How Leadership Contributes to the Quality of Professional Life for Teachers: Team, School, and District-Level Perspectives

• In Event: Roundtable Session 104

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This symposium examines the quality of professional life of teachers from three different vantage points: 1) at the team level with teachers and administrators part of a newly formed collaborative work group, 2)at the school level, with data from site teachers, and 3) at the district level with Human Resource interviews of 2nd and 3rd year teachers deciding to stay or exit. All three studies answer questions concerning the quality of professional life for teachers. The final paper in the symposium suggests that all three studies are informed by learner-centered leadership, and that the quality of professional life for teachers is shaped through democratic deliberation.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership

Chair

• Arnold B. Danzig, Arizona State University

Papers

• Quality of Professional Life for a School-Based Team of Teachers: Collaboration, Leadership, and Trust Impact Teacher and Student Learning - Andi Fourlis, Scottsdale Unified School District

• Quality of Professional Life for Teachers: Focus, Trust, and a Normative Culture - Jeffrey Thomas, Scottsdale Unified School District

• Teacher Retention: One District’s Search to Understanding Complex Issues Regarding Retaining Quality Teachers - Susan Lugo, Creighton School District

• Learner-Centered Leadership: Applications to Teacher Quality of Life and Retention - Arnold B. Danzig, Arizona State University