- Year 2019
- NSF Noyce Award # 1758392
- First Name Amanda
- Last Name Gonczi
- Institution Michigan Technological University
- Role/Position Assistant Research Scientist
- Workshop Category Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships
- Workshop Disciplines Audience Biological
- Target Audience Project PIs / Co-PIs / Other Faculty/Staff
- Topics Teacher Leadership
- Session Length 30 minutes
- Additional Presenter(s)
Jacqueline Huntoon, jeh@mtu.edu, MTU, project PI;
Stockero@mtu.edu, MTU, project Co-PI;
Kedmon Hungwe@mtu.edu, MTU, project Co-PI
Goals
Attendees will:
1. Understand possible opportunities for developing teacher leadership skills through online and remote instruction
2. Understand the limitations for developing teachers leadership skills through online and remote instruction
Evidence
Evidence presented will include pre/post survey outcomes for 12 teachers who participated in an online/remote course designed to provide and develop specific leadership skills. Changes in teachers’ understandings about and confidence to engage in certain leadership activities will be presented as well as interview data. Data analysis methods included descriptive statistics and thematic data analysis. The data corpus will demonstrate the potential for and limitations to remote and online course instruction focused on developing certain leadership skills.
Proposal
This session is designed to overview a semester-long remote/online course designed to support teacher engagement in leadership opportunities. Pre/post survey results and interview data suggest online course instruction can effectively support teacher leadership skills; in particular action research, peer professional development; and facilitation of learning communities when instruction purposefully integrates planning for leadership, implementation, and subsequent reflection. This research uniquely demonstrates the potential for remote instruction to support teacher leadership as well as its limitations.
