In the school environment, teachers face many challenges and overcome obstacles that affect student learning. As an educator, I have experienced that I touch the lives of the students in many positive ways. Teachers need to provide opportunities where students are able to succeed and face new challenges. The very essence of a learning community is a focus on and a commitment to the learning of each student (DuFour,DuFour, Eaker, & Karhanek, 2004). I have experienced that when teachers fail to meet their goals or fails to improve student performance, they reflect on their teaching practices and improve their teaching practices. In order for teachers to grow professionally and improve their performance in the classroom, they need to be constantly
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There is no doubt that teachers need to experience failure and realize what needs to be changed in order to promote positive change in the school environment. I am taking this opportunity to reflect on what needs to be changed to become a better teacher leader as well as reflect on my Master of Science in Education MSED journey. Moreover, establish a professional learning community where teachers share their knowledge and teaching strategies. In this essay, I will be emphasizing how the definition of a teacher leader evolved and how I created positive social change by impacting other educators, community, students, and resolving specific challenges or issues that were affecting student learning in my educational …show more content…
Moreover, I have improved in areas of deficiency that assisted me to become a better teacher leader. Leadership occurs in the micro contexts of daily professional interactions, in the classroom, mentoring relationships, committee meetings, and program designs (Shields, 2012). As an educator, my definition of a teacher leader has evolved in many positive ways. When I started this course, I perceived a teacher leader as an individual who had the responsibility of assigning teachers their duties in the school environment or just deliver directives. A leader fosters change and is not only one who holds a formal “leadership” position (Austin & Austin (2001). I was totally wrong because a teacher leader has an infinite number of responsibilities that are crucial to establish productive communications in an effective professional learning environment. Leaders understand that the most important element in communicating is congruency between their actions and their words.(DuFour,DuFour, Eaker, & Karhanek, 2004). Some essential responsibilities that a teacher leader must take are establishing positive communications with all staff, sharing resources, sharing effective strategies, and sharing knowledge with school colleagues. In addition,
There is no doubt that teachers need to experience failure and realize what needs to be changed in order to promote positive change in the school environment. I am taking this opportunity to reflect on what needs to be changed to become a better teacher leader as well as reflect on my Master of Science in Education MSED journey. Moreover, establish a professional learning community where teachers share their knowledge and teaching strategies. In this essay, I will be emphasizing how the definition of a teacher leader evolved and how I created positive social change by impacting other educators, community, students, and resolving specific challenges or issues that were affecting student learning in my educational …show more content…
Moreover, I have improved in areas of deficiency that assisted me to become a better teacher leader. Leadership occurs in the micro contexts of daily professional interactions, in the classroom, mentoring relationships, committee meetings, and program designs (Shields, 2012). As an educator, my definition of a teacher leader has evolved in many positive ways. When I started this course, I perceived a teacher leader as an individual who had the responsibility of assigning teachers their duties in the school environment or just deliver directives. A leader fosters change and is not only one who holds a formal “leadership” position (Austin & Austin (2001). I was totally wrong because a teacher leader has an infinite number of responsibilities that are crucial to establish productive communications in an effective professional learning environment. Leaders understand that the most important element in communicating is congruency between their actions and their words.(DuFour,DuFour, Eaker, & Karhanek, 2004). Some essential responsibilities that a teacher leader must take are establishing positive communications with all staff, sharing resources, sharing effective strategies, and sharing knowledge with school colleagues. In addition,