Journal of Professional Capital and Community: Volume 4 Issue 1

Teacher leadership: toward a new conceptual framework

Jill Harrison Berg, Bill Zoellick

Conceptual ambiguity about the term “teacher leadership” has retarded development of useful research on this topic. The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework…

Collaboration with private companies as a vehicle for school improvement: Principals’ experiences and sensemaking

Susanne Sahlin

The purpose of this paper is to examine principals’ experience and sensemaking of collaboration with private companies, focussing on leadership and school improvement.

The emergence of professional learning networks in Spain

Cecilia Azorín

The purpose of this paper is to construct a policy map of professional learning networks (PLNs) in Spain. It includes initiatives prompted in Spanish schools in which social…

Theory of action for resourcing professional growth

Susan O’Hara, Joanne Bookmyer, Robin Martin, Renee Newton

Organizational characteristics and systemic structures that prioritize and resource teacher professional growth and collaboration are central to the role of districts in…

Becoming a teacher leader: building social capital through gradual release

Pamela Osmond-Johnson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of a mentored model of gradual release to build social capital and support teachers as they adopt new identities as leaders of…