THE ISSUES OF EDUCATION
¹2 (2) 2015
Мақала орта мектеп ұстаздарының көшбасшылық белсенділігін қолдау
мәселелерін талқыға ұсынады. Мақалада орта мектеп ұстаздарының
арасында таратуға болатын білім берудегі көшбасшылық рөлдер туралы
заманауи зерттеулер ұсынылған.
Статья выносит на обсуждение вопросы поддержки лидерства учителей в
среднем образовании. В статье представлены современные исследования о
лидерских ролях в образовании, которые могут быть распространены среди
учителей средних школ.
The article suggests a discussion of the importance of supporting teacher leader-
ship in secondary education. It also explores the current research on leadership
roles, which can be shared among secondary school educators.
FARIT KHUSSAINOV
Nazarbayev Intellectual
school of Physics and
Mathematics in Semey
English teacher, M.Ed.
AM I A TEACHER LEADER?
SUGGESTIONS ON TAKING A LEADER'S
ROLE AT SCHOOL
The article suggests a discussion of the importance of
supporting teacher leadership in secondary education. It
also explores the current research on leadership roles, which
can be shared among secondary school educators.
Secondary school leaders, educators, parents, and other
stakeholders who implement change at their schools need
to realize that one of the areas of work of the school com-
munity organized during the process of change is sharing
leadership roles with the staff members who are capable of
taking these roles. The principal of a school may find it
challenging to implement changes without support of the
members of their administration team. Moreover, when
school administrators bring in new ideas to improve the
educational process, teachers are the ones who may best
provide the feedback to what is being implemented. There-
fore, educators need to actively participate in the process
of change implementation by taking leadership roles that
will allow them to adjust and improve what is being imple-
mented at their schools.
There is a variety of leadership roles teachers can take.
Some educators may realize that they have already been
working toward becoming teacher leaders; others may find
themselves capable of committing to such roles. In any case,
it is important for teachers and administrators to remember
that sharing leadership roles will greatly improve the edu-
cational process and contribute to the implementation of
change at schools.
Harrison and Killion (2007) describe some of the roles
for teacher leaders in their article, published in September
issue of Educational Leadership journal. The authors offer
such roles like a resource provider, when teachers "help
their colleagues by sharing instructional resources"; an in-
structional specialist who assists in using effective teach-
ing methods; a curriculum specialist who leads educators
in following the curriculum, using "common pacing charts",
and organizing "shared a