Everyday Teacher Leadership - Paperback

by Michelle Collay (Author)

The essential guidelines for leading effective change in your school

From an education expert comes a much-needed resource that gives teacher leaders the strategies and tools they need to improve their practice and assume new leadership roles in their schools. The author outlines the everyday acts of teacher leadership and shows how to lead effectively through collaboration. The book also contains suggestions for leading change beyond the classroom.

• Discusses what works when taking on the role of teacher leader in a school
• Contains proven strategies and tools for implementing school change
• Includes activities in each chapter that are teacher-tested and can be used by individuals, teams, or larger groups

This important resource offers school leaders a much-needed guide for learning how to lead and implement school change.

Front Jacket

Written by noted educational leadership expert Michelle Collay, Everyday Teacher Leadership offers the strategies and tools teacher leaders need to improve their practice and assume new leadership roles within their schools. Step-by-step, Collay outlines the everyday acts of teacher leadership and reveals what it takes to lead effectively through collaboration. Designed as a hands-on resource, the book includes activities in each chapter that are teacher-tested and can be used by individuals, teams, or larger groups. In addition, the book offers useful suggestions for leading change beyond the classroom.

Praise for Everyday Teacher Leadership

Dr. Collay's years of experience as a classroom teacher and education professor benefits all teachers as she presents specific ideas about how teachers' life experiences influence their instruction, and how they can use this renewed recognition to teach with integrity every day. Everyday Teacher Leadership is essential reading for those new to the profession or veterans looking to enhance their practices. It shows us the way as we continue the perennial quest to understand the nature of learning and the social construction of knowledge.--Dan Fleming, teacher, Emery Secondary School, Emeryville, California

Teachers-in-training, veteran teachers, administrators, superintendents, policy-makers and anyone who values the art of teaching and the genuine integrity of the teacher would benefit from this book. Professor Collay's insights, humor, and expertise make this an essential read for those of us in the education field. --Vera Jacobson, history teacher, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California

Everyday Teacher Leadership is a must read for administrators, instructors, and educators . . .past, present, and future! Collay delivers an empowering call to change, explaining how educators can fundamentally improve their working environments, bring the focus back to student learning, reform educational relationships, and re-establish the importance of 'leadership' in the American education system. --Carl Menge, curriculum designer, WIlliamsburg, Virginia

Back Jacket

Written by noted educational leadership expert Michelle Collay, Everyday Teacher Leadership offers the strategies and tools teacher leaders need to improve their practice and assume new leadership roles within their schools. Step-by-step, Collay outlines the everyday acts of teacher leadership and reveals what it takes to lead effectively through collaboration. Designed as a hands-on resource, the book includes activities in each chapter that are teacher-tested and can be used by individuals, teams, or larger groups. In addition, the book offers useful suggestions for leading change beyond the classroom.

Praise for Everyday Teacher Leadership

"Dr. Collay's years of experience as a classroom teacher and education professor benefits all teachers as she presents specific ideas about how teachers' life experiences influence their instruction, and how they can use this renewed recognition to teach with integrity every day. Everyday Teacher Leadership is essential reading for those new to the profession or veterans looking to enhance their practices. It shows us the way as we continue the perennial quest to understand the nature of learning and the social construction of knowledge."--Dan Fleming, teacher, Emery Secondary School, Emeryville, California

"Teachers-in-training, veteran teachers, administrators, superintendents, policy-makers and anyone who values the art of teaching and the genuine integrity of the teacher would benefit from this book. Professor Collay's insights, humor, and expertise make this an essential read for those of us in the education field." --Vera Jacobson, history teacher, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California

"Everyday Teacher Leadership is a must read for administrators, instructors, and educators . . .past, present, and future! Collay delivers an empowering call to change, explaining how educators can fundamentally improve their working environments, bring the focus back to student learning, reform educational relationships, and re-establish the importance of 'leadership' in the American education system." --Carl Menge, curriculum designer, WIlliamsburg, Virginia

Author Biography

Michelle Collay is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at California State University--East Bay, located in Hayward, California. A former public school music teacher, Collay is a scholar-practitioner who integrates teaching and scholarship in higher education and K-12 settings. She coaches school leaders engaged in professional learning communities, constructivist teaching and leading, and equity-focused inquiry. Collay stays grounded through parent volunteerism in her children's schools.