47.050 - Re-Visioning Teacher Leadership for the 21st Century: What's Next?

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium brings together contributors from a special issue of the International Journal of Teacher Leadership, which provided a collection of perspectives and insights on the structures that support teacher leadership as a field of study and in practice, roles and responsibilities that probe the ways that teacher leadership is and should be carried out in the 21st century, and the importance of attention to teacher leaders’ wellbeing and resiliency. The contributors will offer their research-informed perspectives on the current issues, challenges, tensions, and opportunities for teacher leadership, and their insights on how we can re-envision teacher leadership to meet the demands of the rapidly-changing education system to ensure equity and excellence for all students through improved teaching and learning.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 02: Teacher Leadership Within and Beyond the Classroom

Chairs

• Jill Bradley-Levine, Ball State University

• Sabre Lynn Cherkowski, University of British Columbia

Papers

• Building a Research Community, Developing a Coherent Field of Study - Jill Harrison Berg, Educational Consultant; Cynthia L. Carver, Oakland University; Melinda M. Mangin, Rutgers University

• The Emergence and Failure to Launch of Hybrid Teacher Leadership - Sylvia Stralberg Bagley, University of Washington - Seattle; Jason M. Margolis, Duquesne University

• Advocacy as a Practice of Critical Teacher Leadership - Jill Bradley-Levine, Ball State University

• Positive Teacher Leadership: Building Mind-Sets and Capacities to Grow Well-Being - Sabre Lynn Cherkowski, University of British Columbia

Discussant

• Paul Newton, University of Saskatchewan