The Emerging Teacher Leader: Six Dynamic Practices to Nurture Professional Growth (Six dynamic practices to build teacher leaders)

Develop your skill set as a teacher and unlock your hidden leadership potential. Packed with insights from veteran teacher leaders, this book equips educators with six dynamic practices to improve their leadership skills, build expertise, and inspire their peers. Discover how, even without official titles, teachers can amplify success in the classroom, develop a growth mindset, and become agents for change and school improvement.

This book helps K–12 teachers:

• Realize that teacher leadership is inherent in the practice of teaching
• Learn how to become change agents in their schools
• Build relationships with other educators in order to sustain personal and professional growth
• See the importance of supporting resilience and self-care in themselves and students
• Use in-depth reproducible exercises to reflect on each dynamic practice

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Focus on Your Purpose
Chapter 2: Grow as a Teacher and Leader
Chapter 3: Effect Change Through Collaboration
Chapter 4: Build and Sustain Healthy Relationships
Chapter 5: Take Care of Yourself
Chapter 6: Cultivate a Growth Mindset
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index

Kathy Perez, EdD, is an international consultant, teacher, administrator, and author who has worked with students from preschoolers to university graduates. Dr. Perez is a professor emerita at Saint Mary’s College of California. She has extensive teaching experience as a general and special educator, literacy and ESL coach, administrator, and curriculum- and staff-development coordinator. Her innovative and interactive workshops are loaded with materials and activities teachers can use and share with others. She provides a lively and informative day of hands-on and minds-on learning.
Dr. Perez has worked extensively with teachers, administrators, and parents throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Qatar, Brazil, Colombia, the Caribbean, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Her best-selling books include More Than 100+ Brain-Friendly Tools and Strategies for Literacy Instruction, The Co-Teaching Book of Lists, The New Inclusion: Differentiated Strategies to Engage ALL Students, and 200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading, Grades K–8. Dr. Perez is the recipient of an International Rotary Fellowship and has been selected for the Reading Hall of Fame because of her commitment to and passion for literacy and learning around the world.

Margaret Coughlan, EdD, is a classroom teacher, district leader, researcher, and adjunct faculty member at Saint Mary’s College of California. Her professional work includes teaching elementary students, teachers, and graduate school master-level candidates. Dr. Coughlan has worked extensively with emerging teacher leaders through induction and in a graduate teacher leadership program focused on social justice and equity. She is a literacy specialist, new teacher mentor, and researcher. Dr. Coughlan has presented at the California Educational Research Association annual conferences, the Action Research Network of the Americas annual conference, and the Leadership for Social Justice conference.