their reflections point the way toward the effective use of NBCTs and other accomplished teachers to help improve student achievement in hard-to-staff schools. They also offer a caution. As one experienced school change specialist put it: "If any person or group goes into a low-performing school presenting themselves as the 'silver bullet,' they are condemned to failure right off the bat." Teacher Leaders Network (2005). What issues do expert teachers and teacher coaches face when they are 'inserted' into high-needs schools? Teacher leaders network conversations. Retrieved from the Teacher Leaders Network 17 Apr 2008. Link: http://www.teacherleaders.org/old_site/Conversations/HTS/inserted_HTS.html