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 hAKIxBm29069; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:59:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:59:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <IEEILNEHIOCCHGGJMOGGKEBFCLAA.tt09@txstate.edu> 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: Tamara Thornton Clunis <tclunis@txstate.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:822] teachers as leaders X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Status: O Content-Length: 1189 Lines: 28 I have been following the discussion thread regarding teachers as leaders. I don't know if I necessarily agree in all cases with the statement that a teacher that leads should be willing to put their job and career on the line. I think those are more extreme circumstances. I agree that a leader can be courageous etc and keep your employment. I actually think that an important quality of a leader is to be able to lead while operating within the system. Many of the issues facing teachers in adult literacy are systemic issues. Systemic change can not happen overnight. A leadership legacy that endures happens over a period time...often with that person remaining in the position over a period of years. There is a wonderful book by Howard Gardner called Leading Minds. The book profiles leaders who lead organizational or social movements over a period of time. I often wonder would have happened to these movements or organizations if the leader left their positions early on. Tamara Thornton Clunis Grant Director Texas State University Center for Initiatives in Education 601 University Drive San Marcos, Texas 78666 512.245.9045 (office) 512.245.8151 (fax) tclunis@txstate.edu
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