Teacher Leadership for Systemic Reform

拟议研究的目的是解决以下研究问题：教师领导如何工作，如在美国配置，帮助发展和维持SMT教育改革的规模？计划中的研究将检验以下关于USI教师领导工作性质的假设：教师领导，当面向支持其他课堂教师的学习时，是帮助地区实现科学、数学和技术教育改革规模的有力策略。提出了两层抽样策略- USI站点的有目的抽样和每个站点内教师领导的有目的抽样。与大约七个USI站点合作，方法包括收集和分析USI文件，调查，现场观察和焦点小组讨论，以及与选定的教师领导，校长和地区办公室工作人员的访谈。

The purpose of the proposed study is to address the following research question: How does teacher leadership work, as configured in USIs, help to develop and sustain SMT education reform on scale? The planned research will test the following hypothesis about the nature of teacher leadership work in USI sites:Teacher leadership, when geared toward supporting the learning of other classroom teachers, is a powerful strategy for helping districts get to scale with science, mathematics, and technology education reform.A two-tiered sampling strategy is proposed-a purposeful sampling of USI sites and a purposeful sampling of teacher leaders within each site. Working with approximately seven USI sites, the methodology includes collection and analysis of USI documents, surveys, on-site observations and focus group discussions, and interviews with selected teacher leaders, principals, and districts office staff.