Galileo
Leadership
Consortium
Mission
The Galileo Leadership Consortium will
advance the development of teacher
leadership to ensure high levels of learning for
all.
Goals
The Galileo Leadership Consortium will:
 develop the knowledge, skills and
dispositions of teacher leaders which
include servant leadership,
collaboration, facilitation, best practices,
action research, and systems thinking;
 support and extend the influence of
Galileo Leaders in order to create and
sustain teacher leadership throughout
the organization;
 envision new ways of working and
learning by establishing relationships
among K-12 organizations, community
colleges, universities, and the Galileo
Institute for Teacher Leadership at
Oakland University; and
 maintain and expand the influence of
Galileo Alumni.
The Galileo Leadership Consortium was
launched in 1997 with funding from the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation and now is sustained by
the Consortium’s organizations, foundation,
local businesses, and industries. The
Consortium provides a teacher leadership
development program for educational
organizations in Oakland, Wayne, and
Macomb counties. The Board, organization’s
liaisons, and the facilitation team support the
Consortium’s activities.
This capacity-building curriculum focuses on
developing communities of learners and
leaders who collaborate to renew
organizations and ensure learning for all.
Academy participants assess their own
learning and make contributions to their
organizations and the education profession.
The focus of the Consortium is to improve and
sustain the achievement of all students by:
 building teacher and principal leadership
capacity,
 promoting, supporting and celebrating
teacher leaders;
 forging a vision of effective teaching,
 creating professional learning communities,
 engaging in data driven decision-making,
and
 fostering a commitment to develop
institutional capacity for change.
In 2004, the Galileo Consortium entered into
partnership with Oakland University to create
The Galileo Teacher Leadership Institute. The
Institute is dedicated to developing the
leadership skills of educators by providing
degree programs, research on teacher
leadership, conferences, and special events.
A unique feature of the partnership is the
opportunity for Academy participants to
pursue an Educational Specialist degree in
teacher leadership as a cohort, receiving
twelve credits for participation in the
Academy’s two-year seminar series.
GALILEO TEACHER LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
GALILEO ALUMNI BOARD
GALILEO TEACHER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
The Academy is a two-year seminar series
designed to develop teacher leaders. The
curriculum addresses educational and
leadership issues and themes. Instructional
strategies are based on principles of
collaboration, inquiry, problem-solving,
reflection, informational systems and
technology. Teacher leaders learn from
national experts, case studies, dialogues, field
investigations, team building, study groups,
readings, reflective journaling, and action
research.
The Alumni Board was established by the
Consortium Board to maintain and expand the
influence of the Galileo Alumni. A Galileo
Leader from a past cohort is selected by their
organization to serve on the Alumni Board.
Their responsibilities include: advocating the
importance of teacher leadership as a means
for improving learning for both students and
adults, and sharing best practices, strategies,
articles, books, and providing on-going
support to current Galileo Leaders.
For additional information contact:
Joyce Fouts, Ed.D., Executive Director
248.379.3252
MACOMB
Center Line Public Schools
Fraser Public Schools
Lake Shore Public Schools
Lakeview Public Schools
Macomb Intermediate School District
South Lake Schools
Van Dyke Public Schools
OAKLAND
Avondale Public Schools
Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Farmington Public Schools
Huron Valley Public Schools
Lamphere Public Schools
Novi Community School District
Oakland Community College
Oakland Schools
Oakland University
Southfield Public Schools
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Waterford Public Schools
West Bloomfield School District
WAYNE
Dearborn Public Schools
Garden City Public Schools
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Livonia Public Schools
Northville School District
Schoolcraft College
South Redford School District
River Rouge Public Schools
Wayne Regional Educational
Service Agency
Wayne-Westland Community Schools
Woodhaven-Brownstown School District
Galileo
Leadership
Consortium
Galileo
Leadership
Consortium
MIEM
1001 Centennial Way
Suite 300
Lansing, Michigan 48917
www.galileoleaders.org
Let us be the change
we want in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi