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Building Collective Efficacy & Teacher Leadership (Workshop)

When a staff believes, together, that they can make a difference for students, they do. Collective teacher efficacy is one of the strongest influences on achievement, and leaders build it by creating success, sharing leadership, and helping teachers see their collective impact.

Key takeaway

Collective teacher efficacy, a staff's shared belief that together they can move student learning, is among the strongest influences on achievement, and leaders build it deliberately.

Format
Leadership session
Length
45 minutes
Group size
Any (works 4-40)
Who can run it
A school leader
You will need
Slides (5)Printed handoutYour staff in mindA timer
Aligned to
Learning Forward: Conditions for SuccessLearning Forward: Transformational ProcessesResearch on collective teacher efficacy
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Why it works

Collective teacher efficacy, the shared belief among a staff that together they can affect student outcomes, ranks among the strongest correlates of achievement in the research. It is built, not wished for: through experiencing shared success, meaningful collaboration, distributed leadership, and leaders who help teachers see evidence of their collective impact. Teacher leadership is a key lever.

The research: Research on collective teacher efficacy (Donohoo; Hattie); teacher leadership.

The run-of-show

Choose your slot. The agenda, timings, and length update to match.

    The core activity: plan to build collective efficacy

    Leaders leave with a plan to engineer shared success and make collective impact visible.

    Build belief through shared successCollective efficacy grows when a staff sees, together, that their efforts move student learning. Engineer real shared success and make the impact visible.

    Facilitator notes

    Efficacy is built, not announcedYou cannot tell a staff to believe in themselves. Create real shared wins, share leadership, and show the evidence of impact.

    Adapt it

    Participant handout

    One page for every teacher. Print it, or save it as a PDF.

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    Collective Efficacy: build belief through success

    <b>Strongest lever there is:</b> shared success, meaningful collaboration, distributed leadership, visible impact.

    1. A shared goal with visible success:
    2. How I make collaboration meaningful:
    3. How I share leadership with teachers:
    4. How I show the evidence of collective impact:
    5. A teacher-leadership opportunity to open:

    Make it stick

    Shared success, shared leadership:

    Common questions

    Isn't efficacy just confidence?
    Collective efficacy is a staff's shared belief that together they can move student learning, grounded in evidence of impact, not just optimism. It is built through real, shared success.
    How do leaders build it?
    Create opportunities for shared success, make collaboration meaningful, share leadership with teachers, and show staff the evidence that their collective efforts are working.
    What does teacher leadership have to do with it?
    Distributed leadership, teachers leading learning, teams, and initiatives, builds ownership and efficacy far more than top-down direction.

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