ERIC ED350253: A Model of Teacher Leadership pdf

ERIC ED350253: A Model of Teacher Leadership

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The paper develops a conceptual framework for teacher leadership and empirically verifies the existence of teacher leadership skills through a survey of 170 teachers. The model of transformational leadership, based on several leadership theories, is presented to advance increased teacher participation in instructional leadership. The model includes three major elements: potential or informal leadership, conflict or problem issues, and articulation and empowerment of solutions. The elements provide a format for analyzing issues in leadership as they apply to teachers and the process of instructional leadership. Formal and informal leadership are exercised by both principals and teachers; conflict of some kind is necessary for the emergence of effective leadership; and people must have common issues which need resolution. Essential to the leadership-empowerment cycle is having more than one leader. Though there may be one designated leader, there are other informal leaders. An ethical response to conflict is necessary in the leadership-empowerment cycle, with the leader responding in terms of group ethics and values.

Implications for further study include the need to discover teacher leadership skills in a broadly based sampling of teachers who are mentors, members of school leadership or site-based management committees, more experienced teachers, teacher trainers, administrative interns, department chairpersons, specialized subject area teachers, and band and athletics directors. (SM

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 3/6/1992
• Year: 1992
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Dynamics, Informal Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Models, Problem Solving, School Administration, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Empowerment, Transformational Leadership

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