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Preparing Rural Teachers for Future Leadership: Teachers’ Perceptions of a Leadership Academy

Thu, April 24, 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (8:00 to 9:30am MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 705

Abstract

In this concurrent triangulation mixed methods study, we investigate the perceptions of rural teachers who attended a teacher leadership academy (TLA) and their mentors related to : (a) how the academy advanced teachers’ leadership knowledge and skills, and (b) how mentors contributed to enhancing teachers’ leadership experience of the academy. Findings of the study showed that both the teachers and mentors perceived the TLA has advanced teachers' leadership knowledge and skills significantly. However, teachers' perceptions of their mentors' contributions to enhancing their experience of the academy were less significant when compared with the mentors' perceptions.

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