Urban Teacher Education part of the Education Reform Network

Teacher Leadership

• Case Studies of Urban Schools: Portrayals of Schools in Change
  A National Center for Research in Vocational Education study. The project was designed to describe how a small group of comprehensive high schools in urban areas are developing, implementing, and evaluating educational restructuring initiatives that include vocational education as a key component of those efforts.
• No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children
  The third in a series of reports from The National Commisson on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF). No Dream Denied addresses the issue of retaining quality teachers in our nation's schools.
• Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School
  This is the remarkable story of the creation of a new kind of high school that truly aspires to educate all students to high standards. Believing that a deeply personalized culture can prevent the senseless violence that has invaded many public schools, educators at Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire set out to create a safe, caring, and academically rigorous school.
• The path to teacher leadership in educational technology
  Contains a synopsis of the five stages in the learning/adoption trajectory toward teacher leadership in technology. The table matches effective strategies to promote growth from one stage to the next.
• Urban Specialist Certificate Program
  With funding from URBAN IMPACT, a U.S. Dept.