Course
Required and Recommended Readings for Courses
Course 1: A Foundation for Teacher Leadership
Required Texts
Eaker, R.; Dufour, R; & Dufour, R. 2002. Getting started: Reculturing schools to become
professional learning communities. Bloomington, Indiana: National Educational Service.
Marzano, R. J.; Waters, T., & McNulty, B. A. 2005. School leadership that works: From
research to results. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Pellicer, L. O. 2008. Caring enough to lead: How reflective practice leads to moral leadership
(3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.
Recommended Texts
Pellicer, L. and Anderson, L.W 1995. A handbook for teacher leaders. Thousand Oaks, Calif:
Corwin Press.
DePree, M. 2004. Leadership is an art. New York, N.Y: Doubleday.
Maxwell, J. C., Dornan, J. 1997. Becoming a person of influence: How to positively impact the
lives of others. Atlanta, GA: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
Maxwell, J. C. 1993. Developing the leader within you. Atlanta, GA: Thomas Nelson
Publishers.
Articles and Reports
Atkins, K. & Rossi, M. (2007, September). Change from within. Educational Leadership,
65(1).
Barth, R. S. (2001, February). Teacher leader. Phi Delta Kappan 82 (4).
Danielson, C. (2007, September). The many faces of leadership. Educational Leadership, 65(1),
14-19.
Donaldson, M. (2007, September). What do teachers bring to leadership? Educational
Leadership, 65(1), 26-29.
Dozier, T. (2007, September). Turning good teachers into great leaders. Educational
Leadership, 65(1), 54-59.
Harrison, C. & Killion, J. (2007, September). Ten roles for teacher leaders. Educational
Leadership, 65(1), 74-77.
Ingersoll, R. M. (2007, September). Short on power, long on responsibility. Educational
Leadership, 65(1), 20-25.
Johnson, S. M. & Donaldson, M. (2007, September). Overcoming the obstacles to leadership.
Educational Leadership, 65(1), 8-13.
Georgia Department of Education School Improvement Services (2007 May). School keys:
Unlocking excellence through the Georgia School Standards.
Task Force on Teacher Leadership (2001, April). Leadership for student learning: Redefining
the teacher as leader. Washington, DC: Institute for Educational Leadership.
Task Force on Teaching as a Profession (1986). A nation prepared: Teachers for the 21st
century. New York, NY: The Carnegie Foundation.
Terry, P. M. (1999-2000). Empowering teachers as leaders. National Forum of Teacher
Education Journal 10E, 3. Lake Charles, LA: National Forum Journals.
Troen, V. & Boles, K. C. (1993, November 3). Teacher leadership: How to make it more than a
catch phrase. Teacher Magazine.
Teacher Leader Websites:
www.edweek.or/edsearch.cfm
www.nationalforum.com/TERRYte8e3.html
http://www.iel.org/programs/21st/reports/teachlearn.pdf
http://www.teacherleaders.org/
http://www.newhorizons.org/trans/raichle.htm
http://www.teachermagazine.org/
http://www.cbu.edu/arts/ed/teacher_as_leader.html
http://shop.ascd.org/ProductDisplay.cfm?ProductID=104150
http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/8528.htm
http://www.nationalforum.com/Electronic%20Journal%20Volumes/Terry,%20paul%20M.%20Empowering
%20Teachers%20As%20Leaders.pdf
http://www.nsdc.org/blog/
http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/412.shtml
http://www.cehs.wright.edu/academic/educational_leadership/teacherleader/index.php
Course 2: Working with Teachers to Improve Instruction
Required Readings
Glickman, C., Gordon, S. P., & Ross-Gordon, J. M. 1998. Supervision and instructional
leadership: A developmental approach (5th ed.) Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Davies, A. 2000. Making classroom assessment work. Canada: Connections Publishing
Reeves, D. B.2003. High performance in high poverty schools: 90/90/90 and beyond. Center
for Performance Assessment
Katz, Lilian G. 2008. The developmental stages of teachers. Printed from
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/katz-dev-stages.html
Recommended Texts
Crane, T. G. 2002. The heart of coaching: Using transformational coaching to create a highperformance culture (2nd ed.). San Diego, California: The FTA Press.
Downer, C.; Steffy, B.; English, F.; Frase, L.; & Poston, W.K. 2004. The three-minute
classroom walk-through: changing school supervisory practice one teacher at a time. Thousand
Oaks, California: Corwin Press.
Dufour, R; Dufour, R.; Eaker, R.; & Karhanek, G. 2004. Whatever it takes: How professional
learning communities respond when kids don’t learn. Bloomington, Indiana: National
Educational Service
O’Shea, M. 2005. From standards to success. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development.
Marzano, R. 2006. Classroom assessment & grading that work. Alexandria, VA: Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Teacher Leader Websites:
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http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm - 15k - Cached
Course 3: Teacher Leadership in Action
Required Texts
Covey, Stephen R. 1989. The 7 habits of highly effective people: Restoring the
character ethic. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Fullan, Michael 2008. The six secrets of change: What the best leaders do to help their
organizations survive and thrive. San Francisco, CA.: John Wiley & Sons.
Teacher Leader Websites:
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http://www.amazon.com/New-Meaning-Educational-Change/dp/0807740691 - 292k - Cached
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