Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

07.12.22 Call for Applications: TLAC Fellows–Cohort 3

  Several years ago, we piloted the first two cohorts of our Teach like a Champion Fellowship. The TLAC Fellows were a small group of excellent teachers who engaged with the TLAC Team in a sustained multiyear professional development relationship and conversation. The group met regularly—both in person and remotely–to dig deep into the craft of…


06.13.17 Announcing our Second Cohort of TLAC Fellows

About six months ago, we put out a call for nominations for the second cohort of our TLAC Fellowship. The program is designed to be an incentive for great teachers to become even better teachers.  We want to encourage very, very good teachers to focus on getting even better- to strive to become classroom artisans who…


12.09.16 Announcing the Teach Like a Champion Fellows Program, Cohort 2

About a year ago we began a new endeavor. We decided to pilot a program called TLAC Fellows. Here’s how we described it last May:   The idea is this: We want to create incentives for great teachers to become even better teachers. That is, we want ways for them to be ambitious and remain in the…


05.13.16 Piloting The TLaC Fellows Program

This has been a pretty amazing spring up at TLaC towers because, among other things we’ve begun to pilot “TLaC Fellows” program. The idea is this: We want to create incentives for great teachers to be… wait for it…. even better teachers. That is, we want ways for them to be ambitious and remain in the…