ERIC Number: EJ1031083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Feb
Pages: 4
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Growing Leaders "from" within: School Forms a Tight-Knit Learning Community to Tackle Literacy
Lent, ReLeah Cossett; Voigt, Marsha McCracken
Journal of Staff Development, v35 n1 p 32-34, 36 Feb 2014
There are two types of school leadership initiatives. One takes existing leaders and gives them increasing leadership responsibilities. The other engages in an organic process that grows leaders from a crop of teachers who, at first may not appear to be leaders at all. This article presents a story about the second type of initiative and how it ignited a literacy team that changed teacher practices and increased student learning.
Descriptors: High Schools, Leadership Qualities, Capacity Building, Faculty Development, Teacher Leadership, Empowerment, Communities of Practice, Literacy, Teacher Collaboration, Professional Autonomy, Secondary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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