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5 stages on the path to equity

By Learning Forward
Categories: Teacher leadership
June 2011
Vol. 32 No. 3
 Teachers are leaders when they function in professional learning communities to effect student learning; contribute to school improvement; inspire excellence in practice; and empower stakeholders to participate in educational improvement” (Childs-Bowen, Moller, & Scrivner, 2000). From an equity perspective, teachers also lead when they serve as change agents who collaborate to use equity-based approaches to meet the needs of diverse learners and to build on the strengths of their colleagues (James-Wilson, 2007). In both definitions, teacher leadership is inseparable from empowerment as teachers need to be empowered to lead and supported to sustain their efforts.   The five-stage empowerment trajectory is a framework for sustaining teacher leadership development programs. Researchers developed the framework as a result of a study focused on the ways in which teacher

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Authors

Sonia James-Wilson and Michele Hancock

Sonia James-Wilson (soniajameswilson@catalystrd.com) is principal consultant of Catalyst Research and Development in Rochester, N.Y. Michele Hancock (mhancock@kusd.edu) is superintendent of Kenosha (Wis.) Unified School District No. 1. 

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