The essay detected teacher leadership idea, development, practice, difficulties and inspiration in nowadays education situations from the perspective of teachers. Schools are confronted with various educational issues such as empowerment, school based, democratic participation, education deregulation, devolution and accountability. Teachers need to share the responsibilities of school management. But school administrations also encountered a lot of difficulties from teachers, organizational culture, governmental authorities and community. We can take these strategies -- establishing regulations, changing concepts, organizing teacher professional community, continuing education, collegial leadership, teacher grading system, blurring boundaries between administrators and teachers and teacher reflections -- to develop teacher leadership, to promote school effectiveness, to enhance the quality and effectiveness of student learning, and to response to the international competition. |