William Tyler GroveDr. Holly ThorntonCI- 5585 Teacher Leadership and School Improvement
What is Teacher Leadership:
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“Teachers who are leaders leadwithin and beyond the classroom,identify with and contribute to acommunity of teacher learners andleaders, and influence others towardimproved educational practice”(5)
Why?
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“A positive culture within a schoolfosters teacher leadership which inturn produces positive results instudent outcomes” (Anderson 1992)
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When Teachers recognize that theycan be leaders and accept fromamong the array of roles available tothem, the results in schools willfollow.
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