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A ladder to leadership

Ohio steps up to strengthen teachers' collaboration and coaching skills

By Learning Forward
Categories: Teacher leadership
June 2011
Vol. 32 No. 3
The move toward teacher leadership is one answer to the dilemma of school leadership. The task of school leadership has become too complex and demanding for one person. Nurturing teacher leaders helps districts strengthen school leadership, aids in teacher retention, and sustains school reform. This need for more teacher involvement in leadership led to the creation of a five-state consortium (Kentucky, Kansas, Alabama, Delaware, and Ohio) facilitated by Joseph Murphy of Vanderbilt University to explore, define, and develop courses to prepare teacher leaders. With Ohio’s new teacher career lattice that includes teacher leader as one of the top tiers, teacher leadership is in the spotlight at district and state levels. RATIONALE FOR A TEACHER LEADER ENDORSEMENT A four-year teacher residency program, available to candidates who

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Authors

JoAnn Hohenbrink, Marlissa Stauffer, Ted Ziegler, and Angela Uhlenhake

JoAnn Hohenbrink (hohenbrj@ohiodominican.edu) is assistant dean of education, Marlissa Stauffer (stauffem@ohiodominican.edu) is assistant professor of education, Ted Zigler (ziglert@ohiodominican.edu) is director of graduate educational partnerships, and Angela Uhlenhake (uhlenhaa@ohiodominican.edu) is coordinator of field placements at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio. 

References

Andrews, D. & Crowther, F. (2006, September). Teachers as leaders in a knowledge society: Encouraging signs of a new professionalism. Journal of School Leadership, 16(5), 534-549.

Bennis, W. (1994). On becoming a leader. Wilmington, MA: Perseus Books.

Mintzberg (2004). Managers, not MBAs. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Uhlenhake, A. (2010). Leadership and conflict resolution dispositions of future teacher leaders. Unpublished paper, University of Dayton.

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