Effective teacher leadership : using research to inform and reform / edited by Melinda M. Mangin and Sara Ray Stoelinga ; foreword by Mark A. Smylie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mangin, Melinda M.

Stoelinga, Sara Ray.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher effectiveness.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2008]

Summary:

Featuring a diverse and distinguished group of scholars, this volume provides a much-needed, research-based analysis of nonsupervisory, school-based instructional leadership. Frequently referred to as teacher leaders, specialists, or coaches, these new positions have the potential to provide teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary for continued instructional improvement and, ultimately, enhanced student learning. This authoritative collection presents both qualitative and quantitative evidence on the enactment, design, conditions, constraints, and successes of this type of instructional leadership. Offering important lessons for the improvement of policy and practice, this book: Presents new conceptual frameworks to unify a divergent field and to create deeper understandings of teacher leadership role designs and functions, Looks at the functions performed by nonsupervisory instructional teacher leaders as well as the supports and barriers to role enactment, Examines the organizational contexts of teacher leadership, including formal and informal networks, communication structures, and social influence relationships.

Contents:

Teacher leadership : what it is and why it matters / Melinda M. Mangin and Sara Ray Stoelinga

Instructional coaching : the state of the art / James E. Taylor

Content is the subject : how teacher leaders with different subject knowledge interact with teachers / Christopher M. Manno and William A. Firestone

Teacher leadership in support of large-scale mathematics and science education reform / Brian Lord, Kate Cress, and Barbara Miller

The influence of organizational design on instructional teacher leadership / Melinda M. Mangin

Leading from above and below : formal and informal teacher leadership / Sara Ray Stoelinga

Going to scale with teacher leadership : lessons learned from a districtwide literacy coach initiative / Eric Camburn, Steven Kimball, and Rebecca Lowenhaupt

Instructional influence in American high schools / Jonathan A. Supovitz

Student services practices as a model for data-driven instructional leadership / Richard Halverson and Christopher N. Thomas

Drawing conclusions about instructional teacher leadership / Sara Ray Stoelinga and Melinda M. Mangin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807748404

0807748404

OCLC:

145940922