teacher leadership: what do we know so far?
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Teacher Leadership: What do we know so far?. Ann Lieberman, Ph.D. Senior Scholar, Stanford University April 11, 2013. WHY TEACHER LEADERSHIP? AND WHY NOW?. * CHANGES IN THE WORLD * CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOLS * TEACHER LEADERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. GLOBALIZATION : CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOLS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Teacher Leadership: What do we know so far?
Ann Lieberman, Ph.D.Senior Scholar, Stanford UniversityApril 11, 2013
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WHY TEACHER LEADERSHIP? AND WHY NOW?
* CHANGES IN THE WORLD
* CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOLS
* TEACHER LEADERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
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GLOBALIZATION:
CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOLS
Teaching to learning Passive to active involvement Rote to teaching for understanding Solo artisans to members of a professional
community Anecdotes to evidence Aligning policies with practices
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Learning in Practice
Schon’s reflective practice Making the private public Making implicit-explicit Wenger’s “communities of practice” Learning as social participation Learning as discovering meaning Learning as identity
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Learning to Lead in a Network
The Social Practices of the NWP
• Approaching each colleague as a potentially
valuable contributor
• Honoring teacher knowledge.
• Creating public forums for teacher sharing, dialog, and critique.• Turning ownership over to learners
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Social Practices (Cont’d)
• Situating human learning in practice and relationships.
• Providing multiple entry points in the the learning community.
• Guiding reflection on teaching through reflection on learning.
• Sharing leadership.
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Social Practices (Cont’d)
• Promoting a stance of inquiry. • Reconceptualizing professionalidentity and linking it to professionalcommunity.
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Yvonne’s website
Joan’s website
Sarah's website
Learning to Lead through Teacher Scholarship
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Learning from Teacher Consultants: Vignettes on Leadership Learning Leadership: Acquiring an identity Learning to handle conflict: Making it
productive Learning to develop collaboration and
community Learning from practice: Reflecting on old and
new knowledge.
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Learning from Mentors as Teacher Leaders Building a new identity Developing trusting relationships Accelerating teacher development Mentoring in challenging contexts Learning leadership skills
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Learning from the Teacher Learning and Leadership Program (TLLP)
Promoting trust and cooperation between government and unions
Teachers teaching teachers Growing teacher leaders Building community rather than
compliance Joining practice, research and enabling
policy
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TLLP STUDY RESULTS
Teacher led, self directed unique & vital. Knowledge exchange clearly advanced
as 85% worked with another person or team.
Huge benefits in teacher learning, leadership, spreading practices, small budgets.
Teachers felt professionally valued.
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Teachers who lead: Become inquirers into their own practice Provide leadership through their
example of becoming lifelong learners Take risks by expanding their own
comfort zones. Inspire their peers through a continual
struggle to improve their practice.
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Teachers who lead (Cont’d) Work hard expanding their own
knowledge base. Organize novice and veteran teachers
into communities of support Care about the content and character of
colleagueship as well as the content of the curriculum
Understand that learning the culture is a critical part of leadership
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Teachers who lead (Cont’d)
Go public with their understandings of students; strategies for student learning
and the organization of curriculum. Pursue working with their peers despite
sometimes negative responses. Lead in different ways - both formally
and informally
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TEACHER LEADERSHIP IS: A way of organizing learning. A way of understanding the
connections between knowledge and practice.
A way of combining the explicit and tacit ways of knowing.
A way of learning the skills, abilities and capacities for developing and nurturing community among peers.
A way of negotiating the tensions between privacy and a new view of community.