PROFILE OF A TEACHER LEADER

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by Sharon Clue4 views·Updated Oct 31, 2021

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  1. the term teacher leadership refers to that set of skills demonstrated by
  2. teachers who continue to teach students
  3. but also have influence that extends beyond
  4. their own classroom to others within the own school, their own schools
  5. and elsewhere.
  6. Some concepts of future leadership are.
  7. Teacher leaders are experienced. They are respectable models.
  8. They are innovative.
  9. They are well organised,
  10. collaborative. They are trustworthy,
  11. the model integrity.
  12. They are good communicators
  13. and
  14. also influential change agents.
  15. Mhm
  16. the experienced teacher leaders step outside your classroom doors and accept.
  17. The challenge is to improve their practise through working with colleagues,
  18. school administration and professional staff,
  19. as well as students and their families.
  20. Yeah,
  21. Teacher Leader as a role model,
  22. is a person who inspires and encourages students
  23. to strive for greatness,
  24. leave
  25. to their fullest potential and see the best in themselves.
  26. What differentiates the teacher leader from among other colleagues,
  27. the conceptualisation of teacher leaders is that
  28. you teach early the slider doors open.
  29. They collaborate with other teachers.
  30. Yeah, this cause common problems.
  31. They share approaches to various learning situations.
  32. They bring students to a deeper encouragement with their learning.
  33. What differentiates a teacher leader from among colleagues is that
  34. the teacher leader stands out and always
  35. have a willingness to accept leadership responsibilities when
  36. ask and stepping beyond required teaching duties
  37. to serve students and the school environment.
  38. Descriptive Profile of the selected teacher leader
  39. Miss Blake is 28 years old. Female teacher.
  40. She has over six years professional teaching experience.
  41. During 2016 to 2019,
  42. she taught French to grade 8 to 13 students at ST Jago High School.
  43. In her first year of teaching at ST Jakob High School,
  44. she was awarded the Most Gold Standard Teacher Award,
  45. which was accompanied by a gift certificate of $25,000.
  46. She also received an award for the most
  47. outstanding teacher in modern languages and literatures department,
  48. where she served as an advisor for the Foreign Language Association.
  49. Yeah,
  50. during 2019 to 2021 she thought she
  51. lectured French students at Caribbean Maritime University.
  52. Her charisma made her quite loved by many students, even though she did not teach.
  53. She enjoys teaching by a way of songs and storytelling.
  54. She encourages students participation.
  55. Our philosophy before teaching is to instil confident in our students
  56. identification of the teacher leader characteristics
  57. Miss Blake initiated a project with her students. Back in 2018,
  58. a C. Secretary at Me Airfare Hotel,
  59. she involved a teacher from another school.
  60. The retreat was fully emerged with French languages.
  61. She had a programme that was well set up for each day's activity.
  62. She invited the president of graft,
  63. the Jamaican Association for French Teacher in Jamaica,
  64. a collaboration between the school and the president of Georgia.
  65. Lieberman and Miller, 2000. And four cold teachers who take on leadership role,
  66. formal or informal change agent who tackle the increasing demands of schools.
  67. Peace
  68. cited in Laurie and more. At all 2000 and 16,
  69. the question was asked
  70. to me It's place. Does she believe that teacher should go beyond the call of duties?
  71. Miss Blake believes that teachers should go beyond their call of duties for her.
  72. It is about the students growing.
  73. It is not about them only learning the materials,
  74. but they should also grow personally.
  75. When she finished teaching,
  76. she wants to know that her students learn
  77. something about the world and not just French.
  78. When you go above and beyond,
  79. the students will never forget you as you added values to their lives,
  80. Miss Blake still has a set of student that she followed from 2016.
  81. Teacher leadership goes beyond the classroom walls. Several authors opined that
  82. to be a teacher leader wants most leads.
  83. More than once, students and conduct leadership work outside of one's classroom.
  84. Teacher leaders some or somehow go above and beyond their typical duties.
  85. One. A. J. Campbell T. 2000 and 17.
  86. How do you improve yourself As a teacher,
  87. Miss Blake attended a national standards curriculum training
  88. keep and sees the worker puts on by graft.
  89. National Modern Languages Conference
  90. training with Translation and Interpretation Association.
  91. She has a masters in translation,
  92. French and Spanish.
  93. Her presently she is pursuing her PhD
  94. in France, in France.
  95. At the university in France,
  96. she will be teaching English students who are majoring in
  97. Liberian ship and publishing books while pursuing her PhD.
  98. Based on the literature, teacher leaders are largely being prepared in two ways.
  99. Either they're professional development,
  100. local training conferences or their university master's programme.
  101. And this is one of G.
  102. Campbell, T. 2000 and 17.
  103. The summary statement of the overall to us,
  104. this experience of interviewing a teacher leader
  105. and preparing a bigger was very challenging.
  106. At first,
  107. it was difficult figuring out who my teacher leader would be.
  108. After careful thought and consideration,
  109. I decided on the person who I would be selected as my teacher leader.
  110. This was vital,
  111. as the individual chosen as my teacher leader would have
  112. a great would have great influences on the given task.
  113. My journey began with formulating questions for my interview,
  114. which was another difficult process.
  115. This is so as the interview questions
  116. selected will determine the outcome of assignment.
  117. I want to thank Miss Blake from making herself available
  118. for the interview so that I could begin my assignment.
  119. During the interview,
  120. she was very pleasant and relaxed,
  121. which made the development of the interview process a success.
  122. Overall,
  123. the experience was wonderful.
  124. I want to thank my lecturer,
  125. Dr Paints Brown for giving me this assignment.
  126. It has equipped me with the necessary knowledge
  127. and skill to complete the given assignment.
  128. Mhm.
  129. I hope this presentation gives an insight to the different concepts
  130. of teacher leadership and the role it plays among colleagues.
  131. Thank you