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Leadership is a crucial quality, especially important for teachers. As guides for students, teachers need to possess certain leadership skills to lead and inspire them.Teacher leadership came with the professionalization of teachers in the United States in the 1980s. Afterwards, the school reconstruction movement, teacher empowerment and charter schools accelerated the development of teacher leadership. In recent years, letting teachers become professional leaders, empowering them, and improving their status and welfare have become the needs of education reform. Improving and developing the leadership ability of teachers will build a team of high-quality teachers and enhance teachers' sense of accomplishment, mission, and happiness.
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