Transformation of teacher to teacher leader: Indian scenario

Lavanya Raj

doi:10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i7.9

Abstract

The paper discusses the changing roles of teachers, into teacher - leaders in the emerging Indian scenario. It presents teacher leadership model– CID– CONNECT, INFLUENCE, and DEVELOP that can be applied, at various institutes. Keywords: Indian education, teaching, leadership.

Highlights

Today’s major concern of the education sector is for the dearth of quality teachers
Examining the weakness of knowledge linkage, one hardly hesitates to pose a question- are the teachers prepared to meet the challenge of knowledge transfer at high degree of professionalism and speed? If we have become comfortable with the kind of teachers available for students and schools, this article is more than a wakeup call
The concept of teacher leadership might not be new to many countries that have put academics on top priority

Summary

Introduction

Today’s major concern of the education sector is for the dearth of quality teachers. The advent of ICT has made a greater spur in the flow of educational information while the new generation of youth is its stakeholders, ready with a power of grasping the less known. It is time to accept boldly that India is a part of global educational industry and it needs development and professionalism as adopted in other Industrial sectors. This mere change in its ideation will pave way for effective leaderships and leaders to provide what a nation (customer) needs and the world expects. In the author’s perspective, is that the role/duty of a teacher as a leader It is more of transaction or activity oriented rather than a transformational one. The role does not demand teachers as leaders to students. The large area of newer teaching methodologies, assessment methods and facilitating the development of students remain untapped. It is not that Indian teachers do not have the ability to understand or apply, but mainly because these types of educational