In this episode, we talk to the staff at Valera Middle Academy. Thanks to the Reimagining the Alliance Educator pilot, they can give their teachers double the planning time of past years.
Erik Carlstone and Jonathan Tiongco, Principal and Executive Director of Valera, learned that the program's success wouldn't be as simple as telling teachers they have more time, and expecting everything to work out on its own. They've had to adjust their approach and put structure around the additional time. They also learned that their school needs to walk teachers through targeted training and intellectual prep that they provide.
Now their teachers can complete their core responsibilities while not feeling rushed. Teachers report that they can prepare more engaging instructions and collaborate with their peers, to better address the needs of their scholars. As teacher Cynthia Cassandra, one of Valera’s math and integrated science teachers remarks, they can now, “Navigate this profession a lot easier, because they have support from their admin and from their teammates.”
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