Improving Schools Through Teacher Leadership

by Harris, Alma; Muijs, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780335208821
• ISBN10: 0335208827
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

It is now widely accepted that improving schools invest in teacher leadership and build the capacity for improvement by distributing leadership responsibilities to teachers. In primary, secondary and special schools, teachers are uniquely placed to influence the quality of teaching and learning and they are important gatekeepers to development and change.This book explores how teacher leadership is an intrinsic and important part of school and classroom improvement. It investigates teacher leadership in action and considers the roles, responsibilities and influence of teachers who lead. It considers the implications of teacher leadership for teachers' professional development and focuses on ways in which this important form of leadership can be fostered and enhanced. The central message in this book is that teachers play a critical role in leading improvement in the classroom and school level and that this form of leadership contributes directly to raising achievement among learners. This book is crucial reading for all those who are concerned with teacher and school development, school leadership and school improvement.

Author Biography

Professor Alma Harris is Director of the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick. Daniel Muijs is also at the Institute of Education within University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

Series editors' preface	vii
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
Part 1: Teacher leadership: theoretical background
Teacher leadership	13	(14)
Distributed leadership	27	(10)
Teacher leadership and school improvement	37	(10)
Part 2: Enhancing teacher leadership
Building professional learning communities	47	(10)
Meaningful professional development	57	(6)
Generating and supporting teacher leadership	63	(9)
Part 3: Recent studies and evidence
Teacher leadership and teacher effectiveness	72	(9)
Teacher leadership and differential effectiveness	81	(6)
Teacher-led school improvement: a research study	87	(13)
Successful teacher leadership	100	(8)
Emergent teacher leadership	108	(6)
Restricted teacher leadership	114	(9)
Part 4: Future directions for teacher leadership
Nurturing teacher leadership	123	(6)
Improving schools through teacher leadership	129	(12)
References	141	(10)
Index	151