Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hAK0nvm23521; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:49:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:49:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <CFA0B6B409EBD411ABBF0000F8CD206C06FECC24@CREXC01> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: bodman@ucc.edu To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:817] RE: teachers as leaders? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Status: O Content-Length: 3227 Lines: 93 So you are referring to citizen activism for educational reform or for advocating the acceptance of an initiative or innovation. What does it take? First you need personal courage. You have to be willing to stand up in front of others and use all resources in the community. Second, you have to be willing to put your job and sometimes your career on the line. When the pressure comes--and it will--you can't cave in and run for cover. Third, you have to be a charismatic figure who can persuade others to join with you. You need to be able to speak within yourself--not too strident, not too extreme, but clear and compelling in your arguments. You have to have the right balance of fun and seriousness so that people will enjoy going along with you in your efforts. Finally, you have to be ornery, stubborn, mule-headed sometimes. You have to be willing to continue even though all looks hopeless. There is an excellent article--Chapter 6 in Grant and Murray: Teaching in America: The Slow Revolution--about a teacher who slowly evolved into a leader. Jean Bodman Union County College bodman@ucc.edu Work: 908-965-6096 Home: 609-695-6567 -----Original Message----- From: Gloria Gillette [mailto:ggillette@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:37 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:816] RE: teachers as leaders? Recently the teachers in Cleveland (K-12) refused to give the new state exams and the state temporarily shelved them. http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1069238121219990.xml?no hio I thought this was a great act of leadership. They used their collective voice to speak out. It took a great deal of courage, but they advocated for their students and the field of education. $21 billion in tax relief was included in the energy bill. That is 42x the amount of money the federal govenment will spend on adult literacy in this country next year. On the most basic of all levels, we need leaders more now than ever. Gloria Gillette ----- Original Message ----- From: <bodman@ucc.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:57 PM Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:814] RE: teachers as leaders? > Your initial question is very broad. Can you refine it? The teacher as a > leader of what--students? colleagues? etc. If you are asking about > leadership in the broadest sense, then the answer most likely would lie in > research in psychology, not education. > > Jean Bodman > Union County College > bodman@ucc.edu > Work: 908-965-6096 > Home: 609-695-6567 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jataylor [mailto:jataylor@utk.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:49 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:812] teachers as leaders? > > > Hello everyone, > What makes a teacher leader? What are the qualities/actions of a teacher > leader, and what are the different roles of teachers as leaders? What is > already happening on local program and state levels that supports teacher > leadership? > > Further, what needs to happen on various levels to better support teachers > as > members of and leaders in the field of adult literacy? > > Thanks, > Jackie > >
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