%0 Journal Article
%T Defining teacher leadership:  A framework
%A Elisa Stone
%A Judith Warren Little
%A Rebecca Cheung
%A Thomas Reinhardt
%J Phi Delta Kappan
%@ 1940-6487
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0031721718808263
%X Teacher leadership is widely thought to be critical to the success of local school improvement efforts. But it¡¯s often unclear what teacher leadership entails, precisely. Supported by district-level staff, and with assistance from a university-based research team (the authors of this article), a group of science teacher leaders created a conceptual framework to guide their work. Teacher leadership, they concluded, involves four main activities: collaborating with teachers, modeling effective instruction, providing resources, and advocating on teachers¡¯ behalf
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0031721718808263