Career ladder

Maryland PDS 2025 Project

Teacher Career Ladder

Maryland PDS 2025 Project Teacher Career Ladder (TCL)

The Maryland PDS 2025 Project will explore the Teacher Career Ladder roles and opportunities that are proposed in recent Maryland legislation (Blueprint for Maryland鈥檚 Future). Beginning in January 2021, the Teacher Career Ladder Workgroup will design and prepare implementation recommendations  for a professional development trajectory  system that supports teachers in different phases of the career. The workgroup will design and pilot new professional roles for practicing teachers in MCPS and PGCPS that recognize excellence and support ongoing professional learning. The workgroup will also design and analyze data from a pilot cohort of teachers in the various career ladder roles in participating schools. 


 

The Blueprint for Maryland鈥檚 Future envisions a paradigm shift in every school in the state to ensure every student receives a world-class 含羞草研究所. The teacher career ladder will be one of the innovative approaches districts will leverage to increase the professional development and growth opportunities offered to teachers. 

One of the exciting and challenging parts of the Blueprint is the impact it could have on the quality of 含羞草研究所 offered to every public school student in the state of Maryland. Simultaneously, there are still questions about how the Blueprint will be implemented in districts across the state. Therefore we see the UMD Teacher Career Ladder Framework as an iterative product that will develop and change as additional state-level regulations and best practices are identified and applied. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Contact the team Segun Eubanks Ed.D. and Pamela Callahan Ph.D. 


Proposed Teacher Career Ladder in Kirwan Commission Interim Report 

Career Ladder table

Work Group Members

NAME
ORGANIZATION
TITLE
Jennifer Rice
UMD
Provost
Segun Eubanks
UMD
Director, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement 
Lawrence Clark
UMD
Assistant Dean, Office of Undergraduate Studies
Cherise Hunter
UMD
Project Manager, Maryland PDS 2025 Project
Theresa Nebel Robinson
UMD
Director, Creative Initiatives in Teacher Education 
Andrew Brantlinger
UMD
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
Daniel Chazan
UMD
Jean, Jeffrey, and David Mullan Professor of Teacher Education
Pamela Catherine Callahan
UMD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joel Miller
UMD
Graduate Assistant
Lijuan Shi
UMD
Graduate Assistant
Donna Christy 
PGCEA
President, Prince George's County Educators' Association
D. Ray
PGCEA
Assistant Executive Director, Prince George's County Educators' Association
Dr. Kristi Murphy Baldwin
PGCPS
Chief Human Resources Officer
Pearl Harmon
PGCPS
Director, Human Resources Operations & Staffing
Karen Gregory 
PGCPS
Director, Office of Employee Performance
Kristi Holden
PGCPS
Director, Professional Learning Office
Damaries Blondonville
PGCPS
Senior Project Manager
Allison McLeod
PGCPS
Coordinating Manager
Jennifer Martin
MCEA
President,Montgomery County Education Association
Heather Carroll-Fisher
MCEA
Executive Director, Montgomery County Education Association
Amy Biancher
MCEA
Organizational Specialist, Montgomery County Education Association
Nikki Woodward
MCEA
Vice President, Montgomery County Education Association
Yolanda Stanislaus
MCPS
Director, Department of Professional Growth Systems
Sydney Pinkard
MCPS
Instructional Specialist
Rotunda Floyd-Cooper
MCPS
Director, Learning, Achievement, and Administration
Khanny Yang
MCPS
Director, Leadership Development Program

 

  • Professional Learning Courses (PLCs design will begin in Fall 2021 and facilitation will begin in Spring 2022)
  • Instructional Improvement Projects (IIPs design will begin in Fall 2021 and facilitation will begin in Spring 2022)