Teacher leadership is not easy but it is an essential component of today's accountability driven schools. Teacher leaders can be formal or informal leaders, but their goal remains the same--maximizing student learning and improving the school culture. And who better to teach us about the obstacles, challenges, and victories of teacher leadership than teachers themselves? Krovetz and Arriaza place teachers' voices and stories at the center of this book, using these moving narratives to illustrate the key concepts of teacher leadership. The book is organized around the habits of mind of inquiry,…mehr
Teacher leadership is not easy but it is an essential component of today's accountability driven schools. Teacher leaders can be formal or informal leaders, but their goal remains the same--maximizing student learning and improving the school culture. And who better to teach us about the obstacles, challenges, and victories of teacher leadership than teachers themselves? Krovetz and Arriaza place teachers' voices and stories at the center of this book, using these moving narratives to illustrate the key concepts of teacher leadership. The book is organized around the habits of mind of inquiry, equity, and advocacy as a means of developing effective teacher leaders. Further, the authors include information on how teacher leaders can document and sustain their growth as teacher leaders. Based on the authors' work with hundreds of teacher leaders, this essential guide is ideal for school leaders and leadership teams.
Martin L. Krovetz is the director of the Leading for Equity and Achievement Design (LEAD) Center, a regional center of the Coalition of Essential Schools. From 1991 to 2006, he was a professor of educational leadership at San Jose State University. During this time, he developed and coordinated the Master's in Collaborative Leadership Program. From 1977 to 1991, he was a high school principal in Santa Cruz, California. In addition to being the author of the Fostering Resillience, he is the author with Gilberto Arriaza of Collaborative Teacher Leadership: How Teachers Can Foster Equitable Schools, published by Corwin Press in 2006. He has published in numerous journals and presents at national conferences, including ASCD and the Coalition of Essential Schools. He received his PhD in social psychology from the University of North Carolina and BA from the University of Florida.
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Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Reframing School Culture What I Am Becoming What Does This Look Like? Changing the Nature of Work Why Do It? It Is About Quality of Life and Learning! Fostering Resiliency: A Lens for Reframing Culture Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnotes 2. Learning to Lead Why the Need to Distribute Leadership? The Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Skillful Teacher Leaders New Roles, New Relationships Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Survey How Did We Do? --A Teacher Survey Endnotes 3. Influencing Student Learning Closing the Achievement Gap and Habits of Mind Valuing the Staff Focusing Resources Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnotes 4. The Role of Inquiry Definition of Collaborative Action Research Collaborative Action Research, When Well Conducted, Brings Out the Best in Its Members Action Research Has an Invaluable Application to the Classroom The Potential Power of Collaborative Action Research as a Methodology to Enact Schoolwide Sustained Change Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources 5. Building Equity in Diverse Classrooms Distributing Teachers Work Personalizing Teaching and Learning Students Academic Performance at the Center of Staff Conversations Having the Equity Conversation What Equity-Focused Schools Look Like Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnote 6. Advocating for Students and Teachers Advocacy: Adding Voice to a Cry Advocacy for Students The Whole Child Supporting Parents as Advocates for Student Learning Advocacy for Beginning Teachers Advocacy for Teachers Political Advocacy Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnote 7. Courageous Followers and Leaders Spreading One s Wings: Lessons Learned While Becoming Leaders of Change and Transition Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Conclusion Appendix A: List of Contributors References Index
Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Reframing School Culture What I Am Becoming What Does This Look Like? Changing the Nature of Work Why Do It? It Is About Quality of Life and Learning! Fostering Resiliency: A Lens for Reframing Culture Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnotes 2. Learning to Lead Why the Need to Distribute Leadership? The Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Skillful Teacher Leaders New Roles, New Relationships Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Survey How Did We Do? --A Teacher Survey Endnotes 3. Influencing Student Learning Closing the Achievement Gap and Habits of Mind Valuing the Staff Focusing Resources Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnotes 4. The Role of Inquiry Definition of Collaborative Action Research Collaborative Action Research, When Well Conducted, Brings Out the Best in Its Members Action Research Has an Invaluable Application to the Classroom The Potential Power of Collaborative Action Research as a Methodology to Enact Schoolwide Sustained Change Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources 5. Building Equity in Diverse Classrooms Distributing Teachers Work Personalizing Teaching and Learning Students Academic Performance at the Center of Staff Conversations Having the Equity Conversation What Equity-Focused Schools Look Like Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnote 6. Advocating for Students and Teachers Advocacy: Adding Voice to a Cry Advocacy for Students The Whole Child Supporting Parents as Advocates for Student Learning Advocacy for Beginning Teachers Advocacy for Teachers Political Advocacy Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Endnote 7. Courageous Followers and Leaders Spreading One s Wings: Lessons Learned While Becoming Leaders of Change and Transition Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace Essential Questions Resources Conclusion Appendix A: List of Contributors References Index
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