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Cultivating Teacher Leadership through a School and University Partnership

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ERIC Document - EJ720267 found in the ERIC Database

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Program Evaluation; Urban Schools; Teacher Leadership; Instructional Leadership; Program Implementation; Educational Improvement; College School Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Iowa;

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Teacher Education and Practice

Volume

v17

Issue

n4

First Page

400

Last Page

416

Abstract

In this article, we describe the implementation of a teacher leader program at the University of Northern Iowa designed specifically to address the needs of a nearby urban school district (i.e., to increase their school leadership, to complement district-wide initiatives in assessing and improving instruction, and to close the minority-achievement gap). The objectives of the program were to cultivate teacher leaders who could foster professional learning communities in their school, engage their peers in continual school improvement, and lead others in implementing and evaluating program improvements. In this article, we discuss the purpose and rationale for teacher leader programs; the nature of teacher leadership; key features of the program, including job-embedded program structure, inquiry-based assignments, and collaborative problem solving; and the design for program evaluation.

Department

Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations

Original Publication Date

2004

Object Description

1 PDF file (17 pages)

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2004 John E. Henning, Vickie Trent, Dianna Engelbrecht, Victoria Robinson, and Gregory A. Reed

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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