The Role of a District Teacher Leadership Program in Supporting School and District Improvement Initiatives
Distributed leadership and collaboration was the focus of one district’s investment in teacher leadership as a way to improve instruction and better serve a changing student population. The district’s five-year teacher leadership initiative became a vehicle to introduce new programs, recognize the expertise of teachers, and provide teacher leaders with opportunities to be involved in implementing changes in their classroom, school and district.
Toward a theory of teacher community.
Teachers College Record, 103(6), 942-1012.
Teacher turnover and teacher shortages: An organizational analysis.
American Educational Research Journal, 38(3), 499-534.
Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(1).
Steady work: The story of Connecticut's school reform.
American Educator, (Fall 2001), 34-39 & 48.
Spending on instructional staff support in big school districts: Why are urban districts spending at such high levels?
Educational Considerations, 28, 8-25
School District Spending on Professional Development: Insights Available from National Data (1992-1998)
<i>Journal of Education Finance</i>, 28 (1), 25-49. <i>(This article is available on the CTP web site with permission from The Association of School Business Officials International. Any variation in appearance from the printed document is due to technical limitations.)</i>
Organizing schools for student and teacher learning: An examination of resource allocation choices in reforming schools
<p>In Plecki, M.L. & Monk, D.H. (Eds.) School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections. The 2003 Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association. Larchmont, NJ: Eye on Education</p>
District policy and beginning teachers
ERS Spectrum: Journal of School Research and Information, 20,12-22.