Examining Teacher Leadership in the United States: How Do BIPOC Teachers and White Teachers in Urban Environments Experience Shared Leadership?
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| Title: | Examining Teacher Leadership in the United States: How Do BIPOC Teachers and White Teachers in Urban Environments Experience Shared Leadership? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Peter D. Wiens (ORCID |
| Source: | Urban Education. 2025 60(8):2223-2248. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 26 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Teacher Leadership, Minority Group Teachers, White Teachers, Urban Schools, Participative Decision Making, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Low Income Students, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Influence, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859231198171 |
| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| Abstract: | This study, using data from the American Teacher Panel survey given by the RAND corporation in 2017, examined teachers' experiences with teacher leadership (TL) in the United States. Geographic features like urbanicity and teacher demographic characteristics were used to predict different components of TL. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) teachers reported lower levels of principal leadership quality, teacher influence, and shared decision-making; however, they reported higher teacher agency than their white colleagues. Similarly, teachers in schools with populations that were majority low-income and BIPOC reported lower levels of principal leadership quality, teacher influence, and shared decision-making. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1474319 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study, using data from the American Teacher Panel survey given by the RAND corporation in 2017, examined teachers' experiences with teacher leadership (TL) in the United States. Geographic features like urbanicity and teacher demographic characteristics were used to predict different components of TL. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) teachers reported lower levels of principal leadership quality, teacher influence, and shared decision-making; however, they reported higher teacher agency than their white colleagues. Similarly, teachers in schools with populations that were majority low-income and BIPOC reported lower levels of principal leadership quality, teacher influence, and shared decision-making. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859231198171 |
