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Immerse yourself in exploring the heart of teacher leadership!

Practicing the art of teacher leadership requires self-reflection, creativity, and discipline. This comprehensive reader brings together the top voices in the field, encouraging teacher leaders to examine the tensions in their practice. Edited by recognized leadership experts Richard H. Ackerman (author of The Wounded Leader) and Sarah V. Mackenzie, this must-have resource contains classic essays and contemporary gems that explore teacher leadership in insightful and surprising ways.

This well-organized compendium features stories and lessons from teacher leaders that explore current issues, underlying feelings, and fresh perspectives. Within a five-part structure, each section begins with an introduction and closes with questions designed to encourage reflection and discussion. Readers will be able to use

* Stories, essays, and research findings for insight and exploration
* Protocols to structure conversations about common issues
* Ideas for inspiring and motivating other educators to examine and improve their practices
* Contributions from teacher leader experts such as Roland Barth, Barnett Barry, Mary Dietz, Gordon A. Donaldson Jr., Michael Fullan, Sam M. Intrator, Marilyn Katzenmeyter, Linda Lambert, Ann Liebermann, Gayle Moller, and many more

Revealing the inner world of teacher leaders will prompt readers to think more deeply about their own leadership. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Preface
Acknowledgments

Part I: Looking at Teacher Leadership
ch. 1. Surprising Outcomes or Why Do They Read Macbeth (Elizabeth Wiley)
ch. 2. The Teacher Leader (Roland S. Barth)
ch. 3. What Research Says About Teacher Leadership - Ann Lieberman (Lynne Miller)
ch. 4. Teachers as Leaders: Emergence of a New Paradigm (Frank Crowther, Stephen S. Kaagan, Margaret Ferguson, and Leonne Hann)
ch. 5. Honoring the Uniqueness of Teacher Leaders (Marilyn Katzenmeyer and Gayle Moller)
ch. 6. I'm Not Like You (Laura Reasoner Jones)
Questions for Reflection and Conversation

Part II: Teacher Leaders Everywhere
ch. 7. Teacher Professionalism: Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes (Nancy Flanagan)
ch. 8. Leadership to the Fore (Michael Fullan)
ch. 9. Teaching as Leading (Linda Lambert, Michelle Collay, Mary E. Dietz, Karen Kent, and Anna Ershler Richert)
ch. 10. What Teachers Bring to Leadership: The Distinctive Assets of Teachers Who Lead (Gordan A. Donaldson, Jr.)
ch. 11. Leading From the Parking Lot (Barbara H. White)
Questions for Reflection and Conversation

Part III: The Heart of Teacher Leaders
ch. 12. The Courage to Lead (Todd West)
ch. 13. On the Balcony (Kathy Stockford)
ch. 14. Teacher Leadership: Noble Aspiration or Myth? (Hank Ogilby)
ch. 15. The Golden Rule of Leadership (Samuel Moring)
ch. 16. A Year in the Life of a Teacher Leader: Enacting Core Beliefs (Terry Young)
ch. 17. Works Well With Others: The Nurturing of a Teacher Leader (Barbara McGillicuddy Bolton)
ch. 18. The Code of Silence (Betsy Webb)
ch. 19. Confessions of a Teacher Leader (Liz Murray)
ch. 20. Reaching Out to Parents (Deborah Vose)
ch. 21. A Roaring Silence (Wendy Lessard)
ch. 22. Education's Glass Ceiling (William Ferriter)
ch. 23. Learning in the Risk Zone (Stephanie Marshall)
ch. 24. Hard Lessons About Leadership (Jennifer Ribeiro)
ch. 25. I, Leader (Gary Chapin)
Questions for Reflection and Conversation

Part IV: Keeping the Teacher in the Leader
ch. 26. Looking Within: A Principal's Thoughts About Teacher Leadership (George F. Marnik)
ch. 27. Taking on Teacher Leadership: A Foray Into Netherland (JoAnne C. Dowd)
ch. 28. To Lead or Not to Lead? A Quandary for Newly Tenured Teachers (Morgaen L. Donaldson)
ch. 29. The Continuum of Leadership Development: Teacher Leaders Move to Administration (Sarah V. Mackenzie)
ch. 30. Working Together Through Learning-Oriented Leadership: Promising Practices for Supporting Teacher Leadership and Growth (Eleanor E. Drago-Severson)
ch. 31. Encouraging Districtwide Teacher Leadership (Mary Ann Minard)
Questions for Reflection and Conversation

Part V: Nuturing Teacher Leaders
ch. 32. It Isn't Just a Dream (Linda Bowe)
ch. 33. The Heart of Teaching: Making the Connection Between Teaching, Leadership, and Inner Life (Sam M. Intrator)
ch. 34. Learning and Growing From Convening: A Context for Reflecting on Teacher Practice (Eleanor E. Drago-Severson, Jennifer Roloff Welch, and Anne E. Jones)
ch. 35. America's Teaching Profession and the Teacher Leaders Network (Barnett Berry and John Norton)
ch. 36. Teacher Leaders Redefining the Status Quo Through Critical Friends Groups (Deborah Bambino)
ch. 37. The Paradox of Teacher Leadership (Jed Frank Lippard)
ch. 38. The Times They Are A-changing (Martha McFarland Williams)
Questions for Reflection and Conversation
Part VI: Conclusion
ch. 39. (How) Can a New Vision of Teacher Leadership Be Fulfilled? (Sarah V. Mackenzie)
ch. 40. Leading From the Back (Richard H. Ackerman)

Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors