Teacher Leaders’ Roles in Supporting Instruction

Great to Influential

Teacher Leaders' Roles in Supporting Instruction

Center on

GREAT TEACHERS & LEADERS

at American Institutes for Research

March 2016

Great to Influential

Teacher Leaders' Roles in Supporting Instruction

MARCH 2016

Catherine Jacques Center on Great Teachers and Leaders

Gretchen Weber Center on Great Teachers and Leaders

David Bosso National Network of State Teachers of the Year Berlin (Connecticut) Public Schools 2012 Connecticut State Teacher of the Year

Derek Olson National Network of State Teachers of the Year Stillwater Area (Minnesota) Public Schools 2009 Minnesota State Teacher of the Year

Katherine Bassett National Network of State Teachers of the Year 2000 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year

Special Thanks: Ellen Sherratt, Angela Minnici, Pamela Bonsu, Michelle Oliva, Jessica Giffin, Jillian Reynolds, Megan Brown, and Jenni Fipaza for leadership, review, and analysis assistance.

Contents

About the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Definition and Characteristics of Teacher Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Teacher Leaders' Roles Across the Career Continuum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Collaboration and Self-Reflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Connecting Research and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Modeling of Effective Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Risk Taking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Supports and Barriers to Successful Teacher Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 School Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Informal and Formal Teacher Leadership Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Policy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Consideration 1: Promote Hybrid Teacher Leader Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Consideration 2: Provide Guidance and Models for Distributed Leadership . . . . . . . 22 Consideration 3: Increase and Improve Preservice and Novice Teachers' Exposure to Teacher Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Appendix: Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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