Teacher Leader Model Standards and Teacher Leader Preparation Programs

• In Event: Roundtable Session 90

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Schools and districts increasingly turn to teacher leaders to facilitate reform, which has resulted in the rapid development of teacher leader preparation programs. These programs vary widely, especially with regard to their aims, structure, content, and performance outcomes. Until recently, few guidelines existed to direct the design of these programs. The release of the Teacher Leader Model Standards (2011) provides the field of teacher leadership with a common lens for analyzing teacher leader preparation programs. Each of the four papers in this symposium uses the standards to assess a different preparation program: two that are university-based, one developed by a regional school district, and one from a district-education fund partnership. The findings provide vital information for practitioners and program developers.

Sub Unit

• Division A - Administration / Section 5: Leadership Development

Chair

• Barnett Wayne Berry, Center for Teaching Quality

Papers

• Tapping Teacher Leadership: University/School District Partnerships for Ambitious Education Reform - Chrysan Gallucci, University of Washington

• Learning From the Galileo Experience: Comparing Multidistrict and University-Based Teacher Leader Preparation - Cynthia L. Carver, Oakland University; Caryn M. Wells, Oakland University

• The Boston Teacher Leadership Certificate Program: Building Resources for Reform - Jill Harrison Berg, Boston Teacher Leadership Resource Center; Phomdaen Souvanna, Brandeis University

• Teacher Leader Training in a Regional School District - Melinda M. Mangin, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway; Kai Lonnie Dunsmore, The Ball Foundation