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Lessons from Transformational Teacher Leaders within a Learning Organization

Penczarski, Jennifer Marie
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3382-8328
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1586861617039983

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2020, Doctor of Education, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
The purpose of this study was to gain an in depth understanding of transformational teacher leaders within the structure of a learning organization and how they narrated their experiences as leaders within that organizational structure. Although teacher leadership is woven into the frameworks of educational policy and school reform, there is a lack of research focused on understanding the experiences of transformational teacher leaders both individually and collectively in educational settings. This narrative study explored how five transformational teachers in formal leadership positions shared their experiences as leaders through the theoretical framework of role theory. The teacher leaders were encouraged to recount their experiences through a series of interviews and observations to develop an understanding of the role of the teacher within the learning organization. The role of teacher leader is explored through their relationships and interactions with peers, as well as the collective experiences and shared realities of transformational leaders within the organization. The themes assimilated and lessons learned from the collective narratives were the collective pathways to leadership; definition and evolution of leadership style; roles, boundaries and authority; collective struggles of leadership; and shared realities for future teacher leaders. The findings from this narrative study are crucial to help school administrators grasp how to engage, cultivate, and sustain current and future transformational teacher leaders.
Lucian Szlizewski (Committee Chair)
Joel Malin (Committee Member)
Sheri Leafgren (Committee Member)
86 p.
Education; Educational Leadership
transformational teacher leaders; learning organizations; formal teacher leaders; barriers of leadership; roles and boundaries of leadership; stories of teacher leaders

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  • Penczarski, J. M. (2020). Lessons from Transformational Teacher Leaders within a Learning Organization [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1586861617039983

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Penczarski, Jennifer. Lessons from Transformational Teacher Leaders within a Learning Organization. 2020. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1586861617039983.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Penczarski, Jennifer. "Lessons from Transformational Teacher Leaders within a Learning Organization." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1586861617039983

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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© 2020, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License Lessons from Transformational Teacher Leaders within a Learning Organization by Jennifer Marie Penczarski is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.