Leadership for Inclusive Schools: Cases from Principals for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs

Steven Ray Sider; Kimberly Maich

doi:10.5771/9781475852776

Summary

This book supports the professional learning of school principals, and those who aspire to be such, in development of their skills and knowledge around fostering inclusive schools for students with special education needs. The book includes 27 case stories that are based on research with school principals. Each case includes expert commentaries and resources to support principals and emerging leaders as they consider how to effectively support students with special education needs in inclusive schools. Its premise is based on the recognition that there are increasing numbers of students with disabilities and special education needs in neighbourhood schools. Principals need to develop new competencies to navigate the challenges, and benefits, of including students with special education needs into inclusive classroom settings. The book provides opportunities to build leadership competencies by considering a diversity of cases related to inclusive leadership. The cases in the book are divided among nine sections addressing the following areas: transitions, early years, elementary school cases, secondary school cases, community supports, school board/district supports, school teams, complex cases, and cases specific to new teachers. Seven cross-cutting themes are addressed in these cases including: communication, parents/caregivers, agency/efficacy, collaboration, relationships/trust, legal, and advocacy.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-5275-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-5277-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 324
Product Type: Monograph

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. What is Inclusive Education? No access
2. Why a Focus on School Leadership for Inclusion? No access
3. Critical Incidents as a Professional Framework for Case Stories No access
4. Format of the Book No access
5. Notes No access
1. What Are Competencies? No access
2. Leadership Competencies: Comparative Perspectives No access
3. Inclusive School Leadership Competencies No access
1. 1. Case 1: Transitions No access
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2. 1. Case 2: Transitions No access
3. 1. Case 3: Transitions No access
1. 1. Case 1: The Early Years No access
2. 1. Case 2: The Early Years No access
3. 1. Case 3: The Early Years No access
1. 1. Case 1: Elementary School Specific Case No access
2. 1. Case 2: Elementary School Specific Cases No access
3. 1. Case 3: Elementary schools No access
1. 1. Case 1: Secondary Schools No access
2. 1. Case 2: Secondary Schools No access
3. 1. Case 3: Secondary Schools No access
1. 1. Case 1: Community Supports No access
2. 1. Case 2: Community Supports No access
3. 1. Case 3: Community Supports No access
1. 1. Case 1: School Board Supports No access
2. 1. Case 2: School Board Supports No access
3. 1. Case 3: School Board Supports No access
4. 1. Case 1: School Team No access
5. 1. Case 2: School Team No access
6. 1. Case 3: School Team No access
7. 1. Case 1: Complex Cases No access
8. 1. Case 2: Complex Cases No access
9. 1. Case 3: Complex Case No access
10. 1. Case 1: Supporting New Teachers No access
11. 1. Case 2: Supporting New Teachers No access
12. 1. Case 3: Supporting New Teachers No access
References No access Pages 299 - 320
About the Contributors No access Pages 321 - 322
About the Authors No access Pages 323 - 324