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Teacher Leadership in Special Education

Teacher Leadership in Special Education
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Author(s): Annie Nguyen Tran (Boston Public Schools, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 40
Source title: Empowering Formal and Informal Leadership While Maintaining Teacher Identity
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Bryan S. Zugelder (James Madison University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6500-1.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter addresses the impact of the traditional hierarchical system of organizational leadership on K-12 schools, particularly in special education. This model of leadership distinguishes leaders, such as school principals, from non-leaders, such as teachers and school staff. For special education teachers, this passé model of leadership becomes a barrier for professional growth by limiting the opportunities for teacher leadership in special education. In order for special education teachers to pursue leadership positions in the K-12 education system, teachers likely have to give up their teaching identities in exchange for new roles and responsibilities. With a limitation of research in the area of teacher leadership in special education, there is a need for discussion on how special education teachers can use their expertise to influence school administrators and staff towards equitable and inclusive organizational change.

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