Amy Junge is a former California public elementary and middle school teacher and assistant principal. She started working with teacher-powered schools in 2009 and was a contributing author for Trusting Teachers with School Success: What Happens When Teachers Call the Shots. Today, Amy is the Director of Teacher-Powered Schools, an organization started in 2014 with the goals of highlighting the successes of teacher-powered schools, and inspiring other teacher teams to either take charge in their schools or design and run new schools. Amy supports educator teams across the country with teacher-powered governance, collaborative leadership, and autonomous school models.
Julie Cook teaches middle school at the Souderton Charter School Collaborative, a K-8 school in Souderton, Pennsylvania. Julie joined SCSC in 2002 and has been instrumental in designing and sustaining a teacher-powered school with her colleagues. SCSC’s mission to change the environment of education through individualized, experiential, and community-based learning is supported by the school’s innovative organizational processes and systems that empower teachers.
To learn more about Teacher-Powered Schools, please visit their website at teacherpowered.org.
