Barnett Berry - Teacherpreneurs: Innovative Teachers Who Lead But Dont Leave

Additional Praise for Teacherpreneurs

This book gives anyone who is concerned with the education of our nation's children a great deal of hope. We should be grateful to Barnett Berry, Ann Byrd, and Alan Wieder for introducing us to these teacherpreneurs, the incredibly dedicated and innovative teachers whose stories are featured and whose work will move you. These gifted individuals clearly have the ability to inspire, encourage, motivate, influence, and educate other teachers.

Anthony S. Bryk, president,
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Why do I think Teacherpreneurs is an exceptionally inspiring book? It offers authentic teacher voices that speak volumes of truth. This book talks less about shortcomings of teachers or teaching and more about solutions that innovative teachers offer to make teaching one of the noble professions. A must-read for anyone who cares about how our schools will look in the future.

Pasi Sahlberg, director general of CIMO (Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation) in Finland and author of Finnish Lessons

Teacherpreneurs will be a turning point for the field. It offers existence proofs of the book's central concept while bringing the concept to life. It makes the case in an easy-to-read manner. West Point trains cadets to be 2nd lieutenants but educates them to be generals. Schools of education should similarly prepare strong candidates to be effective classroom teachers and potential teacherpreneurs. While no college program can fully prepare teachers for leadership, it can shape how they think about their careers. Teacherpreneurs presents a vision of a career in which effective teachers shape the policies that determine the classroom environment in which they and their colleagues teach. Education professors and teacher candidates will learn how they can revolutionize teaching for the betterment of students.

Arthur E. Wise, CTQ board chair, and president emeritus,
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

The real-life stories of Teacherpreneurs show us the power of this hybrid modela teacher who leads her or his colleagues without leaving the classroom, who is engaged in both pedagogy and policy, and who constantly seeks solutions. What better way to support peers and navigate the challenges confronting public schools and our students today.

Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers

Strong leaders are critical in transforming schools, but too many teachers believe they must leave the classroom to make an impact. Teacherpreneurs profiles transformative teacher leaders who are revolutionizing teaching and learning and leading in their professions. By acknowledging that the teacher is the key element in authentic school improvement, Teacherpreneurs offers a roadmap for much-needed change, pointing out the institutional and cultural barriers that often stifle teacher-leadership and offering systemic measures necessary to shift the culture of school leadership.

Dennis Van Roekel, president,
National Education Association

Barnett Berry and colleagues have written a powerful bookoffering us a powerful, new way to think about the teaching profession, now and in the future. Teacherpreneurs describes how eight extraordinary teachers became leaders without leaving the classroom, and provides insight into their inspiring and important work. Filled with rich narratives and research, this book is a must-read for teachers, administrators, and researchers, as well as education policy leaders who must invest in teaching to build the profession-wide expertise that our students need and deserve.

Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles Ducommun Professor of Education,
Stanford University School of Education, California

Hillsborough County Public Schools believes that teacherpreneurs, as identified in this new book, are essential elements of a successful career ladder plan. Our best teachers want to remain teachers, but they also want to help develop colleagues, write curriculum, and have a voice in shaping educational policy at the local, state, and national level. Empowering our most effective teachers to take on broader roles should be a goal of every district seeking reform.

MaryEllen Elia, superintendent,
Hillsborough County Public Schools, Florida

How to Use This Book

This book tells the stories of extraordinary teachers who have found pathways to transformative professional leadership without leaving their classroom and students. The days of having to move out of the classroom to move up in your career are fading, and the teacher leaders you'll meet in these pages are proof. It is also a guidebook for other teachers, perhaps like you, who are still seeking their own leadership path.

Starting your journey is the biggest challenge. More than any other teacher leaders, teacherpreneurs must know how to connect with and create new opportunities, ready themselves with the competencies needed to lead well, and lead work among colleagues of all kinds collaboratively rather than being perpetually out in front. Activities at the end of each chapter help you apply the big ideas you've just read about, take action, and share with otherseither in your school or as a part of the Center for Teaching Quality Collaboratory, a national virtual community of teacher leaders that we invite you to join. By the time you've worked through this book, you'll have a strategic plan to prepare for and build your own future teacherpreneurial role.

Your leadership is the sequel to Teacherpreneurs. Let's get started.

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