every school has a wealth of leadership - strong catalyst for change to improve student learning.
Frost and Durant (2002) teacher agency central to student outcomes
teacher leadership different to administrational leadership - needs shared decision making, teamwork and community building
Shift in leadership practice needed. Principas fostering teacher leadership through distributed leadership and collective ownership of visions ( that explains alot of how garry operates.)
KNowledge creation as a social process
Principal and teacher leadership * culturally repsonsive practices adressing different needs of diverse studnets ( especially low achieveing) & invovlement of economically disadvvantaged families in curic construction.
Gilbert (2010) combine 21st century education with new political theory related to individulity. She says = appropriate theory of knowledge and appropriate theory of change.
Intersting - leaders wanting to document curric practices. not thinking about things differently.
There are multiple truths - perceptions vs reality
Peoples views are coloured by thier exeriences, values and thinking. There will always be areas that fall outside their experiences.
Need to understand (or try to) why people may hold a certain view
Understanding of what trigger our own behaviouror thinking important as is what our blindspots are
