Meaningful Teacher Leadership - Christina Demara - Bog

"When we lift up our teachers, we lift up our students." -Christina DeMara, Author
Our schools are full of hardworking teachers who have accepted the challenging role of "teacher leader." This research-based handbook is a creative way to build, sustain, and expand teacher leaders on any college or school campus.
Meaningful Teacher Leadership encourages self-reflection to encourage refinement and increase student achievement. This book was developed for lead teachers, coaches, strategists, grade-level leaders, department and content leaders, teacher mentors and for post-secondary teacher programs.
Meaningful Teacher Leadership is designed to be a resource not only for teacher leaders but also for college students and administrators who want to support the development of student achievement.
Meaningful Teacher Leadership is:
• Creative, engaging, and thought-provoking.
• An organized way to hold yourself or others accountable.
• A ready-to-go tool for meetings, classes, or book studies
Meaningful Teacher Leadership entails:
• Leadership skill reflections and case studies.
• Weekly celebrations.
• Meaningful goal-setting.
• Teacher leadership self-reflection.
Meaningful Teacher Reflection:
KNOW: What do I know about Leadership?
FLOW: What is flowing smoothly? What are the things that are going well in the leadership aspect of my life?
GLOW: How do I stand out?
TOW: What am I towing that may be slowing me down from reaching my full leadership potential?
SHOW: What do I show others? How do others perceive me?
BOW & ARROW: What am I ready to launch forward?
GROW: How am I growing as a leader? What am I doing to improve my
leadership skills?
LOW: What is an area of weakness I need to work on?
SNOW: What is cold in my leadership life that requires attention?
SOW: What am I working on? Remember, you reap what you sow!
BOWL: What is in my bowl? What leadership resources do I have?
ROW: What am I rowing towards? Am I going in the right direction?
MOW: What is mowing me down and stopping me from moving to the next level of leadership greatness?
OWE: Who do I owe for mentoring me? What am I taking away from my mentors.