Full Description
Pathways to Teacher Leadership investigates emerging patterns in the development and effectiveness of teacher leadership. What roles do teachers pursue as they seek to lead change in their schools? What pressures and challenges do emerging leaders face? How can principals and peers support effective teacher leadership?
Marya R. Levenson takes a broad view of teacher leadership, encompassing not only instructional leadership but also teachers' roles in organisational improvement at the school level and the emerging movement to give teachers a voice in district, state and federal policy. She looks closely at the particular demands on young teachers in mission-driven urban schools, as well as those in more traditional settings. Drawing on lively case studies of teacher leadership in different contexts, she examines the potentially sticky relationships between emerging leaders, principles, families and communities.
Pathways to Teacher Leadership provides a powerful counterpoint to current debates about teacher quality and shows how teachers can work together to make schools better.
Contents
CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Instructional Leadership
Learning to Reach Beyond the Classroom 11
2 Instructional Leadership in Small Urban Schools
No Time to Lose 33
3 Institutional Leadership
Changing the Culture of the School 49
4 Supporting Teacher Leadership
The Role of Principals 75
5 Formalizing Teacher Leadership
Three Emerging Models 99
6 Policy Leadership
Teachers' Voices Outside Schools 121
Conclusion
One Classroom, One School, and One Network at a Time 137
Notes 147
Additional Reading 151
About the Author 155
Index 157
