Week 5 Assignment Critical Thinking Questions

EDU 675
Teacher Leader
Teacher leader is someone responsible or ensuring success or the school and learners! "uch
educators are gi#en the dut$ on both ormal and inormal basis to de#elop the school on the
%hole! E#er$ educator has his or her o%n indi#idualit$ and it guides in #arious ashions turning
them into leaders or their peers!
An educator should ha#e the capabilit$ to lead and add to the #alue o the organi&ation according
to his or her o%n abilit$! 'or e(ample)
The$ pro#ider %ith resource) especiall$ resources in an instructional sense!
The$ turn into the specialist in the instructional ields and emplo$ useul teaching methods!
The$ de#elop themsel#es as curriculum specialist and comprehend standard o the content) the
%a$ components o the curriculum are connected to each other together) and the %a$ to utili&e the
curriculum in designing guidelines!
The$ turn into supporters or the classroom and act to assist educators emplo$ no#el concepts
b$ presenting a lesson) teaching together or o#erseeing and pro#iding %ith eedback!
The$ turn into acilitators or learning and gi#ing proessional learning chances to the sta!
The$ become guides and %ork as role models) introduce ne% teachers to the ne% school and
pro#ide them %ith guidelines) curriculum) processes) concepts and politics!
The$ turn into school leader b$ taking part in the school committee and assisting in school
impro#ement) coming up %ith school start*ups) %orking as school representati#es in communit$
or district task orces or committees!
The$ de#elop themsel#es as inormation coach and utili&e inormation to present classroom
instructions!
The$ are the lag bearers or change and ha#e a conident eeling in their o%n %ork!
The$ perorm as learners or de#elopment as %ell) sho%ing lielong learning) and utili&e their
learning to assist each student to succeed +,illion) -..7/!
0 %ould utili&e leadership principals to modi$ m$ concept to attain the degree o signiicance a
situation demands! Their teaching is portra$ed b$ a #oluntar$ sense o capabilit$ that empo%ers
them to mark and repeat better norms) redeine serendipitous e(ercises and to get rid o inerior
practices! Due to their po%er o relection) great teachers are able to comprehend not onl$ what to
do) but why as %ell +Danielson) -..1/!
2ne change that %ould get m$ preerence to be emplo$ed at %ork is to ensure that
instructors utili&e a standard process to%ard their sta! 0n our institution the teaching sta is
capable o mo#ing rom one center to another in e#er$ ne% school $ear! 'ollo%ing this change
comes a ne% instructor and a ne% collection o #ar$ing instructions! Though this is diicult or
the sta members to mo#e) there is place or inconsistenc$ among the instructors! An
inappropriate sub3ect or one might not be the same %ith another instructor! 4$ irst action %ould
be to sit %ith the instructors and make them amiliar %ith m$ en#isioned changes! Then %e
should #oice our opinions regarding these changes! Ater %e start to unction as a team) these
changes %ill then be turned into polic$ and be emplo$ed! 0 %ill support m$ sta in coping %ith
this transition) assisting them to make the adaptation less diicult or the sta) as %ell as to assess
their e(pectations or the instructors!
Dierent #alues and dispositions pro#ide %ith indi#iduals suited ideall$ or teacher
leadership! Eicient teacher leaders ha#e open*minded attitude and sho% the due respect to one
another! The$ portra$ enthusiasm and optimism) decisi#eness and conidence! 5erse#erance is a
strong 6ualit$ among them and the$ do not allo% or dra%backs to unsettle signiicant initiati#es
pursued b$ them! 2n the contrar$) the$ ha#e le(ibilit$ in their nature and are open to the idea o
tr$ing no#el approaches i primar$ eorts ace diiculties +Danielson) C! -..7/!
Emplo$ment is the bringing about) e(ecution) or e(ercise o a scheme) an approach or an$ design
or gaining something! 'or this reason) emplo$ment is the act that must come ater an$ primar$
thought or something to actuall$ take place! As a leader) the oremost 3ob is to indicate resistance
rom both ends to assist the indi#idual decrease it to a minimum) manageable degree!
7eerences
Danielson) C! +-..7/! The Many Faces of Leadership. 7etrie#ed rom
http899ascd!org9publications9educational*leadership9sept.799#ol659num.:9
9The*4an$*'aces*o*Leadership!asp(
Danielson) L! +-..1/! Fostering Reflection. 7etrie#ed rom
http899%%%!ascd!org9publications9educational*leadership9eb.19#ol669num.59
'ostering*7election!asp(
,illion) C! ;! +-..7) "eptember/! Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders! 7etrie#ed rom
http899%%%!ascd!org9publications9educational*leadership9sept.79#ol659num.:9Ten*7oles*
or*Teacher*Leaders!asp(