We need to create
hybrid teacher leadership roles that allow teachers to work both in the classroom and in other capacities to lead learning across the profession.
Learning about shared leadership provides teachers with a language for
discussing teacher leadership roles with colleagues and administrators, helping to overcome some of the barriers to sharing leadership.
Typically, teachers must apply for
formal teacher leadership roles (for example, team leader, mentor or coach, department chair), and those appointed often must leave their classrooms.
Despite consensus efforts like the Teacher Leader Model Standards, however, the array of
teacher leadership roles in districts across the country is so broad, and the implementation of these roles so varied, that it is difficult to consistently define them or determine the best ways to support them.
The report provides vivid descriptions
of teacher leadership roles and emphasizes the need to support effective teaching in all education contexts, as well as the highest - needs contexts, such as economically disadvantaged schools and correctional facilities.
Studies suggest that problems often result
when teacher leadership roles are not well defined (Hart, 1990; Hatfield, et al., 1987; Wasley, 1989).
Teacher leadership roles come to Edgecombe County: At Edgecombe County Public Schools, the first three of the district's schools to embark on Opportunity Culture roles form a feeder pattern from elementary through high school, where, says Public Impact's Shonaka Ellison,» we're losing some really excellent teaching in schools.»
(pp. 35 - 36) ISBE should opt to reserve the 3 % of overall funds for statewide activities for competitive grants around
innovative teacher leadership roles and teacher - led professional development in schools.
Negotiate with teacher union leaders, if applicable, to
ensure teacher leadership roles are included in employment contracts or agreements and provide significant and sustainable compensation for teachers to serve in leadership roles in their schools, i.e. release time, stipends, authority, etc..
A recent paper from the Aspen Institute — Finding a New Way: Leveraging Teacher Leadership to Meet Unprecedented Demands — explains how schools can
shape teacher leadership roles in response to school - or district - specific challenges.
In short, lack of clarity
about teacher leadership roles, and the absence of structures to support them, is, at least in some places, inhibiting sustainable development of effective teacher leaders.
Longitudinal studies collect data
on teacher leadership roles and their impact on teacher career choices, retention, and student achievement.
In contrast to
traditional teacher leadership roles, Career Pathways teacher leaders spend a greater proportion of their time on instructional activities thereby impacting the most important campus activities, teaching and learning.
Q Comp provides funding
for teacher leadership roles, job - embedded professional development including more collaboration time, improved implementation of teacher evaluation, performance pay for student achievement, and alternative compensation for teachers taking additional courses.
Mr. D'Alfonso also made sure I was connected with other teacher leaders in the school - including two Black men who had
teacher leadership roles in the school.
Schools across the United States are adjusting their professional cultures and workplace practices in response, creating formal opportunities for teachers to learn from one another and work together through shared planning periods,
teacher leadership roles, and professional learning communities.
Vision It is important that
teacher leadership roles be part of an overall vision and set of values that accepts and expects teachers to participate in leadership.
In the past,
teacher leadership roles have been limited in scope and established at the prerogative of school administrators.
Those who achieve Board certification would take up
teacher leadership roles, enabling them to influence instruction and school culture beyond their classrooms.
I teach in a Renewal School, and I took on
a teacher leadership role at my school.
Ironically, stepping into
a teacher leadership role has given me that time.
Main findings from the study reveal that while impact and satisfaction differed by the type of role among teacher leaders (peer coaching vs. modeling roles), principals and teacher leaders across the city reported high levels of satisfaction with the value added to their school in having
teacher leadership roles.
In addition, no state required teachers to have a specific endorsement in order to serve in
a teacher leadership role.
These included how to strongly connect school priorities to
teacher leadership roles - the School Theory of Action - and how to regularly and rigorously analyze formative leadership, teacher practice, and student data - the Quarterly Data Review.
Residency programs continue to develop and grow candidates and graduates for
teacher leadership roles.