Teachers as Mediators - "Mediators" means different things to different people. What is meant here is the teacher as a mediator between curriculum policy and implementation. As well, we will discuss teachers as a different kind of "mediator", really a Critical Incident Stress (CIS) debriefer. We'll also talk about conflict mediators.

We will start with this paper called, School reactivation programs after disaster: could teachers serve as clinical mediators? A quote from the summary, "The tremendous needs that emerge after a disaster and the reluctance shown by most victims to seek professional help require mental health leaders to adopt a proactive stance and implement relief programs in the child's most natural setting. The school as institution and the teachers as empowered mediators offer the appropriate conditions for implementing an effective large-scale intervention program.". Empowering teachers means training in Critical Incident Stress debriefing techniques. Not everyone is good at it and the initial course is usually two days. However, the CIS debriefer can literally save a life.

Conflict mediators as students or peers to help mediate problems in schools is addressed in this short but good article called, Conflict Mediators Program from Global Learning.

This one, the teacher as a mediator between curriculum policy and implementation, is the toughest one to research.
Here is a start called, “The real and the ideal”: teacher roles and competences in South African policy and practice.
This one is specially good and the link to the abstract, and download, is called, Teachers as critical mediators of knowledge. Get it while you can because other sites are charging approximately 30-40 dollars for it.
I found this complete paper called, Leaders as policy mediators: the reconceptualization of accountability. This seems to be the only site where the 13 page paper is offered.
This link looks at the school as a policy mediator. It is called, Implementing Nunavut Education Act: Compulsory School Attendance Policy.
So there are some papers and briefs related to the teacher as a mediator between curriculum policy and implementation but not as many and I would have thought. It does show that more attention should go to this subject, especially in the 21st century.

Cheers - Mike