Among teacher sources of influence, teachers with designated leadership roles were perceived to have the strongest influence (M =.4.43), followed by staff teams (M = 4.36) and then some individual teachers (M = 4.28); the ratings of teachers
with formal leadership roles were significantly higher than the ratings of staff teams (t = 3.51, p <.01) or some individual teachers (t = 5.54, p <.001), and the rating of staff teams was significantly higher than the rating of individual teachers (t = 2.19, p <.05).
Not exact matches
We anticipate that in the 2015 — 16 school year, all 336 school districts in Iowa will have a local TLC plan that elevates at least 25 percent of the teaching staff in each school to
formal leadership roles with additional responsibilities and compensation.
I am very conscious that understandings of
leadership work undertaken by teachers typically reinforce those
with formal positional
roles at the expense of other forms of
leadership which I believe are equally important for the improvement of student learning and achievement in schools.
The emphasis is upon interdependent interaction and practice rather than individual and independent actions associated
with those
with formal leadership roles or responsibilities.
The individuals or groups identified as providing
leadership included a mix of principals, assistant principals, teachers in
formal leadership roles (e.g., grade or subject team leaders) and teachers
with specialist positions (e.g., literacy specialists, technology specialists, counselors).
The principal three years earlier had explicitly encouraged teachers to assume
leadership roles in the school, in accordance
with district policies that supported the designation and implementation of
formal teacher - leader positions.
While the
formal or informal
leadership roles of teachers may vary in different schools and districts, teacher
leadership is broadly defined in the 2011 Teacher Leader Model Standards as «the process by which teachers, individually or collectively, influence their colleagues, principals, and other members of the school community to improve teaching and learning practices
with the aim of increased student learning and achievement.»
Supported by the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, New York City piloted and scaled new
formal roles,
with corresponding pay increases, in the 2014 UFT - DOE contract.31 There are now three New York City teacher
leadership roles: Model Teacher, Master Teacher, and Peer Collaborative Teacher.