Full Description
The term "teacher leadership" is not without its problems, since some interpret it to have both corporate and hierarchical implications. Stewardship as Teacher Leadership: Portraits from the Profession discusses the impact of changing that language to stewardship, a term that in more inclusive, more professional, and more morally-based. At a time when the work of teachers is critiqued and denigrated, the concept of stewardship within the profession better supports the efforts of all teachers, but particularly early career teachers. Stewards have the best interests of the profession at the forefront of their actions. Through the "portraits" of a variety of teachers, readers of Stewardship as Teacher Leadership will engage with and recognize how teachers are stewards as they make intentional and deliberate choices in their daily work that have lasting impacts on their relationships with colleagues, their school programs, and the profession in a multiplicity of ways that traditional teacher leadership models often miss.
Contents
Foreword
Mistilina Sato
Introduction
1.0 Portrait of Owen
1.1 Teaching in the 21st Century
A Working Profession
Teaching Knowledge
Snapshot: Laura
Philosophies of Knowing
Teaching as Moral Work
2.0 Leadership and School Culture
Leadership in Education
Distributed Leadership
Gender And Leadership
School Culture
3.0 Portrait of Carly
3.1 The What and How of Teacher Leadership
Importance of the Idea of Teacher Leadership
Origins of Teacher Leadership
Teacher Leadership and the Professional Status of Teaching
Snapshot: Katherine
Teacher Leadership as a Role
Teacher Leadership as Influence
Role of Teacher Preparation
Teacher Leadership and New Teachers
Critiques of Teacher Leadership
4.0 Portrait of Abigail
4.1 Stewardship in Schooling and Teaching
Servant, Savior, and Steward
Servant
Savior
Limits of Servant and Savior Models
Stewardship
Stewardship as Teacher Leadership
5.0 Portrait of Ben
5.1 Stewardship in Action
Professional Conversations
Stewardship Within the Snapshots and Portraits
Stewardship Across the Snapshots and Portraits
Closing & Opening Thoughts About Stewardship
Author Bio
Index
