The teacher as a leader

The teacher as a leader
No singles principle is more valid or durable than the maxim “student learning, depends first, last and always on the quality of the teachers.” Experts may disagree about how highly to value the size of a class or school, how the system functions, or whether it is adequately funded, but nobody’s list of education’s priorities fails to place teacher quality at or very near the top. There are myths about teachers: The main paths to leadership teachers who were interested have been, becoming an administrator or hooking up with activist-type teacher movements, and becoming involved in local union affairs. Teacher leadership is not about “teacher power.” It is about mobilizing then still largely and sometimes hidden attributes of teachers to strengthen student performance and working toward real collaboration. Teachers must be essential part of that leadership. Leader teachers can create the professional community so the teaching-learning process will be exploited, they can create a school environment where each student is known and treated as an individual, those are some of the characteristics required to achieve the program aims in a satisfactory way.
Teacher leadership is no fantasy. The case is too strong that it is becoming an increasingly visible presence in the schools. We need to remember that the work of a teacher goes beyond the classroom and they can contribute in too many ways on students’ performance and development, in and outside the classroom. It is very important that teachers are well prepared so they can do a good job as decision makers and the most important as good leaders.