The initial group expanded to form the Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium. The Consortium is made up of a variety of education stakeholders, including union representatives, teachers, school administrators, policy organizations, and leaders in higher education.
| Affiliation | Name |
| American Federation of Teachers | Rosalind LaRocque |
| American Institutes for Research | Molly Lasagna |
| Arkansas Department of Education | Beverly Williams |
| Bayonne Public Schools | Deborah Shine |
| Bethel College | Allen Jantz |
| Brandeis University | Vivian Troen |
| California Commission on Teacher Credentialing | Cheryl Hickey |
| Center for Teaching Quality | Barnett Berry |
| Ann Byrd** | |
| Council of Chief State School Officers | Lois Adams-Rodgers |
| Mary Canole | |
| Kathleen Paliokas | |
| Dolphin Terrace Elementary School | Dana Boyd* |
| Ysleta Independent School District, Texas | Kristen Navarro |
| Edgar Allan Poe Middle School, San Antonio Independent School District, Texas |
Kimberly Ash |
| Education Commission of the States | Barbara Thompson |
| Educational Testing Service | Katherine Bassett* |
| Gregory Vafis | |
| Fairfax County School District, Virginia | Leslie Butz |
| Jack Dale | |
| Georgia Professional Standards Commission | Kelly Henson |
| Harvard Graduate School of Education | Katherine Boles |
| Kansas State Department of Education | Pamela Coleman |
| Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board | Robert Brown |
| Phillip Rogers | |
| Learning Forward/National Staff Development Council | Joellen Killion |
| Malverne School District, New York | Steven Gilhuley |
| Marguerite Izzo* | |
| Montclair State University Ada | Beth Cutler |
| National Association of Elementary School Principals | Carol Riley |
| National Education Association | Linda Davin |
| Segun Eubanks | |
| New Jersey Department of Education | Eileen Aviss-Spedding |
| Christopher Campisano | |
| Victoria Duff | |
| Ohio Department of Education | Marilyn Troyer |
| Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission | Keith Menk |
| Princeton University | Anne Catena |
| State of Tennessee Board of Education | David Sevier |
| Temple University | Heidi Ramirez |
| The Danielson Group | Charlotte Danielson |
| University of Phoenix | Meredith Curley |
| Vernon Township High School, New Jersey | Peggy Stewart* ** |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Terry Knecht Dozier ** *** |
| Walla Walla School District, Washington | Anne Swant** |
| Washington Professional Educator Standards Board | Esther Baker |
| Joseph Koski | |
| West Virginia Department of Education | Nathan Estel |
| Karen Huffman | |
| Writer/Consultant for Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium |
Catherine Fisk Natale |
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* State Teacher of the Year |
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