Teacher Leadership Web Exploration by Katie Rupard

How to be a Teacher Leader - Blog

krupard2 — 2025-05-26 00:13:16 UTC

This blog post describes eight behaviors and commitments that teacher leaders should try to achieve. Each behavior goal supports leadership influence at the classroom, team, and school level. Some important examples include modeling strong character, staying positive, and above disruptions within social dynamics. There is also the goals of being an informed expert. By being both socially aware and reflective, as well as knowledgeable, teacher leaders maximize their influence on others.

A Big Picture Look at Professional Learning Communities - Article

krupard2 — 2025-05-26 00:23:22 UTC

This article provides information on what professional learning communities (PLCs) are, and how they establish an organizational structure for teachers to collaborate and lead. PLCs are a complex system of sustained improvement, brought on by reflection, data response, teacher collaboration, and continued learning. Working within a PLC is one way in which a teacher leader can influence their teacher communities, and impact change for students. By reading the information presented hear, teacher leaders will gain a stronger understanding of PLC key components and purposes.

Source: https://allthingsplc.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/brochure.pdf

Survey on Team Norms - Resource

krupard2 — 2025-05-26 00:23:43 UTC

This survey can be used by a teacher team to reflect on and discuss the success of their norms. Teacher leaders can guide and challenge their teams to think honestly of how their team is effective in action due to their commitment to established norms. In review, teams can determine obstacles and barriers of their teams success, as well as how to improve. This allows every teacher on the team to have a voice, promoting positive influence and empowerment among colleagues. The questions in this survey are focused at the progress of PLC goals, and impact on the students/classroom, caused by the actions of the team themselves.

Source: soltuon-tree.com

Three Dos and Don'ts of Transformative Teacher Leadership - Article

krupard2 — 2025-05-26 00:28:30 UTC

This Edutopia article relays advice for teachers as they work towards becoming leaders. One example is making your language sound professional and inclusive of other perspectives, so that you may have a wide-reaching influence. Another piece of advice establishes the importance of having strong social dynamics with other teachers, developed by being involved in both formal and informal day-to-day interactions. However, the article does point out how teacher's lounges can be a place of conflict at times for teacher leaders. Some teachers can use the lounge to vent or complain, making the atmosphere sensitive and negative at times. It is important that teacher leaders do not join too much into the venting actions, but instead maintain a separation from them. This will help to sustain your own vision and attitude, as well as affect others within a space that is more fruitful for productivity.

Source: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/dos-and-donts-teacher-leadership-jose-vilson

Stepping into the Role of a Teacher Leader - Article

krupard2 — 2025-05-26 01:11:28 UTC

This article contains advice from real teacher leaders on the process of becoming a teacher leader. Their advice includes the importance of being a role model towards the school's shared mission and vision. As well as, communicating openly. It is important for teacher leaders to see themselves as coaches that recognize the strengths and needs of their communities, supporting growth. Teacher leaders can make a mistake of focusing on leading or driving, when instead it needs to be an empowering experience, leading other teachers to shared ownership of improvement and new learning.

Source: https://cpet.tc.columbia.edu/news-press/stepping-into-the-role-of-a-teacher-leader