Leading with Curricular Co-Design: An Exploration of Teacher Leadership Through the Co-Design Process

Abstract

This study bridges teacher leadership research with principles of co-design in an effort to understand teachers’ experiences with co-design as a process of teacher leadership and its implications for strengthening teacher leadership development efforts. Using qualitative data from a multi-year co-design research project aimed at developing curricular materials, we explore how co-design aligns with and promotes multiple dimensions of teacher leadership. Findings revealed that teachers not only engaged in a process that shaped how they saw themselves as leaders, but also that critical elements of co-design promoted teacher leadership enactment.

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teacher leadership co-design teacher leadership development teacher-researcher collaboration partnerships

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