ABSTRACT
One of the reasons for the success of the Teacher Learning Leadership Program (TLLP) is that both the Ontario Teachers' Federation and the Ministry created the program to include policies that will support the practices of the program and they have improved the program with each cohort of teachers. The learning about leadership was important as teachers who had written successful proposals now had money and support for organizing professional development in their school and/or in other schools. The TLLP enabled teachers to come to understand that they were gaining leadership experiences in the process of helping organize professional development. In most cases, TLLP participants find ways to solve the issues. Indeed, part of learning leadership is that teachers do find a way to lead through and overcome challenges. The power of learning leadership by doing leadership is highly beneficial in challenging and changing notions of being "just" a teacher to developing as an informal leader with influence and impact.
