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Teacher Leadership—Improvement through Empowerment?: An Overview of the Literature

Muijs, Daniel, Harris, Alma·2003·Educational Management & Administration
DOI 10.1177/0263211x030314007
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As the limitations of the `charismatic head' theories of leadership in schools have become ever more apparent, there has been a move towards teacher leadership, characterized by a form of collective leadership in which teachers develop expertise by working collaboratively. In this article, the possible benefits of teacher leadership are explored, as well as the possible barriers to and opportunities for making teacher leadership work in practice. It is concluded that teacher leadership could have beneficial effects on school improvement, school and teacher effectiveness and teacher motivation and retention, but that the right conditions need to be in place in order for teacher leadership to flourish. The lack of research on teacher leadership in the UK is noted.

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  • Improved culture from PLCs includes increased teacher commitment to the school's mission and values, higher teacher commitment to change, shared responsibility for student success, shared norms for teaching and assessment, and improved institutionalization of organizational improvements.

    “This improved culture includes increased teacher commitment to the school's mission and values (Gregory & Kuzmich, 2007;Hord, 1997;Muijs & Harris, 2003;Wahlstrom & Louis, 2008), higher teacher commitment to change (Giles & Hargreaves, 2006;Gregory & Kuzmich, 2007;Hord, 1997;Rasberry & Mahajan, 2008), shared responsibility for student success (Gregory & Kuzmich, 2007;Hord, 1997), shared norms for”

    From Moving Toward Institutional Culture Change in Higher Education: An Exploration into Cross-functional Professional Learning Communities (2025) · cites this paper as Muijs & Harris, 2003

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Authors
Muijs, D., & Harris, A.
Venue
Educational Management & Administration
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2003-10
Volume
31
Issue
4
Pages
437-448
ISSN
0263-211X
DOI
10.1177/0263211x030314007
Cited by
325
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0
Language
en
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