Unleashing Teacher Leadership: How Formal Teacher Leader Roles Can Improve Instruction

This Teach Factor report, published by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET), examines the demand teachers have for leadership opportunities, need for expanded instructional leadership in schools to support principals, and provides examples of formalized roles associated with The System for Teacher and Student Advancement (TAP). NIET also provides additional resources aligned to this report for major stakeholders, including policymakers, district officials, principals, and teachers. (Link: http://teachfactor.niet.org/resources/)