Elevating the Teaching Profession: A Call to Action
Teacher leadership to forge an enhanced teaching culture that advances both the professional standing and careers of teachers, and learning for all students. Read More →
Deborah Walker
Bio
Deborah brings to her leadership of CTL deep experience at all levels of education—as a classroom teacher, principal, district assistant superintendent, and university faculty member, all in her native California, and as executive director of the Gheens Academy, which provides instructional leadership and professional development for the Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the largest school districts in the nation.
Posts by Deborah Walker
Kentucky Teacher Career Pathways Animation
The brief animation provides a clear message about the direction our commonwealth is taking to provide career pathways for teachers to remain in the classroom as professional educators, improving student learning and the overall quality of our schools. Read More →
Kentucky Teacher Leadership Framework Animation
The animated infographic provides a clear message about the direction our commonwealth is taking in using the Kentucky Teacher Leadership Framework to leverage teacher leadership to improve student learning and the overall quality of our schools. Read More →
Kentucky Teacher Leadership Framework
The KY Teacher Leadership Framework illustrates the various roles teacher leaders can play in addressing persistent problems of practice, including closing achievement gaps for poor and/or minority students. Read More →
The Hard Work of the Process of Change
As educators, we always seem to be in the process of change, resulting from both external and internal sources. Internal change efforts are not any easier to accomplish, in part due to how faculty reacts to change. Read More →
Responses to Issues Raised at Education Town Hall Meetings
CTL’s response to the five issues raised by Commissioner Pruitt’s Education Town Hall meetings to shape the future of education in Kentucky. Read More →
Artful Thinking and Project Based Learning
What is Artful Thinking? We asked ourselves the same question and agreed that Artful Thinking approaches learning, problem solving and creating using an artist’s perspective and design thinking. Read More →
The Complexity of Changing Outcomes for Students
I believe that those of us who enter education do so with a passion for learning and for ensuring that our students learn. Yet we have not created conditions in schools, districts or statehouses where… Read More →
From September to Now: 20th Anniversary Take-Aways
This innovative district lets students choose how to learn. These models include project based learning (a model that CTL promotes and is currently implementing in three schools), online classrooms, peer-led, self-paced, traditional, and an original design called Cardinal Academy where students develop their own learning plan under the guidance of an academic advisor. Read More →
Inventing the Next 20 Years: Education Panel Discussion
What does the future hold for public education, and how can we shape the future to ensure that all our students benefit? Read More →