Humboldt and TR kickoff Teacher Leadership initiative

The Teacher Leadership and Compensation program is off to a successful start in its first year in the Humboldt and Twin Rivers School districts. The new initiative allows teachers to work in greater collaboration with colleagues and school administrators to improve instruction and increase student achievement. Humboldt and TR are among 39 schools selected statewide to implement the program for the 2014-15 school year. A total of 146 school districts out of 346 applied for funding to begin the program. Teacher Leadership and Compensation (TLC) is the centerpiece of Iowa’s historic 2013 education reform package designed to create higher expectations for all students. Humboldt and TR will receive $421,378.71 this year to fund the program. “We’re really pleased with how well it has been going,” Tamela Johnson, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment and preschool director in Humboldt, said. To find out more about the program, read Phil Monson's series in The Humboldt Independent, kicking off with this week's edition.