However, while these studies indicated that teacher
leaders positively impacted the
teams they were on, the studies did not reveal much about the nature of the leadership teacher
leaders provided and why it was
effective, indicating an
area for additional research.
There is some evidence that teacher
leaders provided more
effective instructional support to
teams that were focused on specific subject
areas than to
teams with an interdisciplinary focus.
She provides dynamic professional development in the
areas of Organizational Leadership Development, The Principal Leadership Academy, The District Leadership Academy,
Leaders Developing
Leaders seminars, Data Driven Decision Making, Data
Teams, Data
Teams for
Leaders, Accountability Planning and System Development, Power Strategies for
Effective Teaching, Writing to Learn, Response to Intervention, Leadership Coaching and Development, Principal and
Leaders Evaluation Frameworks, and Common Core.
Maximising colleagues» engagement with their work and their
team is also essential for retention — an
area in which
effective middle
leaders can have a big impact and which is could not be more important in the midst of a recruitment and retention crisis.