Rebecca
Ponka of Public School 261 has been chosen as a MetLife Fellow
in the Teachers Network Leadership Institute (TNLI), an honor
shared by hundreds of exemplary public school teachers across
the nation.
This
select group of elementary, middle, and high school teachers
represents eleven TNLI affiliates nationwide Chicago (IL);
Fairfax County (VA); Mason (VA); Los Angeles (CA); Miami (FL);
New York City (NY); Sacramento (CA); Santa Barbara County
(CA); San Francisco (CA); the State of Delaware; and the State
of Wyoming.
Since
its inception in 1996, TNLI has been the pioneer in offering
the teachers' voice into the national discourse on education
reform. Fellows read relevant literature, participate in online
dialogues, and meet regularly with policyinakers. As a major
part of their work, TNLI MetLife Fellows, teachers with full
time classroom responsibilities, also conduct action research
studies in their classrooms and schools address the direct
link between policymaking and its effect on student achievement.
The NYC
TNLI MetLife Fellows also released a major document examining
leadership in area public schools entitled Successful School
Leadership A View from the Classroom, steeped in the fellows'
collective action research studies and policy recommendations.
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Rebecca Ponka has been chosen as a MetLife Fellow
in the Teachers Network Leadership Institute (TNLI).
This fall,
this document will be widely distributed to thousands of schools
and policyrnakers throughout New York City and beyond.
The revolutionary
TNLI book, Taking Action with Teacher Research, was published
in 2003 by Heinemann Press; and, is already in its third printing.
This groundbreaking document, edited by TNLI Director Ellen
Meyers and TNLI Advisor Frances Rust, contains six chapters
focusing on action research studies conducted by six different
TNLI MetLife Fellows as well as two additional chapters (i.e..
on TNLI work and the action research process) written by Meyers
and Rust.
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More information
on this book is available on the TNLI area of Teachers Network
at the website www.teachersnetwork.orp/tnli.
Ellen Meyers, director of the Teachers Network Leadership
Institute, relates that, "this kind of teacher action
research serves as the catalyst to forge meaningful conversations
among parents, communities, and policymakers about what really
works in education.".
Summary
versions of TNLI action research and more information about
TNLI is available online at: www.teachersnetwork.org/TNLI.
TNLI
works in partnership with New York University Steinhardt School
of Education. Major funding lot TNLI is provided by MetLife
Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,
with additional support from the New York Community Trust.
TNLI is
a major initiative of Teachers Network. Teachers Network is
a non profit organization that identifies and connects teachers
who exemplify professionalism, independence, and creativity
within the public schools.
PS 261
is located at 314 Pacific Street.
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