- What is your general definition of teacher leadership?
Teacher leadership is a quality that is in every teacher. It can consist of leading their students to a life filled with knowledge and experiences. Or a they can take a lead in their school, the system, or the district. Being able to lead others to better themselves, policies, or schools are all ways a teacher can lead.
- What examples of teacher leadership have you observed or experienced?
I have seen teachers mentor other new incoming teachers. I have seen teachers work to change policy within the school and within the district to better the quality education their students are receiving. And of course I have teachers leading their students down the road to having a successful life full of knowledge and experience.
- How is leadership for meaningful technology integration different from other kinds of leadership?
The person would need to have an extensive knowledge of technology and the ability to explain it to others.
- From your perspective, what are the benefits and the challenges of teacher leadership for technology (for teachers, for students, for schools, for the profession)?
The benefits can range from quick precise communication to full rounded educations setting students up for the future of technology.I think that meaningful technology integreation may have a few larger set backs than other leadership. The funding for such is usually going to be much larger than anyone can afford. Also the education aspect, whether their is a teacher that has the abilities and time to teach others of the meaningful technology and help them to place it in their classrooms.
Although the funding for meaningful technology is usually very expensive, there are ways to make it affordable by using community members, grants, and sometimes the Board of Education will match dollar-for-dollar up to a certain amount.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you that teacher leadership is a quality that can be found in every educator. However, whether these educators use this inner-ability is a different story. Some teachers strive toward teacher leadership and others just try to survive.