Curriculum Team Leaders: Individual Perspectives Toward Instructional Supervision

Accountability demands on schools are increasingly difficult to meet at the local, state, and national levels. This study examined the perspectives of curriculum team leaders (CTLs) that are one middle school\u27s response to increased accountability and changing student population. The CTLs provide instructional supervision to same-grade, same-subject curriculum teams. Four CTLs were chosen for this case study and data was gathered using focused interviews, observations, open-ended questionnaires, and artifact collection. A discussion of the CTLs\u27 work, recommendations for schools seeking to use teacher leaders to provide instructional supervision, and suggestions for further research is included