Effective preparation program recruitment relies on authentic assessments of leadership practice, district - level pipeline initiatives to develop teacher leaders, and other efforts to identify, select and
support future teacher leaders.
Each organization pledged to help engage the field and their members in various ways, including through social media, summits, training, policy work and advocacy opportunities
for future teacher leaders.
Teachers who graduate from the Boston Teacher Leadership Certificate program go on to serve in teacher leader roles within their schools, supporting a pipeline
of future teacher leaders and principals.
Mimbs (2002) found that, in a teacher leader preparation program, participants identified providing support to teachers» use of instructional materials as a goal of
their future teacher leader practice.