Collective teacher efficacy (CTE) has the greatest, positive effect on student achievement; this effect is 2-3 times greater than socioeconomic status (Hattie, 2021). As an educational leader, honing the skills to promote CTE within a school setting is vitally important to the culture and climate of a school community and its effect on student academic success. Digging into Albert Bandura's (1997) social cognitive theory and current research behind CTE, participants will build knowledge of the theoretical framework as well as begin to create a bank of strategies to foster the environment that enables CTE in the school setting. Current leadership research can be intentionally embedded into the process of building CTE and leads to various ways to frame how a leader does so. With post-pandemic learning loss and a hit in school culture, there is no time better than now to focus on building CTE throughout our school communities.
