Pathways to Teacher Leadership: Emerging Models, Changing Roles - Softcover

Marya R. Levenson is a professor of the practice in education and the Harry S. Levitan Director of Teacher Education at Brandeis University.

In Pathways to Teacher Leadership, Marya R. Levenson investigates emerging patterns in the development and effectiveness of teacher leadership. She looks closely at the particular demands on young teachers in mission-driven urban schools as well as those in more traditional settings, and examines movements to give teachers a voice in district, state, and federal policy.

Pathways to Teacher Leadership provides a powerful counterpoint to current debates about teacher quality and shows how teachers can work together to make schools better.

“Teacher leaders can be key agents in building the capacity that public schools so badly need. Yet too often administrators and teachers are caught up in old ways of doing their work and fail to see what is possible. In Pathways to Teacher Leadership, Marya Levenson reveals a way forward by providing compelling cases of successful teacher leaders and a clear-eyed analysis of what it will take to realize their potential.” — Susan Moore Johnson, director, Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, and Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

“Marya Levenson describes the many ways teacher leaders emerge and the relationships they must have with their principals and peers. She does an excellent job of marrying practice and theory. I shared several chapters with my executive team and we had joyful conversations about how her insights validated the many experiences we had with our own teachers as we observed them grow as leaders.” — Barbara Moore Pulliam, superintendent, Greene County Schools, Georgia

“Marya Levenson’s new book brings fresh energy and ideas to building more creative, exciting, and successful learning communities. Her work makes it plain that she is one of us; she has lived the joys and frustrations of the classroom, and she recognizes the importance of collaboration in promoting richer ways of knowing for our students. Her meticulous research and approachable scholarship light the way for caring educators everywhere.” — Michele Forman, social studies teacher, Middlebury Union High School, Vermont, and National Teacher of the Year, 2001

Marya R. Levenson is a professor of the practice in education and the Harry S. Levitan Director of Teacher Education at Brandeis University.