Kimberly T Strike, PhD is Professor of Education and Coordinator of Doctoral Studies at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, SC. She has served public, parochial, choice and charter schools from PreK through the Doctoral level. Janis C. Fitzsimmons, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Urban Education Laboratory at North Central College serving youth and their families while preparing teacher and leader candidates for over thirty years. She also directs a unique partnership of colleges and universities who collaborate to recruit, prepare and support great teachers and leaders for schools that need them most! Debra K. Meyer, Ph.D., is a Professor of Education and the Genevieve Staudt Endowed Chair at Elmhurst College, where she teaches in undergraduate teacher preparation and the master’s program in teacher leadership.

The Impact of Teacher Leaders: Case Studies from the Field is an insightful resource showing what is taking place in classrooms across the world. It offers authentic stories of Teacher Leadership visions, challenges, and, most importantly, their own stories of developing as Leaders themselves to meet the education needs of their students. This companion to Identifying and Growing Internal Leaders: A Framework for Effective Teacher Leadership (2019) speaks to the heart of Teacher Leadership while it engages and supports the development of future Teacher Leaders.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 – Examination of Effective Teacher LeadershipChapter 2 – Teacher Leadership in Early Childhood EducationChapter 3 – Teacher Leadership in Elementary EducationChapter 4 – Teacher Leadership in Middle Level EducationChapter 5 – Teacher Leadership in High School EducationChapter 6 – Teacher Leadership of K-12 SpecialistsChapter 7 – Teacher Leader on Special Assignment (TOSA)Chapter 8 – Case Study AnalysisAppendixAbout the AuthorIndex

Kimberly T Strike, PhD is Professor of Education and Coordinator of Doctoral Studies at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, SC. She has served public, parochial, choice and charter schools from PreK through the Doctoral level. Janis C. Fitzsimmons, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Urban Education Laboratory at North Central College serving youth and their families while preparing teacher and leader candidates for over thirty years. She also directs a unique partnership of colleges and universities who collaborate to recruit, prepare and support great teachers and leaders for schools that need them most! Debra K. Meyer, Ph.D., is a Professor of Education and the Genevieve Staudt Endowed Chair at Elmhurst College, where she teaches in undergraduate teacher preparation and the master’s program in teacher leadership.

The Impact of Teacher Leaders: Case Studies from the Field is an insightful resource showing what is taking place in classrooms across the world. It offers authentic stories of Teacher Leadership visions, challenges, and, most importantly, their own stories of developing as Leaders themselves to meet the education needs of their students. This companion to Identifying and Growing Internal Leaders: A Framework for Effective Teacher Leadership (2019) speaks to the heart of Teacher Leadership while it engages and supports the development of future Teacher Leaders.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 – Examination of Effective Teacher LeadershipChapter 2 – Teacher Leadership in Early Childhood EducationChapter 3 – Teacher Leadership in Elementary EducationChapter 4 – Teacher Leadership in Middle Level EducationChapter 5 – Teacher Leadership in High School EducationChapter 6 – Teacher Leadership of K-12 SpecialistsChapter 7 – Teacher Leader on Special Assignment (TOSA)Chapter 8 – Case Study AnalysisAppendixAbout the AuthorIndex