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The changing role of teachers has called for a new paradigm of the teaching profession that recognises the potential of teachers to lead for supporting school development and change. The influence teachers have on the school community and their commitment to school change are at the core of teacher leadership definitions. Preparing future teachers to act as leaders in their schools can support the overall efforts for school improvement. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore pre-service teacher leadership development. The study utilised a qualitative methodology to address: (i) pre-service teachers’ understanding of teacher leadership,(ii) the role of initial teacher education in shaping the understanding of teacher leadership, and (iii) the contribution of initial teacher education to pre-service teachers’ readiness for exercising leadership roles for school improvement. The study was conducted with pre-service teachers in the leading initial teacher education institution in Kosovo. A total of 42 pre-service teachers from all years of the Primary Teacher Education programme participated in four group interviews with the aim of discussing in depth the core elements of teacher leadership in order to better grasp the pre-service teachers’ understanding of this concept as well as their readiness to exercise leadership roles. A model devised by Snoek et al.(2019) was used as an analytical framework to determine the development of teacher leadership in initial teacher education. The study reveals that there is no consensus on the definition of teacher leadership. The findings show that the understanding of teacher leadership is based on a contextually drawn vision of what it means to be a teacher, resulting in a narrow view of leadership with regard to individual and classroom levels. The study concludes that initial teacher education has a critical role in contributing to shifting the conceptualisation of teacher leadership beyond the isolated views of individual and formal leadership. The findings have  \n1 Faculty of Education, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo.  \n2 *Corresponding Author. Faculty of Education, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo; [fjolla.kacaniku@uni-pr.edu](fjolla.kacaniku@uni-pr.edu).  \n38  an exploration of teacher leadership: are future teachers ready to lead?   \nimperative implications for providing good models of initial teacher education that support the preparation and readiness of future teacher leaders to tackle the ever-increasing complexities of the teaching profession.  \nKeywords: teacher leadership, initial teacher education, pre-service teachers, school improvement  \nRaziskovanje vodenja pri učiteljih: ali so bodoči učiteljipripravljeni voditi?  \nJetë Aliu in Fjolla Kaçaniku  \n• Učiteljski poklic v zadnjih desetletjih postaja vse kompleksnejši. Spreminjajoča se vloga učiteljev je zahtevala novo paradigmo učiteljskega poklica, ki priznava potencial učiteljev za vodenje pri podpiranju razvoja in sprememb v šolah. Vpliv, ki ga imajo učitelji na šolsko skupnost, in njihova zavzetost za šolske spremembe sta v središču opredelitev vodenja pri učiteljih. Priprava bodočih učiteljev, da bodo na svojih šolah delovali kot vodje, lahko podpre splošna prizadevanja za izboljšanje šole. Zato je namen te študije raziskati razvoj vodenja pri učiteljih pred začetkom dela. V študiji je bila uporabljena kvalitativna metodologija za obravnavo: i) razumevanje vodenja pri učiteljih na strani učiteljev pred začetkom dela; ii) vloga začetnega izobraževanjaučiteljev pri oblikovanju razumevanja vodenja pri učiteljih; iii) prispevek začetnega izobraževanja učiteljev kpripravljenosti bodočih učiteljev za izvajanje vodstvene vloge za izbo","cbCaivEsRi4HZylU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivEsRi4HZylU","pdf",217438,26,"English","# Introduction\n# Study Purpose and Research Questions\n# Methodology\n## Participants and Group Interviews\n## Analytical Framework\n# Findings\n## Definition and Understanding of Teacher Leadership\n## Role of Initial Teacher Education\n# Conclusion and Implications","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the study on teacher leadership?\",\"answer\":\"The study aims to explore pre-service teacher leadership development and how initial teacher education shapes readiness to exercise leadership roles for school improvement.\"},{\"question\":\"What research questions does the study address?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses pre-service teachers’ understanding of teacher leadership, the role of initial teacher education in shaping that understanding, and its contribution to readiness for leadership roles.\"},{\"question\":\"What key findings emerge about teacher leadership definitions and understanding?\",\"answer\":\"The study finds no consensus on the definition of teacher leadership, and it shows understanding based on a contextually drawn vision that leads to a narrow view focused on individual and classroom levels.\"}]","An Exploration of Teacher Leadership - Are Future Teachers Ready to Lead? | PDF",1792086863,66]