The development of teacher leaders in any discipline is hindered when the pool of available candidates is shallow, and developing science leaders—whether at the classroom, district, state, or national level—largely depends on having a rich and robust pool of candidates. Before we can develop strong science leaders, we must develop strong science teachers. Some of the questions that science education community must help principals and districts leaders are: What do the new young science teachers look like, what are the key employment decisions they are making, and how do the decisions impact districts?
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 2/21/2009Stock # PB278X_12