Teacher leadership is an idea which time has come. The unprecedented demands being placed on schools today require leadership at every level. Therefore the role of the teacher leader is not only leadership between teachers but to be the students (pupils) leader, too. School leadership is the process of finding, supporting and guiding the talents and energies of other teachers, students and parents toward achieving common educational aims. Besides, the teacher leaders are defines as the „agents of changes” / trendsetters. The researchers suggest that teachers should see themselves as creators rather than objects of change. In many societies around the world, teachers are looked upon as the individuals who can help to bring about positive changes in the lives of people. These change creators (agents) must be entrepreneurs, must be focused on the collaborative development of shared knowledge in learning communities, and must master system thinking in order to transform new knowledge into effecting teaching strategies and to implement them in the school curriculum. There two main target groups of our project: 1. The teachers in primary and secondary schools and the primary and secondary schools’ management. This group are the direct users of our project’s results and products. 2. The other users of our project’s results and products: the teachers trainers and teachers training centers (institutions) , who will organize the trainings for teachers using the materials prepared in our project . The expected results of our project: 1. Delivery of new knowledge to persons involved in our project activities or improving their knowledge about the leadership of teachers and the model of teachers - leaders. 2. Growth of the interest about the teachers' leadership and the model of teachers - leaders among the schools' staff and different educational institutions'. 3. The change of the attitude educational policy-makers about the leadership of teachers and the model of teachers - leaders. 4. Delivery of new skills to persons involved in our project activities. To receive these results we will develop: 1) The Teacher as Leader Model / Concept - described in Int. Outputs Nr 1: Handbook: “Teacher as Leader Model”; 2) The Set Standards for Teachers - Leaders (Int. Outputs Nr 2); 3) The Training for Teachers - Leaders (Training Kit - Int. Outputs Nr 3). The project consortium is built of: - two teachers training centers: KCZIA (Poland) and EUROPASS Centro Studi Europeo SAS (Italy); - two public educational authorities: Directorate of Secondary Education of Fthiotida Prefecture (Greece) and Elmadag Ilce Milli Egitim Mudurlugu (Turkey); - one university: UNIVERSITATEA LUCIAN BLAGA DIN SIBIU (Romania); - one school: 107 Primary school "Khan Krum" from Sofia (Bulgaria).
Teacher leadership is a very important concept. The unprecedented demands on schools today require leadership at every level. Therefore, the role of a teacher leader is not only to be a leader among teachers, but also to be a leader of students (pupils). School leadership is the process of seeking, supporting and directing the talents and energies of other teachers, students and parents to achieve common educational goals. In addition, teacher-leaders are referred to as 'change agents' / trendsetters. Researchers suggest that teachers should see themselves as creators rather than objects of change. In many societies around the world, teachers are seen as individuals who can help bring about positive change in people's lives. Teacher-creators of change need to be entrepreneurs, they need to be focused on the collaborative development of shared knowledge in learning communities and they need to master systems thinking in order to transform new knowledge into effective teaching strategies and implement them in the school curriculum. The project activities and as well as the project results are primarily addressed to two main target groups: 1.Teachers in schools and school management. This group are the direct users of the results and products of our project. 2.Other users of the results and products of our project: teachers trainers and teacher training centres (institutions) who will organise trainings for teachers using the materials prepared in our project. The benefits for the school environment from the implemented project: 1.To provide new knowledge to those involved in our project activities or to deepen their knowledge of teacher leadership and the teacher-leader model. 2.Increased interest in teacher leadership and the teacher-leader model among school staff and various educational institutions. 3.To change the attitude of educational decision makers towards teacher leadership and teacher-leader model. 4.To provide new skills to those involved in our project activities. For this purpose the international partnership group prepared the following tools: 1.Model / Concept of Teacher as Leader - described in Intellectual Output 1: Handbook: 'Teacher as Leader Model'; 2.Training Kit - Intellectual Output No. 3. and in addition 1.Standards for Teacher-Leaders Intellectual Output 2, 2.E-learning course, 3.Videotraining. The project consortium consists of: -two teacher training centres: KCZIA (Poland) and EUROPASS Centro Studi Europeo SAS (Italy); -two public education authorities: Directorate of Secondary Education of Fthiotida Prefecture (Greece) and Elmadag Ilce Milli Egitim Mudurlugu (Turkey); -one university: UNIVERSITATEA LUCIAN BLAGA DIN SIBIU (Romania); -one school: 107th Primary School "Khan Krum" from Sofia (Bulgaria).