ERIC Number: EJ1474319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Sep
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
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Examining Teacher Leadership in the United States: How Do BIPOC Teachers and White Teachers in Urban Environments Experience Shared Leadership?
Peter D. Wiens1; Leona Calkins2; Jacob D. Skousen3
Urban Education, v60 n8 p2223-2248 2025
This study, using data from the American Teacher Panel survey given by the RAND corporation in 2017, examined teachers' experiences with teacher leadership (TL) in the United States. Geographic features like urbanicity and teacher demographic characteristics were used to predict different components of TL. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) teachers reported lower levels of principal leadership quality, teacher influence, and shared decision-making; however, they reported higher teacher agency than their white colleagues. Similarly, teachers in schools with populations that were majority low-income and BIPOC reported lower levels of principal leadership quality, teacher influence, and shared decision-making.
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Minority Group Teachers, White Teachers, Urban Schools, Participative Decision Making, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Low Income Students, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Influence, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA; 2Department of Advanced Studies in Education, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, USA; 3Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA