Acknowledgements Author Biographic Descriptions Opening (J. Koch)Chapter 1. Introduction: Seeds Germinating and Growing (K. C. Wieseman, M. H. Weinburgh) First Seeds: Aloneness Leads to Building Community Chapter 2. Enculturation into Science Education: Comparing Pathways and Dilemmas (C. Yeotis, B. Shiner Klein, S. Weaver) Germinating and Growing: Dimensions of Leadership Development Chapter 3. Choosing a Teaching University: A Change in Identity? (B. Bailey)Chapter 4. Making Lemonade from Lemons: A Road to Leadership for Women in Science Education (B. Spector, P. Simpson, C. Leard)Chapter 5. Women's Ways of Leading: Navigating Gender Issues in the World of Science (R. Bingham) Transplanting and Growing: Physical-Geographic Relocation and Accompanying Huge Cultural Shifts Chapter 6. Resolving Issues of Cultural Discontinuity in Co-facilitation of Professional Development Activities (H. Moscovici, I. Osisioma)Chapter 7. Developing Intercultural Communication and Understanding through a Community of Practice (P. Fraser-Abder)Chapter 8. Wither Thou Goest: The Trailing Spouse or Commuter Marriage Dilemma (R. Miller) Flowering and Seed Forming: Leadership Models Chapter 9. Emerging Leadership through Experiences in Unfamiliar Academic Waters: Researching Invisible Truths (C. Giscombe)Chapter 10. Teaching Elementary Science: The Road Less Traveled (K. Davis)Chapter 11. Laying the Ladder Down: Egalitarian Leadership (M. Van Sickle, D. Cudahy)Chapter 12. Building Leadership Capacity by Nurturing Community (T. Nelson)Chapter 13. I Don't Want to be a Principal! I Want to be a Teacher Leader! (L. Pike) New Seeds:Hopes and Visions for the Future Chapter 14. I'm a Teacher, But is Teaching Alone Good Enough for Me? (W. Files) Chapter 15. Teaching in a Rural Community, Where Roots Grow Strong and Risks are a Daily Occurrence (S. Lamar)Chapter 16. Epilogue: Seeds in Want of Your Watering to Germinate, Grow, Flower, Fruit and Seed (K. C. Wieseman, M. H. Weinburgh)Closing (M. Atwater)Index.