Excellent Teachers Leading the Way: How to Cultivate Teacher Leadership

Autor/in	Thornton, Holly J.
Titel	Excellent Teachers Leading the Way: How to Cultivate Teacher Leadership
Quelle	In: Middle School Journal (J3), 41 (2010) 4, S.36-43 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-0771
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Teacher Leadership; Individualized Instruction; Teachers; Scores; Integrated Curriculum; Educational Practices; Teacher Persistence; Middle Schools; Educational Improvement; Academic Achievement; Action Research; Teacher Researchers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Individualisierender Unterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungspraxis; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulleistung; Projektforschung; Lehrerforschung
Abstract	Increased emphasis on content coverage and test scores can be an obstacle to many middle level practices, such as curriculum integration and differentiated instruction. While an increasing number of well-prepared, exemplary middle grades educators know and understand this situation, these educators are often not the ones leading school change. Teachers are at the center of all reform movements, and without their full participation and leadership, any effort to reform education is doomed to failure. Teacher leaders serve as mentors and encourage their peers; they influence policies in their schools; they assist in improving instructional practice; and they help develop the leadership capacity and improve retention of other teachers. This article attempts to answer questions on the current status of teacher leadership and on how teachers can cultivate leadership in their middle level schools. (Contains 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10