Preparing teacher leaders: Perceptions of the impact of a cohort-based, job embedded, blended teacher leadership program

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1213-1222

  Ross, Dorene ^a   Adams, Alyson ^a   Bondy, Elizabeth ^a   Dana, Nancy ^a   Dodman, Stephanie ^a   Swain, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Job embedded; Professional development; Teacher education; Teacher leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052354796     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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