In the current landscape of rigorous standards implementation, teacher leadership is gaining increased attention and interest as a school improvement practice.

Moreover, the Every Student Succeeds Act calls out teacher leadership as an intervention strategy, and recent research points to effective teacher leaders as a positive influence on teacher professional learning and on teacher retention.

However, to be effective, teacher leaders need to be well supported by their districts. This issue of CenterView describes how school districts can foster strong teacher leadership, highlighting the promising strategy of partnering with an outside organization to help develop and sustain teacher leaders districtwide.

Visit the CenterView: Forging Partnerships — A Model for Teacher Leadership Development resource page to learn more and download your copy.