Teach Plus

I've heard great things about Teach Plus from many readers (I asked for feedback when I sent around Michael Winerip's lame article recently: http://edreform.blogspot.com/2010/08/lesson-plan-in-boston-schools-dont-go.html):

 

Teach Plus is a great org, founded by Celine Coggins.  They (she) won a Mind Trust fellowship last year.  They're empowering teachers to engage with policy…It is basically an "un-union union" and provides support to strong mid-career teachers with PD and other incentives.

 

Here's a link to a video about Coggins: www.themindtrust.org/video.aspx?id=2 and here's her bio:

Celine Coggins Chief Executive Officer
ccoggins@teachplus.org

Celine Coggins is the founder and CEO of Teach Plus. She has a background that includes research, policy and K-12 teaching. Prior to founding Teach Plus, Celine worked at the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy where she led the research and publication process for almost two dozen reports and policy briefs; she is an editor of two books. Celine also led several consulting projects with large urban districts seeking to differentiate roles and pay for teachers. She directs the Teaching Fellows program, which trains exceptional early-career teachers to become advocates for their generation in the profession.

Celine earned her Ph.D. in Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University, where she studied teacher quality and education leadership. At Stanford, Celine conducted research on instructional coaches and their impact on teacher practice through the Center for Research on the Context of Teaching. She also served as a consultant to a national, blue-ribbon panel aimed at improving teacher quality called The Teaching Commission.

Prior to Stanford, Celine worked in the Office of the Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Education on an array of teacher quality initiatives. She began her career as a middle school teacher in Worcester, MA. Celine earned her B.A. in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross and her M.Ed. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from Boston College.