«Specifically, we documented how the Mills Teacher Scholars Teacher Leadership Network meetings (a) offered safe thinking spaces that positioned teachers
as intellectual
professionals who could socially construct knowledge and
learn together, (b) allowed teachers to surface and
name the complexities and uncertainties inherent to teaching that would undoubtedly arise
as they sought to facilitate
learning communities at their school sites, and (c) provided guidance for teachers through a parallel process, that is, modeling for them and supporting them in experiencing firsthand what they would be responsible for enacting and scaffolding with their teaching colleagues.»