The purpose of this study is two-fold: 1)to examine the consistency between the self-reported role concept of teachers and the role expectation given to teachers in recent educational reform; and 2) to explore the conditions on which teachers could commit to innovate. Qualitative research methods were used in data collection. The author selected 8 focal teachers through a purposive sampling procedure Semi-structured interviews were then conducted. It was resealed in the findings that the role concept of focal teachers does not fully correspond with what is expected in educational reform. Factors that affect teachers to keep their commitment to innovation include their workload, trust and support form colleagues, staff and school authority, social international in their professional community, dysfunction of informal organization, and part taken in the decision making and school’s ritualism. To encourage teachers, the school could start from reducing the teachers’ workload, establishing a supportive professional community, providing teachers with resources for personal supports, empowering teachers, and practicing effective school evaluation system.