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Understanding Teacher Leadership in Middle School Mathematics: A Collaborative Research Effort

Abstract

"We report findings from a collaborative research effort designed to examine how teachers act as
leaders in their schools. We find that teachers educated by the Math in the Middle Institute act as key
sources of advice for colleagues within their schools while drawing support from a network consisting
of other teachers in the program and university-level advisors. In addition to reporting on our findings,
we reflect on our research process, noting some of the practical challenges involved, as well as some of
the benefits of collaboration."