Servant leadership strategies and their impact on teacher professional learning

This study investigates servant leadership characteristics and their impact on teacher professional learning. This research targets the subject area of Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST) from the revised BC Ministry of Education curriculum in 2016. This phenomenological study used a purposeful sampling of participants that, through a series of interviews, explored their professional learning experiences using a servant leadership lens. As ADST is a recently created content area, supporting literature came from the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM); Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM); and Project Based Learning (PBL). This paper looks at how elements of servant leadership can build a solid foundation of relational trust and support for those teaching in ADST. Furthermore, it examines how that foundation can have an impact on teacher professional learning and growth.