New Leadership
TURN members are developing and mentoring the next generation of progressive teacher union leaders and leading the cultural shift needed within teacher unions through fresh professional and social networking strategies.
This Education Sector Report by Susan Moore Johnson and her colleagues at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, helps us understand the changing dynamics and interests within our local teacher unions.
Many local presidents "described their efforts to lead two group of teachers - veterans and novices - who had different and often competing needs, interests, and beliefs about the appropriate role of teachers unions."