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Site leaders

noun

Any educator serving in a leadership role at a school including the principal, instructional leadership team, lead teachers, department and grade level chairs, and committee chairs. At teacher-powered schools, site leaders represent a large portion of the educator team and in many cases all educators are considered site leaders. Teacher leader and site leader are used interchangeably.

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This glossary is a collection of terms related to teacher-powered schools — namely, terms around teachers, leadership, governance, collaboration, and teams.