60.083-18 - Teacher Leadership for School and Community Transformation

• In Event: 60.083 - Roundtable Session 19

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The symposium addresses the relationship between teacher leadership and social transformation and the relevance of this link in order to promote school improvement and educational opportunity for all children, regardless of their cultural or socioeconomic status. This will be done from an international perspective, paying special attention to the inclusion of teachers as agents of change. Drawing from this common ground, the papers will discuss four different and complementary topics: a) the power of non-positional teacher leadership: evidence from teachers themselves, b) teachers’ seminars based on the communicative methodology, c) parents and community involvement in education through teacher leadership, and d) the impact of classroom volunteers beyond the school walls.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Leadership for Social Justice

Chair

• John A. Deflaminis, University of Pennsylvania

Papers

• Nonpositional Teacher Leadership: Evidence From Teachers - David C. Frost, University of Cambridge; Gisela Redondo-Sama, University of Cambridge

• Teachers' Seminars Based on the Communicative Methodology - Aitor Gomez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Patricia Melgar Alcantud, Universitat de Girona; Mireia Tintoré, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; Maria Padrós Cuxart, Universitat de Barcelona

• Parents and Community Involvement in Education Through Teacher Leadership - Gisela Redondo-Sama, University of Cambridge

• The Impact of Classroom Volunteers Beyond the School Walls - Itxaso Tellado, University of Vic; Jose Oriol Rios, Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Noemí Martin Casabona, Universitat Rovira i Virgili