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04/20/2016
Shuhui Yao
which is also not widely accepted by most Chinese teachers. A majority of Chinese
teachers may be trapped in the one-sided understanding that a teacher leader simply
administrator, or a teacher is skilled in leading the students to focus on the class and
achieve high grades. Admittedly, I am one of these teachers. However, after learning
the course Teachers as Leaders, not only did I redefine the concept of teacher
learning practices with the aim of increased student learning and achievement.
Furthermore, improving and developing the schools is also an essential aim for a
teacher leader. In other words, teacher-leadership cannot stand alone without the
question can be refined in a variety of detailed questions, such as what challenges will
a teacher leader face, what strategies should a teacher learn, and so on forth, I will put
emphasis on a series of roles a teacher leader should play based on what I have learnt
thus far and my own thoughts.
A Professional Teacher
The first lesson I learnt from this course is that the first step to be a teacher leader is to
be a good teacher. From my point of view, first of all, a good teacher is also a
qualified teacher who has professional expertise and keeps expanding his/her
knowledge and skills with the aim of increasing students learning and achievements.
There is no doubt that, no matter what career we choose, enhancing the strength is the
teachers words approved and build his/her prestige in the school. Moreover, a good
teacher always starts with his/her passions. Passion is a powerful force that keeps us
going with a positive attitude, excited anticipation and various possibilities. Finally, a
An Assessor
role of an assessor is an inevitable step before influencing and leading other school
members. An old Chinese saying goes that knowing the enemy and yourself you can
fight a hundred battles and win them all. To be specific, I will compare the enemy to
our own weaknesses and compare yourself to our strengths in order to demonstrate
assessment is a valuable way gain multiple perspectives on our teaching and learning.
teacher colleagues.
A great number of people suppose that one of the roles a teacher should play daily is a
speaker, who has to keep instructing students; however, playing the role of a listener
a truth that teachers develop their leadership not only limited in the classroom, but
teacher colleagues opinions and suggestions, and parents requirements are the main
content for a listener to listen carefully. Take a further step, listening carefully is
beneficial to find problems or conflicts, learn different peoples needs, and observe
others feelings in time. And then applying medicine according to indications can
Moreover, the reason why a teacher leader should listen different voices carefully and
What leaves a deep impression in my mind is a video concerned about three teachers
together in the class. After watching this video, Dr. Robinson said that these teachers
are not only teacher leaders, but also scientists. What an exact and distinctive
always the powerful and persuasive evidence to support teachers ideas and actions.
developing and improving a school cultures, why not try to be a researcher, or even a
scientist who tends to collect, organize, analyze statistics to persuade other school
A Partner
According to Steven Zemelman and Harry Ross (2009), a crucial step in developing
teacher power and advancing a teachers career is to connect with other teachers
(p48). I am aware of the significance of this saying after reading Jills story and
addition to the different attitude, I suppose that Jills failure is resulted from her
isolation, while Sybil is positive to build connections with her teacher colleagues. As
a truth goes: two heads are better than one, collaborative working can often lead to
innovation, encourage different ideas, and maximize the efficiency. Different teachers
have different understanding, expertise, strategies and opinions about teaching and
a qualified partner. In this class, I have viewed numerous examples indicate that
collaboration is an advanced way to build trust between teacher colleagues and create
sense of competition may make it hard to unit teachers to work as a team, based on
the same goal of increasing students learning achievements and developing the
soon as possible.
A Creator
There is no doubt that teachers and students are the main strength to create a schools
environment and cultures. Besides, another fact is that students are often instructed
environment, create unique and effective teaching approaches, create a flexible and
However, every French soldier carries a marshal\'s baton in his knapsack. I firmly
and make contributions to education. Although what I have learnt from this course is
more than what I mentioned above, for me, perfectly playing each role of a teacher
1. Professional expertise:
education field and arming my mind with the advanced theories and thoughts
2. Assessment:
Be careful about various voices and consider their meanings, needs, and feelings
Shape communication skills and learn the art of speaking and communication
5. Partnership:
first
Learn more about different opinions, strategies, values, and education philosophy
Set meaningful group conferences to exchange perspectives and ideas and fix
conflicts
6. Creation:
Bridge the gap between students and teachers, parents and teachers, principals
Think more, read more, and write more to inspire myself to be creative