Given the ever increasing complexity of the demands placed on our teachers, Project LEAD IT recognizes and addresses the need to instill teachers with the leadership necessary to make teaching and learning more effective. Project LEAD IT is focused on the deep connection that exists between leading and teaching. Based on the understanding that teaching is first and foremost a leadership endeavor, Project LEAD IT emphasizes the importance of explicitly exploring this connection and providing related professional development opportunities for teachers. Focus leadership development on the actual activities, roles, and tasks performed by teachers within the realm of the classroom. Encourage leadership development as a core value in training new teachers.
Great teachers are great leaders in their classrooms.
In recognizing this, the professional development of teachers can support a career-long attention to leadership. Project LEAD IT is dedicated to improving education through the enrichment of teachers. Investing in the leadership of our teachers will serve as the linchpin for the educational success of our students. Teachers need to understand that teaching is leadership. Teachers who use the skills of leaders will be more successful in dealing with classroom conflict, stress management, positive motivational procedures, pupil empowerment, task motivation, and the dynamic interaction of leaders and followers who give and take and change one another.