Strategy 11: Recognize Teacher Leaders
Recognize teacher leaders for their contributions and accomplishments.
Resource 52: Principal Recognition of Teacher Innovation and Expertise
Childs-Bowen, D., Moller, G., & Scrivner, J. (2000, May). Principals: Leaders of leaders.
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin, 84(616), 27–34.
Recognition of teacher innovation and expertise is important for the development of teacher
leadership. The principal is in “the best position to recognize those teachers who break new
ground in quality instruction and leadership, while encouraging others to join the movement.”
Genuine praise is a simple but powerful strategy that is more important than money. Effective
leaders use rituals, ceremonies, and stories. Opportunities for teacher recognition and celebrating student success are critical to creating a culture for teacher leadership.
Resource 53: Verbal Support, Appreciation, and Thanks
Birky, V. D., Shelton, M., & Headley, S. (2006, June). An administrator’s challenge:
Encouraging teachers to be leaders. National Association of Secondary School Principals
(NASSP) Bulletin, 90(2), 87–101.
A research study by Birky (2000) found that “more than any other factor, appreciation for their
work was the main motivating force behind the encouragement teacher leaders received.” The
teachers in the study gave the following examples of verbal support, including “expression of
appreciation,” “recognition for work done,” “saying thank you for how well the job is going,”
and “lots of kudos.”
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- I am creative, outgoing and love nature. I am at the top of it all and I know who got me there. My daily Prayer to the Most High God is-- "Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!"
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