Seven Suggestions for Teachers to Make Their School Leaders More Effective
Recently, I've been asked to review several books--new publications, second editions and drafts in the pre-publication process--about teacher leadership. Since my life's passion is bringing the voices of experienced teachers into the policy process, at all levels, this little cottage book-review industry has been really gratifying and fun.
Most interesting are the books' underlying perspectives: I've read a string of books that assume, often without explicitly saying so, that it's school leaders who engender and nurture real teacher leadership. Most books on teacher leadership are written by people who aren't in the K-12 classroom--administrators, researchers, scholars, professors--although nearly all authors take pains to share their teacher credentials and experience. A significant
Most interesting are the books' underlying perspectives: I've read a string of books that assume, often without explicitly saying so, that it's school leaders who engender and nurture real teacher leadership. Most books on teacher leadership are written by people who aren't in the K-12 classroom--administrators, researchers, scholars, professors--although nearly all authors take pains to share their teacher credentials and experience. A significant
