Connecting Educators
Teacher Leadership
FIA’s Teacher Political Leadership provides educators an opportunity to elevate their voice as Oakland teachers to take leadership for quality, equity, and access in public education. Teachers will:
- Reconnect with their journey to become a teacher
- Learn about key power levers in the Oakland educational landscape
- Use their voice as an Oakland charter teacher to advocate for quality, access, and equity
- Join a growing, powerful movement for educational equity in Oakland schools
- Learn how they can build electoral power as a teacher
Session 1: What’s at Stake?
Purpose:
Teachers will understand the origin stories in order to explore why they choose to work in a PCS and the values that guided their decision; understand what is happening in Oakland education policy, who benefits, and why; and agitate around who is shaping a vision for equitable access to quality public education in Oakland.
Session 2: Strengthening our Personal Power
Purpose:
Teachers will define power, understand the core principles of power, and to introduce the primary means of developing and exercising their public power; To explore the experience of the group with the four quadrants of exercising power and become aware of the advantages and limits of each; and To share practical power building practices including mapping power relationships and power 1:1’s.
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