Open Access"Single threads woven together in a tapestry": Dispositions of Teacher-Librarian Leaders
Author(s) -
Jennifer Branch-Mueller,
Joanne Rodger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl8274
Subject(s) - disposition , teacher leadership , psychology , pedagogy , qualitative research , educational leadership , mathematics education , sociology , social psychology , social science
This generic qualitative research study examined if and how the dispositions of six exemplary teacher-librarians evolve after a move into a formal leadership role. All of the participants were classroom teachers and teacher-librarians prior to moving into leadership roles in their schools/university or districts. Findings from this study are organized and presented based on the leadership dispositions identified by Kimmel, Dickinson and Doll (2012) in their Dispositional Continua and include descriptors used by teacher-librarian leaders that help clarify each disposition. Further research is needed to create a valid and reliable disposition assessment tool for pre-service and in-service teacher librarians and TL leaders.