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Towards an understanding of dynamics among teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators in a teacher-led school reform

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A substantial amount of professional development and implementation has moved towards teachers and teacher leaders in recent years. Previous works have examined how teachers, teacher leaders, or administrators perceive teacher leadership in school reforms, but few have advanced all three perspectives simultaneously. Drawing upon over 200 interviews, we examine how leadership is distributed and the tensions and dynamics arising among these three groups in a teacher-led school reform. Two main themes emerged from our analysis: minimizing conflicts with teachers was important to teacher leaders, and the distribution of leadership between administrators and teacher leaders changed the status and normative roles of teacher leaders.

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Nguyen, T.D., Hunter, S. Towards an understanding of dynamics among teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators in a teacher-led school reform. J Educ Change 19, 539–565 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-017-9316-x

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