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Informationen zum Autor Michelle Collay is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at California State University?East Bay, located in Hayward, California. A former public school music teacher, Collay is a scholar-practitioner who integrates teaching and scholarship in higher education and K?12 settings. She coaches school leaders engaged in professional learning communities, constructivist teaching and leading, and equity-focused inquiry. Collay stays grounded through parent volunteerism in her children's schools. Klappentext Written by noted educational leadership expert Michelle Collay, Everyday Teacher Leadership offers the strategies and tools teacher leaders need to improve their practice and assume new leadership roles within their schools. Step-by-step, Collay outlines the everyday acts of teacher leadership and reveals what it takes to lead effectively through collaboration. Designed as a hands-on resource, the book includes activities in each chapter that are teacher-tested and can be used by individuals, teams, or larger groups. In addition, the book offers useful suggestions for leading change beyond the classroom. Praise for Everyday Teacher Leadership "Dr. Collay's years of experience as a classroom teacher and education professor benefits all teachers as she presents specific ideas about how teachers' life experiences influence their instruction, and how they can use this renewed recognition to teach with integrity every day. Everyday Teacher Leadership is essential reading for those new to the profession or veterans looking to enhance their practices. It shows us the way as we continue the perennial quest to understand the nature of learning and the social construction of knowledge."?Dan Fleming, teacher, Emery Secondary School, Emeryville, California "Teachers-in-training, veteran teachers, administrators, superintendents, policy-makers and anyone who values the art of teaching and the genuine integrity of the teacher would benefit from this book. Professor Collay's insights, humor, and expertise make this an essential read for those of us in the education field." ?Vera Jacobson, history teacher, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California "Everyday Teacher Leadership is a must read for administrators, instructors, and educators . . .past, present, and future! Collay delivers an empowering call to change, explaining how educators can fundamentally improve their working environments, bring the focus back to student learning, reform educational relationships, and re-establish the importance of 'leadership' in the American education system." ?Carl Menge, curriculum designer, WIlliamsburg, Virginia Zusammenfassung The essential guidelines for leading effective change in your school From an education expert comes a much-needed resource that gives teacher leaders the strategies and tools they need to improve their practice and assume new leadership roles in their schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Author. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Teaching Is Leading. My Own Journey. The Purpose of This Book. How This Book Is Organized. How to Use This Book. Using Systematic Inquiry. Everyday Teacher Leadership. 1. A Very Brief History of School Leadership. Leading Learning Past and Present. Different Leaders for Different Schools. Schools Refl ect Society. The Evolution of Leading and Managing in Schools. Who Becomes a Principal? Who Becomes a Teacher? Challenging the Dichotomy Between Site Leaders and Teachers. Teaching as Leading. Inhabiting the Role of Teacher. Choosing to Stay in Teaching. Professional Identity Development. Images of Leading in Schools. Leadership Roles in and Beyond the Classroom. Historical and Cultural Infl uences on Leadership...
