Key Change Agents Informal Teacher Leadership— The Key to Successful Change In the Middle Level School

Effective middle level principals iden-tify key teacher leaders and involve them in the decision-making process. Teacher leaders also help the school progress with new and improved pro-grams and curriculum. iddle level schools are in a state of constant flux. Facul-ty members must be flexible, adaptable, and constantlyM growing. In order to promote these attributes, a princi-pal must be able to help move his or her school in a positive direc-tion. One way to do this is through the use of informal teacher leadership in restructuring schools (Berry and Ginsberg, 1990; Darling-Hammond and Berry, 1988). The Study Teacher leadership is essential to change and improvement in a school. A study of effective middle level administrators deter-at PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on March 5, 2016bul.sagepub.comDownloaded from 7