[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2205. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       On page 274, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
       ``(xi) increasing and improving opportunities for teachers 
     to take on meaningful leadership roles and responsibilities 
     for additional compensation without having to leave their 
     role as teacher; and
       On page 277, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       ``(F) a description of how the local educational agency 
     will increase and improve opportunities for meaningful 
     teacher leadership in order to positively impact student 
     achievement, build the capacity of teachers, and effectively 
     negotiate or collaborate with principals, teachers and 
     representatives of teachers, and local educational agency 
     leaders.
       On page 285, after line 25, insert the following:
       ``(O) providing additional compensation for teachers or 
     making other systemic changes to create or enhance 
     opportunities for meaningful teacher leadership, such as 
     initiatives that include--
       ``(i) increased time for common planning, within and across 
     content areas and grade levels;
       ``(ii) designated time for effective teachers to--

       ``(I) receive training on mentoring; and
       ``(II) plan and execute mentoring activities;

       ``(iii) career ladders and lattices, providing for 
     additional pay for professional growth, which may include 
     hybrid roles in which teachers lead from the classroom;
       ``(iv) teacher-designed and teacher-implemented 
     professional development activities;
       ``(v) opportunities for experiential and professional 
     learning, which may include observation;
       ``(vi) feedback mechanisms for continuous improvement of 
     school environment and activities, including school working 
     conditions and the social-emotional well-being of teachers;
       ``(vii) the development of policy collaboratively by 
     teachers, and the representatives of teachers, and the 
     leaders of the school, local educational agency, community, 
     or State; and
       ``(viii) other innovative approaches to leverage teacher 
     leadership; and
       On page 296, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
       ``(F) training and supporting principals to identify, 
     develop, and maintain school leadership teams, which shall 
     include teacher leaders and others as designated by the 
     principal, using various leadership models, except that such 
     models shall not include forced or involuntary transfers; and
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