ERIC Number: EJ1474702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1360-3124
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5092
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Impacts of Teacher-Driven Professional Development on Teacher Leadership Identity
Tugce Gul1; Brett Criswell2; Kadir Demir3
International Journal of Leadership in Education, v28 n4 p875-902 2025
Teacher leaders are those who have strong pedagogical skill sets, demonstrate the capacity to impact their colleagues' practices, and have the ability to influence and facilitate improvements in teaching and learning inside and outside of their schools. When teacher leaders provide professional development to improve teaching practices (i.e. pedagogical content knowledge), this networking opportunity allows teachers to collegially interact with colleagues who are willing to collaborate and share their knowledge. The purpose of this study was to examine how the experienced secondary teachers -- Master Teacher Fellows (MTFs) -- underwent changes in their professional identity as they facilitated PDs for K-12 teachers in their districts. The data obtained from individual pre and post-interviews with the MTFs and archival data from the leadership program that the MTFs participated in were analyzed using multiple coding methods. The findings suggest that practicing and reflecting on teacher leadership in the context of teacher-driven professional development can cultivate changes in the professional identity of teacher leaders; therefore, such opportunities could be an integral part of teacher leadership development programs and candidates should be encouraged and supported by those programs.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Leadership, Self Concept, Teacher Attitudes, Peer Teaching, Teacher Collaboration, Professional Identity, Science Teachers, High School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1035451
Author Affiliations: 1Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, USA; 2West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA; 3Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA