The objective of the Teacher Leader Academy (TLA) is to strengthen teacher leadership by aligning teacher leader roles and development structures to competencies and indicator skills essential for success. This is done by supporting teacher leaders through intentional learning experiences in a cohort format.  Each cohort member has a leadership coach and attends monthly professional development in the group setting.

TLA teacher leaders participate in an application and selection process, which allows for a select cohort group of teacher leaders who possess elite leadership qualities.  Teacher leaders in the academy represent a holistic range of teacher leader roles throughout the district.  These roles include school-based teacher leaders, literacy leads, math leads, high school teacher leaders, and special education liaisons.

Teacher leaders in the academy receive whole group professional development, along with optional learning sessions to reinforce the leadership competencies.  Additionally, teacher leaders receive year-round differentiated individualized coaching.

In order to align development with the unique needs of the cohort, teacher leaders participate in needs assessments aligned with the District’s leadership competencies.  This allows for professional development to be customized for the specific needs of each cohort.

If you are a District teacher leader interested in participating in the Teacher Leader Academy, consider applying to the next cohort!

Further questions? Email Camille Banks (cbanks@philasd.org) or April Tomarelli (atomarelli@philasd.org)