Teacher Leadership: Roles and Values from The Perspectives of School Middle Leaders

Abstract

This study of semi-structured focus group interview aimed at identifying the dimensions for teacher leadership. Teacher leadership is a very potential domain to be explored especially in studies related to educational leadership and management. Therefore, a literature review related to teacher leadership has been conducted which aims to find a conclusion on the current situation regarding teacher leadership. Related reading material is collected through several search engines available on the internet. Then, semi-structured interview was conducted to find out more in depth about teacher leadership among teacher leaders in Malaysia. From the readings and materials obtained, it can be concluded that the dimension of teacher leadership is very broad. However findings obtained from interview sessions showed that there are four dimensions that are found dominant with the situation of teachers in Malaysia. Those dimensions namely self-awareness, communication and change, diversity and instructional proficiency as well as organized and continuous improvement.