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Many lessons look smooth and engaging—but beneath the surface, who’s really doing the thinking? This post explores how one teacher learned to shift from polished, teacher-driven lessons to tasks that invite students to grapple, make meaning, and do the real work of learning through productive struggle.

How can teacher leaders find support and professional learning as they step into a new role? The answer for me was finding a leadership coach.

This blog offers three teacher-developed principles for leading transformative learning with colleagues. Readers will learn how honoring teacher expertise, respecting classroom contexts, and inviting critical reflection create spaces where educators thrive—and where leadership ripples outward to the field.

How do early-career teachers develop as teacher leaders? What do they need to understand about their schools and systems to do so? In their final Fellowship year, Knowles Fellows study schools as systems and share stories of leadership in action. This blog shows how knowledge sharing turns everyday teacher insights into leadership that ripples outward—impacting colleagues, schools, and the profession.

What are some impacts of new teachers prioritizing the wisdom of veteran colleagues? This blog explores how intergenerational collaboration not only sustains early-career teachers but also strengthens the fabric of schools as professional learning communities.