We are proud to spotlight the Teacher Fellows program this year at the annual ISTE+ASCD conference in Orlando, FL. Welcome to Jordan School District's Teacher Fellow website. If you are here, it's probably because you saw our poster session at ISTE+ASCD 2026, "Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement to Lead, Educate, and Inspire."
Our goal with this poster session was to share with conference attendees how to:
1) recognize key elements of teacher leadership.
2) build and sustain collaborative cohorts using the Jordan Teacher Fellows model.
3) design targeted professional development to mentor and support teacher excellence and refinement.
All of these resources are available on this website, but we wanted to gather them together in one post for the conference.
Teacher Leader Guidebook: We used the 6 roles of a Teacher Leader as a framework for Year 1 of the fellowship. Teachers received six sessions targeted on each of the roles, in conjunction with a book study on leadership, and expanding their professional network by meeting significant people within district leadership.
Jordan Teacher Fellows Impact Report: At the end of Year 2 of the fellowship, our Teacher Fellows shared their Action Projects, student-centered leadership projects focused on their schools or communities, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes for the students they serve. Check out the report to see the many different ways they demonstrated leadership throughout their fellowship learning experience.
Three Teacher-Leader Pathways: Lastly, in Jordan, we have used the MASTER grant to create personalized learning pathways for teachers interested in Teacher Leadership. The Teacher Fellows program is just one path for teachers to engage in Teacher Leadership. The other professional learning opportunities under the MASTER grant is the Site-Based Associates program and the National Board Certified Teacher mentor program. Follow the links to learn more about each program.
