Collaborative Teacher Leadership

How Teachers Can Foster Equitable Schools
Martin L. Krovetz - Leading For Equity and Achievement Design Center
Gilberto Arriaza - California State University, East Bay, USA
Collaborative Teacher Leadership
March 2006 | 216 pages | Corwin
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"This is an insightful analysis on how to cultivate and empower teachers to become genuine leaders in their schools and classrooms, and an invaluable guide for any school district trying to implement genuine, sustainable reform."
-Pedro Noguera, Professor New York University

"The beauty of this book is the authenticity of the voices. The fact that struggles and conflicts are included make the teachers' stories believable, fresh, and inspiring."
-Pamela S. Hankins, Staff Development Specialist
Springfield Public Schools, MO

"Krovetz and Arriaza go directly to the source in this insightful look at the challenges, successes, and professional/personal transformations when teachers engage in collaborative leadership roles in the schools. A great read!"
-Robert Topf, Principal
Parkview Elementary School, San Jose, CA

"Reading about the field experiences of other teacher leaders will inspire and guide the reader towards making a positive impact on student achievement. This is a must-have book for any current or future teacher leader."
-Mike Greenwood, District Teacher Leader
Windsor Public Schools, CT

Who better to illustrate the challenges and rewards of teacher leadership than teachers themselves?
As the pressure of external accountability has intensified, teachers are being asked to play increasingly important leadership roles. Yet few teachers are prepared to accept this daunting responsibility without first building their leadership capacity.

By placing teachers' voices and stories at the center of this book, authors Martin L. Krovetz and Gilberto Arriaza reveal how approaches like collaboration, the use of data, a focus on equity, and job-embedded professional development have been incorporated into real-world settings to lead and manage change successfully.

Ideal for group study, this practical resource includes

  • Reflective questions to help apply teacher stories to specific situations
  • Dozens of first-person narratives representing a wide range of voices
  • Strategies for documenting and sustaining growth as a teacher leader

Based on the authors' work with hundreds of teacher leaders, this essential guide is ideal for teachers, administrators, leadership teams, and school improvement teams to achieve the goal of every school-maximizing student learning.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. Reframing School Culture

  • What I Am Becoming
  • What Does This Look Like? Changing the Nature of Work
  • Why Do It? It Is About Quality of Life and Learning!
  • Fostering Resiliency: A Lens for Reframing Culture
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnotes

2. Learning to Lead

  • Why the Need to Distribute Leadership?
  • The Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Skillful Teacher Leaders
  • New Roles, New Relationships
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Survey
  • How Did We Do? --A Teacher Survey
  • Endnotes

3. Influencing Student Learning

  • Closing the Achievement Gap and Habits of Mind
  • Valuing the Staff
  • Focusing Resources
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnotes

4. The Role of Inquiry

  • Definition of Collaborative Action Research
  • Collaborative Action Research, When Well Conducted, Brings Out the Best in Its Members
  • Action Research Has an Invaluable Application to the Classroom
  • The Potential Power of Collaborative Action Research as a Methodology to Enact Schoolwide Sustained Change
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources

5. Building Equity in Diverse Classrooms

  • Distributing Teachers' Work
  • Personalizing Teaching and Learning
  • Students' Academic Performance at the Center of Staff Conversations
  • Having the Equity Conversation
  • What Equity-Focused Schools Look Like
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnote

6. Advocating for Students and Teachers

  • Advocacy: Adding Voice to a Cry
  • Advocacy for Students
  • The Whole Child
  • Supporting Parents as Advocates for Student Learning
  • Advocacy for Beginning Teachers
  • Advocacy for Teachers
  • Political Advocacy
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnote

7. Courageous Followers and Leaders

  • Spreading One's Wings: Lessons Learned While Becoming Leaders of Change and Transition
  • Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
  • The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix A: List of Contributors

Appendix A: List of Contributors

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

 

"This is an insightful analysis on how to cultivate and empower teachers to become genuine leaders in their schools and classrooms, and an invaluable guide for any school district trying to implement genuine, sustainable reform."
-Pedro Noguera, Professor New York University

"The beauty of this book is the authenticity of the voices. The fact that struggles and conflicts are included make the teachers' stories believable, fresh, and inspiring."
-Pamela S. Hankins, Staff Development Specialist
Springfield Public Schools, MO

"Krovetz and Arriaza go directly to the source in this insightful look at the challenges, successes, and professional/personal transformations when teachers engage in collaborative leadership roles in the schools. A great read!"
-Robert Topf, Principal
Parkview Elementary School, San Jose, CA

"Reading about the field experiences of other teacher leaders will inspire and guide the reader towards making a positive impact on student achievement. This is a must-have book for any current or future teacher leader."
-Mike Greenwood, District Teacher Leader
Windsor Public Schools, CT

Who better to illustrate the challenges and rewards of teacher leadership than teachers themselves?
As the pressure of external accountability has intensified, teachers are being asked to play increasingly important leadership roles. Yet few teachers are prepared to accept this daunting responsibility without first building their leadership capacity.

By placing teachers' voices and stories at the center of this book, authors Martin L. Krovetz and Gilberto Arriaza reveal how approaches like collaboration, the use of data, a focus on equity, and job-embedded professional development have been incorporated into real-world settings to lead and manage change successfully.

Ideal for group study, this practical resource includes

  • Reflective questions to help apply teacher stories to specific situations
  • Dozens of first-person narratives representing a wide range of voices
  • Strategies for documenting and sustaining growth as a teacher leader

Based on the authors' work with hundreds of teacher leaders, this essential guide is ideal for teachers, administrators, leadership teams, and school improvement teams to achieve the goal of every school-maximizing student learning.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

1. Reframing School Culture

  • What I Am Becoming
  • What Does This Look Like? Changing the Nature of Work
  • Why Do It? It Is About Quality of Life and Learning!
  • Fostering Resiliency: A Lens for Reframing Culture
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnotes

2. Learning to Lead

  • Why the Need to Distribute Leadership?
  • The Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Skillful Teacher Leaders
  • New Roles, New Relationships
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Survey
  • How Did We Do? --A Teacher Survey
  • Endnotes

3. Influencing Student Learning

  • Closing the Achievement Gap and Habits of Mind
  • Valuing the Staff
  • Focusing Resources
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnotes

4. The Role of Inquiry

  • Definition of Collaborative Action Research
  • Collaborative Action Research, When Well Conducted, Brings Out the Best in Its Members
  • Action Research Has an Invaluable Application to the Classroom
  • The Potential Power of Collaborative Action Research as a Methodology to Enact Schoolwide Sustained Change
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources

5. Building Equity in Diverse Classrooms

  • Distributing Teachers' Work
  • Personalizing Teaching and Learning
  • Students' Academic Performance at the Center of Staff Conversations
  • Having the Equity Conversation
  • What Equity-Focused Schools Look Like
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnote

6. Advocating for Students and Teachers

  • Advocacy: Adding Voice to a Cry
  • Advocacy for Students
  • The Whole Child
  • Supporting Parents as Advocates for Student Learning
  • Advocacy for Beginning Teachers
  • Advocacy for Teachers
  • Political Advocacy
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnote

7. Courageous Followers and Leaders

  • Spreading One's Wings: Lessons Learned While Becoming Leaders of Change and Transition
  • Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
  • The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix A: List of Contributors

Appendix A: List of Contributors

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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Collaborative Teacher Leadership

How Teachers Can Foster Equitable Schools


March 2006 | 216 pages | Corwin

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"This is an insightful analysis on how to cultivate and empower teachers to become genuine leaders in their schools and classrooms, and an invaluable guide for any school district trying to implement genuine, sustainable reform."
-Pedro Noguera, Professor New York University

"The beauty of this book is the authenticity of the voices. The fact that struggles and conflicts are included make the teachers' stories believable, fresh, and inspiring."
-Pamela S. Hankins, Staff Development Specialist
Springfield Public Schools, MO

"Krovetz and Arriaza go directly to the source in this insightful look at the challenges, successes, and professional/personal transformations when teachers engage in collaborative leadership roles in the schools. A great read!"
-Robert Topf, Principal
Parkview Elementary School, San Jose, CA

"Reading about the field experiences of other teacher leaders will inspire and guide the reader towards making a positive impact on student achievement. This is a must-have book for any current or future teacher leader."
-Mike Greenwood, District Teacher Leader
Windsor Public Schools, CT

Who better to illustrate the challenges and rewards of teacher leadership than teachers themselves?
As the pressure of external accountability has intensified, teachers are being asked to play increasingly important leadership roles. Yet few teachers are prepared to accept this daunting responsibility without first building their leadership capacity.

By placing teachers' voices and stories at the center of this book, authors Martin L. Krovetz and Gilberto Arriaza reveal how approaches like collaboration, the use of data, a focus on equity, and job-embedded professional development have been incorporated into real-world settings to lead and manage change successfully.

Ideal for group study, this practical resource includes

  • Reflective questions to help apply teacher stories to specific situations
  • Dozens of first-person narratives representing a wide range of voices
  • Strategies for documenting and sustaining growth as a teacher leader

Based on the authors' work with hundreds of teacher leaders, this essential guide is ideal for teachers, administrators, leadership teams, and school improvement teams to achieve the goal of every school-maximizing student learning.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. Reframing School Culture
  • What I Am Becoming
  • What Does This Look Like? Changing the Nature of Work
  • Why Do It? It Is About Quality of Life and Learning!
  • Fostering Resiliency: A Lens for Reframing Culture
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnotes
  • 2. Learning to Lead
  • Why the Need to Distribute Leadership?
  • The Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Skillful Teacher Leaders
  • New Roles, New Relationships
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Survey
  • How Did We Do? --A Teacher Survey
  • Endnotes
  • 3. Influencing Student Learning
  • Closing the Achievement Gap and Habits of Mind
  • Valuing the Staff
  • Focusing Resources
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnotes
  • 4. The Role of Inquiry
  • Definition of Collaborative Action Research
  • Collaborative Action Research, When Well Conducted, Brings Out the Best in Its Members
  • Action Research Has an Invaluable Application to the Classroom
  • The Potential Power of Collaborative Action Research as a Methodology to Enact Schoolwide Sustained Change
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • 5. Building Equity in Diverse Classrooms
  • Distributing Teachers' Work
  • Personalizing Teaching and Learning
  • Students' Academic Performance at the Center of Staff Conversations
  • Having the Equity Conversation
  • What Equity-Focused Schools Look Like
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnote
  • 6. Advocating for Students and Teachers
  • Advocacy: Adding Voice to a Cry
  • Advocacy for Students
  • The Whole Child
  • Supporting Parents as Advocates for Student Learning
  • Advocacy for Beginning Teachers
  • Advocacy for Teachers
  • Political Advocacy
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Endnote
  • 7. Courageous Followers and Leaders
  • Spreading One's Wings: Lessons Learned While Becoming Leaders of Change and Transition
  • Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
  • The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To and For Our Leaders
  • Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace
  • Essential Questions
  • Resources
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: List of Contributors
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"The text's ideas and perspectives are grounded in the research and practice of those who have experimented with and successfully experienced the context of collaborative teacher leadership. The teacher voices are authentic, their insights are provocative, and their focus on student learning is unwavering."
Teachers College Record, June 2006
"This volume is very user-friendly and is designed for immediate use as an action guide to initiate educational change in schools. Filled with resources, strategies for applying the concepts in the workplace, and both reflective and essential questions that teacher leaders will find valuable."
PsycCRITIQUES, August 2007, Vol. 52(33)
"The organization of the text is clear and practical. A major strength of this text lies in the fact that its ideas and perspectives are grounded in the research and practice of those who have experimented with and successfully experienced the context of collaborative teacher leadership. The teacher voices are authentic, their insights are provocative, and their focus on student learning is unwavering."
Jane Nicolet, Teachers College Record
"This is an insightful analysis on how to cultivate and empower teachers to become genuine leaders in their schools and classrooms, and an invaluable guide for any school district trying to implement genuine, sustainable reform."
Pedro Noguera, Professor, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
"This engaging analysis targets leadership in schools where equity and achievement can thrive . . . Here is advice and assurance from the heart of the work - and evidence-based resource for anyone interested in strengthening, or preparing, school leaders."
Grace Hoagland, Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Leadership, California State University East Bay

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