Talks With Teachers

Megan Allen Mt. Holyoke College Her passion in education is focused on one major tenet: the successful transformation of our education system, led by professional educators. Megan's current areas of research are around teacher leadership, cultivating teacher leadership capacity in pre-service teachers, career continuums in education, education policy and its impacts on the classroom, and working with high-needs populations. http://www.teachingquality.org/blogs/MeganAllen @redhdteacher       In this episode you will learn: Why she never considered being a teacher in high school or college How Ally McBeal and Boston Public changed her life path What Megan is doing to developing a graduate program in teacher leadership When collaboration with colleagues can make a difference How failure can help teachers grow The epic fight that broke out in her classroom and what she learned from it Why summers are essential to teacher growth What blogs you should follow like Jose Vilson, Donalyn Miller, and  Bill Ferri