Table of Contents

About the Center for Teaching Quality x

About the Authors xi

Acknowledgments xv

Prologue: Why We Wrote This Book xvii

Chapter 1: Advocating for a Bold Brand of Teacher Leadership 1

Chapter 2: Defining the Teacherpreneur 16

Chapter 3: Preparing for Teacherpreneurism 36

Chapter 4: Making Teachers—and Teaching—Visible 60

Chapter 5: Transcending Teaching’s Past 82

Chapter 6: Cultivating Teacherpreneurs for Teacher-Led Schools 104

Chapter 7: Meeting Resistance—and Crossing Borders 122

Chapter 8: Creating What We Have Imagined 140

Chapter 9: Finnish(ing) Lessons for Teacherpreneurism 165

Chapter 10: Foreseeing 2030 179

Appendixes 195

Endnotes 218

Index 229

About the Author

Barnett Berry is the founder, partner, and chief executive officer of the Center for Teaching Quality, based in Carrboro, North Carolina. Ann Byrd serves as chief operating officer and partner at the Center for Teaching Quality. Alan Wieder is a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina and a senior research consultant with the Center for Teaching Quality. Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) is a national nonprofit that is transforming the teaching profession through the bold ideas and expert practices of teachers. For more information please visit www.teachingquality.org.