Dr. Charles F. Webber is Professor in the Department of Education at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He is a teacher and researcher who served for the first half of his career as a classroom teacher and school principal in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. Following a move to higher education, he has held appointments as a professor and dean in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. He also currently holds an honorary appointment as Buitengewone Professor at North West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His teaching and research interests focus on teacher leadership, the principalship, student assessment, and higher education administration and leadership.

Foreword

Part I Exploring Teacher Leadership

1. Who is Interested in Teacher Leadership and Why?

Charles F. Webber, Clelia Pineda-Báez, Gloria Gratacós, Nicholas Wachira, and Jodi Nickel

1. International Study of Teacher Leadership: A Rationale and Theoretical Framework

Charles F. Webber, Joan M. Conway, and CP van der Vyver

1. Exploring Cross-Cultural Understandings of Teacher Leadership: A Phenomenographic Study

Catherine Arden and Janet Okoko

Part II Contextualizing Teacher Leadership

Linking Teacher Leadership to Instruction and Student Learning: A Systematic Review

The Role of Teamwork in the Development of Teacher Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Analysis from Colombia, Mexico, and Spain

Clelia Pineda-Báez, Cecilia Fierro-Evans, and Gloria Gratacós

Mohammed Elmeski, Noureddine Laouni, and Aabla Biqiche

Charles F. Webber and Jodi Nickel

C.P. van der Vyver, M.P. Fuller & J.B. Khumalo

Cristina Moral-Santaella and Antonio J. Sánchez-Lamolda

Pedro León Vivas and Gloria Gratacós

1. Teacher Leadership in the Moroccan Context: Perceptions and Practices

Samira Idelcadi, Samira Rguibi, and Abdelmajid Bouziane

1. Moving Teacher Leaders to the Front Line of School Improvement: Lessons Learned by One Australian Research and Development Team

Joan M Conway and Dorothy Andrews

Part III Reflecting on Teacher Leadership

Charles F. Webber and Dorothy Andrews

Teacher Leaders: Cautions and Questions

Charles F. Webber