Teachers often do not interact with legislators when educational policy is being developed. As a way to facilitate more interaction between the two groups, scholars are calling for teacher leaders to step forward and participate in legislative advocacy. The invitation is not limited to in-service teacher leaders. Preservice teacher leaders can…

This article describes the conditions for establishing an advanced master's degree program that focuses on teacher leadership. The creation of the model is examined from the perspective of nine administrators from Eanes Independent School District in Austin, Texas, and Texas State University-San Marcos. These administrators collaborated to design…

Chronicled efforts of foreign language middle school teachers as they developed professional portfolios. Investigates what happens when teachers build a professional portfolio as an alternative to a state appraisal system. Findings point to the importance of administrative and collegial support for successful professional portfolio development.…