Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools

ISBN-13: 9781138785939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 228 str.

George Theoharis; Martin Scanlan

Opis

Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools provides both practicing and aspiring leaders with the theory, research, and practical guidance to lead socially just schools. Today's schools are growing more pluralistic and diverse, and leadership is central to reversing long-standing trends of educational inequities, exclusion, and disparate school outcomes. This book helps readers sharpen their awareness of how multiple dimensions of diversity intersect as well as develop strategies for working with students of all socioeconomic statuses, races, religions, sexual orientations, languages, and special needs. Leadership for Increasingly Diverse Schools provides school leaders the tools to foster teaching and learning environments that promote educational equity and excellence for all students. Special Features:

• Each chapter focuses on a specific dimension of diversity and discusses intersectionality across other areas of difference, including ability/disability, linguistic diversity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender, religion, and social frontiers.
• Chapters synthesize literature, provide practical strategies and tools, and include school-level and district-level cases illustrating inclusive leadership.
• End-of-chapter resources point readers toward further discussion of conceptual elements, practice connections, and research applications.
• A companion website features modifiable downloads and further resources for each chapter.

Recenzje

"Scholars and practitioners of educational leadership and administration have needed this book for such a long time. Theoharis and Scanlan and their contributing authors, at last, have provided us with a comprehensive book that brings together in one place current research, tested strategies, useful tools, and high-leverage leadership practices for schools serving diverse students, families, and communities."

--Linda Skrla, Professor and Department Chair of Educational Administration and Leadership, University of the Pacific

"In this book, Theoharis and Scanlan have brought together an impressive group of leading experts to answer the most important topic in contemporary education—how do we create and sustain a vibrant and relevant education that serves and excites students and educators in an increasingly pluralistic society? The book is full of innovative and cutting-edge perspectives, as well as courses of action that will engage and inform educational leaders, school board members, scholars, community advocates, and policy makers. I highly recommend this book to anyone passionate about schools and education, and it is a MUST read for all educational leaders."

--Jeffrey S. Brooks, Professor of Educational Leadership, Monash University

Spis treści

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION - INTERSECTIONALITY IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Martin Scanlan and George Theoharis

SECTION 1

CHAPTER TWO : INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND DISABILITY

George Theoharis, Julie Causton, and Casey Woodfield

CHAPTER THREE: INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND POVERTY

Curt Dudley-Marling and Anne Dudley-Marling

CHAPTER FOUR: INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND RACE

Sonya Douglass Horsford and Christine Clark

CHAPTER FIVE : INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND ENGLISH LEARNERS

Isabel Kelsey, Carmen Campuzano, and Francesca López

SECTION 2

CHAPTER SIX: INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUESTIONING STUDENTS

Frank Hernandez and Don Fraynd

CHAPTER SEVEN: INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND GENDER

Margaret Grogan & Shamini Dias

CHAPTER EIGHT: INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND RELIGION

Joanne Marshall

CHAPTER NINE: INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP ON THE SOCIAL FRONTIERS: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Martin Scanlan and Lauri Johnson　

CHAPTER TEN: THE EQUITY AUDIT AS THE CORE OF LEADING INCREASINGLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS

Colleen A. Capper and Michelle D. Young

O autorze

George Theoharis is Chair of the Teaching and Leadership Department and Associate Professor in Educational Leadership and Inclusive Elementary Education at Syracuse University.

Martin Scanlan is Associate Professor in Educational Policy and Leadership at Marquette University.