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TEACHER VOICE: It’s up to us to replace a culture of fear with a culture of trust
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•Sep. 11, 2023Delta Change Agent Network
Teach Plus is launching our 2025-26 Delta Change Agents Network (DCAN). This will be our second cohort of educators across the Delta to facilitate school-based change while building their skills and exercising leadership. The Network will bring teacher leaders together from across districts to create an equity-centered network hyper-focused on improving the culture and climate of schools and, ultimately, the educational experience for students.
Aligning with our organizational goal of significantly increasing college and career readiness rates – particularly in the Delta – Teach Plus is prepared to support middle and high school teacher leaders as they engage in redesigning their schools’ instructional practices, culture, and support systems to better prepare students for postsecondary success. Change Agents will engage their principals and teams of their colleagues in examining the needs of the school community, identifying the scope of the need for change in their schools, and charting a path forward to solve problems of practice through continuous improvement.
At A Glance
- 11 Change Agents from across the Delta developing innovative solutions in their schools
- Program Kick-Off in February 2025.
- Participating teacher leaders will receive a $2000 stipend and an additional $1000 for project implementation per year.
- 18 Months of Transformational Impact
Knowing that, as teachers, you have the greatest proximity to the needs of learners, the Delta Change Agent Network creates a unique opportunity— empowering you, as teacher leaders, and your team of colleagues, to collaboratively explore problems of practice in your schools, develop concrete action plans to address them and operationalize those plans using proven research-based practices. Teach Plus Education Leadership Coaches will provide you with ongoing coaching support as you build your skills as school-wide change agents, foster shared ownership and a growth mindset culture, and develop the tools necessary to understand and measure the impact of your change projects on your peers, students, and schools
Questions? Contact Sanford Johnson, Teach Plus Mississippi Executive Director, via email at sjohnson@teachplus.org.
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