Teach Plus Pennsylvania is excited to expand our collaborative efforts with teachers who want to be active in educational policy.
As a Teach Plus PA Network teacher, you will be invited to monthly network events – both virtual and in-person – that offer opportunities to learn about policy and advocacy, advocate on behalf of your students, interact with policy leaders and experts, learn about teacher leadership opportunities and awards, and collaborate with other education champions from your region and throughout the state.
Through our Teacher Networks, Teach Plus engages with a community of educators to gather their input on key educational issues in their state and engage them in advocacy efforts to improve the teaching profession and outcomes for students. Network members gain access to Teach Plus training and learning sessions, inform policymakers, and engage in advocacy to increase equitable opportunities for students.
Past PA network events have featured PA governors, education secretaries, and legislators; Teach Plus policy fellows presenting their research and policy recommendations; briefings on the state budget and school funding; and opportunities to provide real-time feedback on bills before the General Assembly.
Teach Plus trains teachers in understanding education policy as a lever for student success, community organizing, leveraging their voices in both media and the legislature, and more. Teach Plus works to create opportunities for teachers to contribute to the discussions and action that directly impacts their profession at the policy level while maintaining their essential role as a classroom educator.
Teach Plus recruits Teach Plus PA Network teachers from across the state to participate in the network experience. You will become part of a larger movement of teacher leadership, and help share your expertise with policymakers and mobilize your peers around top issues impacting the teaching profession in Pennsylvania. PA Network teachers will have a light-touch experience of the Policy Fellowship and will have an opportunity to apply for future Policy Fellowships.
Nationally and locally, Teach Plus Policy Fellows have:
Collaborate with other champion educators from your region and throughout the state.
