21st Century Strands & Strategies
Chapter: Strands & Strategies: Deep Dive
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Shared
Leadership
Strand
Administrators as
Leaders
Teachers as Leaders
Students as Leaders
Skillful participation,
vision, inquiry,
collaboration, reflection,
and student
achievement - interact
to create the tasks of
shared instructional
leadership. Research
suggests that these
features are vital to the
school improvement
process (DuFour & Eaker,
1998).
Shared Leadership Strand
The Leadership Strand focuses on school leadership,
transformational leadership through shared leadership
model. Leaders who build their school culture around
shared leadership develop strong ownership of the work,
collaboration, strong relationships, and ownership of the
results of the work. The Leadership Strand supports the
various roles of the 21st Century roles of leaders in the
school - administrators, teachers, and students.
Big Ideas
Shared Leadership: 21st Century leaders transform the
educational community through a shared vision that promotes continuous school
improvement, effective professional practice, digital age learning and citizenship
through shared leadership. The strategies under
the shared leadership strand include:
•
Administrative leadership
•
Teacher Leadership
•
Student Leadership
Research indicates that the one factor
distinguishing successful 21st century schools and
districts is strong leadership. While individual
teachers can adopt the practices of a 21st century classroom, the real impact on
students is if an entire school and district embraces and works toward the same vision.
