1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Teachers Are Leaders Act . 2. Teacher leader development program Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 200— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (21), (22), and (23), as paragraphs (22), (23), and (24), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (20) the following: (21) Teacher leader The term teacher leader means a teacher who carries out formalized leadership responsibilities based on demonstrated school needs, while maintaining a role as a classroom instructor. ; and (2) in section 202— (A) in subsection (b)(6)(C), by striking subsection (f) or (g) and inserting subsection (g) or (h) ; (B) in subsection (c)— (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting a teacher leader development program under subsection (f), after subsection (e), ; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking subsection (f) and inserting subsection (g) ; (C) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), as subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively; and (D) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Teacher leader development program (1) In general A teacher leader development program carried out with a grant awarded under this section shall involve the professional development of teachers, as described in paragraph (2), who maintain their roles as classroom teachers but who also carry out formalized leadership responsibilities to increase the academic achievement of students and promote data-driven instructional practices that address the demonstrated needs at their schools, such as— (A) development of curriculum and curricular resources; (B) facilitating the work of committees and teams; (C) family and community engagement; (D) school discipline and culture; (E) peer observations and coaching