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Birky, Virginia Davidhizar; Shelton, Marc; Headley, Scot – NASSP Bulletin, 2006
This article examines how high school administrators influence teacher leadership in both positive and negative ways, particularly in an educational reform environment. It specifically looks at how they encourage, discourage, and motivate involvement in teacher leadership activities. Data from two studies were collected from teacher leaders…
Descriptors: Administrators, High Schools, Teacher Leadership, Educational Change
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Dinham, Stephen – Australian Journal of Education, 2007
There is a vast body of research confirming the important influence of the classroom teacher on student achievement. A key issue, then, is how the quality of teaching and learning within individual classrooms can be influenced and improved. This paper argues that educational leadership is a key influence on the quality of teaching and learning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Leadership
Kezar, Adrianna; Lester, Jaime; Carducci, Rozana; Gallant, Tricia Bertram; McGavin, Melissa Contreras – Liberal Education, 2007
Faculty members who work directly to advance the institutional mission of teaching, learning, and at some institutions, research, represent the core human resource of higher education. They are the stewards of campus leadership and decision making. While the faculty role has changed over time, leadership has remained critical to innovation in…
Descriptors: Tenure, Institutional Mission, Instructional Leadership, College Faculty
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Goos, Merrilyn; Dole, Shelley; Makar, Katie – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2007
The new Queensland "Mathematics Years 1-10 Syllabus" differs from previous syllabuses in that it has an outcomes structure that describes how students think, reason, and work mathematically. The main challenge for secondary teachers implementing the new syllabus lies in taking a more investigative approach to "working…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development
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Harrison, Cindy; Killion, Joellen – Educational Leadership, 2007
Teacher leaders assume a wide range of roles to support school and student success. Harrison and Killion describe 10 roles that teacher leaders can fulfill in their schools. As resource providers, they provide materials to help their colleagues. Instructional specialists help colleagues with instructional strategies, and curriculum specialists…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Team Teaching, Mentors, Teacher Collaboration
Jones, Laura C.; Webb, P. Taylor; Neumann, Maureen – Issues in Teacher Education, 2008
Teaching literacy skills is inextricably meshed with the work of transformation. When students learn to read and write, they are learning the knowledge and skills needed in order to better understand their world and ultimately to participate in the remaking of their realities. Leadership for social justice is a democratic, empowering relationship…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Literacy Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Democracy
Hansen, Pia – Eye on Education, 2009
This book serves as a reference to help prepare and support effective math content coaches. It provides insight into the leadership skills necessary to mentor other teachers, establish collaborative teacher teams, influence school culture positively, and improve student achievement. Contents include: (1) Examining the Role of a Math Content Coach;…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Leadership Effectiveness, Mentors, School Culture
Schmerler, Gil, Ed.; Mhatre, Nayantara; Stacy, Jill; Patrizio, Kami; Winkler, Jessica Endlich; Groves, Jennifer; Rockwood, Kathleen Dickinson; Lin, Clara E.; Hernandez, Lillian; Solorza, Cristian; Hummel, Robin E. – Bank Street College of Education, 2009
Teacher leadership is "hard." Many of the reasons are obvious: Teaching is a highly labor-intensive profession to begin with, leaving little downtime for work with other adults. School schedules are notoriously stingy with space for adult collaboration. Teachers are rarely paid to exercise leadership; when they are, they are never paid…
Descriptors: School Schedules, School Culture, Teacher Leadership, Mentors
Buehler, Jennifer Lyn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This three-year ethnographic study analyzes the ways in which "toxic" school culture was produced through interactions among staff members at Centerville High School, an under-resourced high school where I conducted fieldwork from 2004-2007. Using discourse analysis, I examine adults' competing beliefs about low-income and minority students, and I…
Descriptors: Race, School Culture, Participant Observation, Beliefs
Dils, A. Keith – 2001
This study assessed current self-professed teacher leader preparation and teacher leader behaviors, comparing selected teacher leader characteristics with characteristics of the general population of public school teachers (using Department of Education data). Subjects were selected via a stratified random sample of teachers whose email addresses…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities, Mentors, Teacher Characteristics
Kentucky Department of Education, 2004
Quality professional development is fundamental to effective teaching and higher student achievement in all classrooms at all grade levels. Administrators and instructional staff must possess solid, up-to-date academic and professional skills in order to maintain high performance schools. To ensure the acquisition of these skills, the Kentucky…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Improvement, Faculty Development, Teacher Leadership
Ray, Doris; Pike, Ann – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2004
On the surface, learning and leading may appear to be opposites. Learners are commonly thought to be na?ve and innocent. Leaders are expected to possess special skills and knowledge. However, these apparent opposites may be like two sides of the same coin, a dynamic combination that generates powerful results. A Maine nonprofit has created a…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Public Agencies, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership
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Nathan, Linda – Educational Leadership, 2004
The most difficult task while focusing the school's mission of teaching and learning is balancing administrative duties and unforeseen crises. The difficulties faced by the leaders and educators in school community are described by a day's analysis in the Boston Arts Academy.
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Role, Teacher Leadership
Rion-Gaboury, Jennifer – Leadership, 2005
A school-wide, shared vision can light the path to a positive school climate. Bringing the abstract concept of a school-wide vision from theory into practice enables administrators to extend a broad-based leadership approach to the teachers (Lambert, 2003). This inclusive method builds upon the knowledge and expertise the teachers possess and…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Teacher Leadership, Educational Improvement, Educational Environment
Berry, Barnett – Center for Teaching Quality, 2007
Over the last 24 months--with support from the National Education Association and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards--over 2,000 National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) from North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Washington examined teacher recruitment and retention research and participated in structured…
Descriptors: Evidence, Teacher Leadership, Educational Policy, Teacher Recruitment
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