Developing Teachers' Leadership Knowledge: Pillars for the "New Reform".

Neumann, Maureen D.; Jones, Laura C.; Webb, P. Taylor

This work describes how teacher education programs can inform teachers' knowledge and practice of leadership. We introduce a leadership typology to illustrate how teachers can lead organizational reform for pedagogical excellence and socially just practices. The model provides teacher educators ways to identify and resolve conflicts generated by imparting innovative pedagogies to teachers who in turn use them in antiquated and inequitable school environments. The model can also be used to develop teachers' professional knowledge of the contexts that mitigate or marginalize their leadership potential. Several examples from current teaching practices in teacher education are used to illustrate how teachers develop leadership knowledge.

TEACHER training; LEADERSHIP; EDUCATIONAL change; EXCELLENCE in Education Movement; SOCIAL justice; CONFLICT management; SCHOOL environment; PROFESSIONAL education; EDUCATION

Teaching Education, 2007, Vol 18, Issue 3, p233

1047-6210

Academic Journal

10.1080/10476210701535030