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’s 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. 

 

University of Maryland Teacher Career Ladder Framework

The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future envisions a paradigm shift in every school in the state to ensure every student receives a world-class education. 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. 

The UMD Teacher Career Ladder Framework is a tool that we hope can support the work of district and education association leaders as they design, negotiate, and implement a career ladder that meets the needs of the students and teachers in their district.  

One of the exciting and challenging parts of the Blueprint is the impact it could have on the quality of education 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. 

Click here to access the printable version of the UMD Teacher Career Ladder Framework. 

Proposed Teacher Career Ladder in Kirwan Commission Interim Report 

Career Ladder table

Work Group Members

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