The Teacher Leader: Words of Wisdom From Those Who Know Best

The Teacher Leader: Words of Wisdom From Those Who Know Best - "A look at the idea that students learn best when teachers take the lead. Education presents an especially interesting series of questions on the topic of leadership not only because the overwhelming majority of the people in the profession enter at the same level -- that is, teacher -- but also because most of them continue throughout their careers at that same level. Education's career ladder has precious few rungs. . . . There is little difference between what is expected from a teacher in her first year and what a teacher in her twenty-first year is expected to accomplish -- an odd irony in a profession devoted to learning and development."