IF I COULD RUN A SCHOOL

摘要

Every creative, dynamic, and intelligent teacher I know has played the "If I could start (or run) a school, I would ..." game. Many of these teachers finish the sentence in similar ways, with answers like: 1. Have teachers involved in whole-school decision making; 2. Have teachers observing, giving feedback, and evaluating one another; 3. Have students engaged in activities that allow them to learn real-world skills; and 4. Have everyone who has a license teach (at least a little bit). Perhaps you are one of those teachers. If so, how would you complete that sentence? While people at all levels of education are talking about teacher leadership, few are talking about the bold type of leadership that puts teachers in charge of whole-school success. Many current forms of teacher leadership have teachers carrying out solutions that others have created. Rarely does teacher leadership involve teachers designing and implementing their own solutions to the most pressing challenges in education today.