Teacher Leader Reflections: Teacher Leadership and Student Learning

Abstract

This chapter features three personal reflections written by practicing teacher leaders from Florida, Ohio, and Maryland. The first reflection describes a collegial partnership between a practicing special education teacher and an undergraduate intern which has been sustained for many years. The second recounts a teacher leader’s serendipitous experience in cultivating new teacher leaders through collegiality, collaboration, and leading by example. The third describes how a college instructor’s participation in Project Teacher Leadership provided new leadership opportunities and inspired educational and professional growth. The chapter concludes with five questions for discussion and reflection.

Citation

Haley, K., Urquhart, C., Jones, N.C., Silverman, J. and Hunzicker, J. (2018), "Teacher Leader Reflections: Teacher Leadership and Student Learning", Hunzicker, J. (Ed.) Teacher Leadership in Professional Development Schools, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 99-106. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-403-520181006