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

Sider, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475852762 ISBN 13: 9781475852769

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Authors

Steve Sider is a former school administrator and current university faculty member who researches inclusive education and school leadership. He directs the Centre for Leading Research in Education and has held six national research grants exploring how school principals’ leadership competencies are nurtured.

Kimberly Maich is an award-winning professor, researcher, author, and clinician in inclusive education at Memorial University, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475852762
• ISBN 13: 9781475852769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334