Unleashing Teacher Leadership: A Toolkit for Ensuring Effective Instruction in Every Classroom

A toolkit of field-tested strategies to help teacher leaders maximize their effectiveness.The teacher leaders who get the best results are the ones who explore the role's full potential, but it can be a challenge to get beyond a basic understanding of the responsibilities involved. The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) wants to make it easier.Unleashing Teacher Leadership presents best practices and tools that teacher leaders can use to unlock their own power and drive lasting instructional improvement across schools and districts. Current and future teacher leaders will learn how to* Examine their context as instructional experts.* Understand their approach to leadership and how to work with other leaders in their school.* Develop expertise in evidence-based instructional practice.* Support the implementation of high-quality curriculum.* Build effective learning environments and support colleagues' efforts to do the same.* Understand how to use data and assessment t