Reimaging Teacher Leadership Through Social Network Mapping: A Collaborative Self-Study

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 7:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Teacher Leadership and Faculty Learning Communities (Table 13)

Abstract

Building from the tenets of feminist teacher leadership and social network theory, in this self-study, we, two teacher leaders who are also district administrators, describe how we used social network mapping, within a professional development program, to interrogate our teacher leadership experiences and examine how we expanded our spheres of influence. We conducted a collaborative self-study that allowed us to analyze our self-reflections in critical dialogue with university faculty and doctoral assistants. We learned that straddling the roles of teacher leader and district administrator significantly increased our impact on our district and expanded our sphere of influence as teacher leaders by providing us access to explicit administrative support, shared district decision-making, and reciprocal feedback loops with district administrators.

Authors

• Kristen Trabona, Montclair State University

• Megan D. Graziano, Pascack Hills High School

• Shanna D. Anderson, Montclair State University

• Timothy Aberle, Montclair State University

• Ursula Derios, Montclair State University

• Emily J. Klein, Montclair State University

• Mika Munakata, Montclair State University

• John O'Meara, Montclair State University

• Monica Taylor, Montclair State University