Cultivating Teacher Leaders: A Union-Led Effort Connects Classroom Practice to Education Policy

Autor/inn/en	Vitucci, Robin; Brown, Marjorie
Titel	Cultivating Teacher Leaders: A Union-Led Effort Connects Classroom Practice to Education Policy
Quelle	In: American Educator, 43 (2019) 1, S.4-11 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0148-432X
Schlagwörter	Teacher Leadership; Faculty Development; Unions; Educational Policy; Teacher Influence; Public Schools; Action Research; Advocacy; Teacher Collaboration; Policy Formation; Academic Achievement; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Projektforschung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Lehrerkooperation; Politische Betätigung; Schulleistung; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Teacher leadership is vital to student success, with research finding positive connections between student achievement and teacher leadership and collaboration. While teacher leadership is certainly not a new idea, it is increasingly important in the nation's current climate to ensure students are taught in environments that are focused on their needs rather than on the ideas of far-removed politicians and policymakers, or those who have little experience in public education. Since 2011, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Teacher Leaders Program (TLP) has helped prepare educators (typically teachers) to facilitate discussions of policy issues that impact the profession both locally and nationally. The program has brought together and coached cohorts of teachers to take active leadership roles in their individual schools, school districts, and local communities. As teacher leaders, these educators have served as catalysts to build the profession and strengthen not just the union but also its connection to the community, in order to generate support for and better understanding of public schools. This article describes how the Teacher Leaders Program works and discusses the role and importance of peer-to-peer leaders, school-level leaders, and system leaders, respectively. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4420; e-mail: ae@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01