Leading through a critical lens: The application of DisCrit in framing, implementing and improving equity driven, educational systems for all students

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 489-505
Author(s):  
Elizabeth B. Kozleski ◽  
Inna Stepaniuk ◽  
William Proffitt
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Organizational Systems ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Special Education Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Education Leaders

PurposeThis article focuses on the strategic importance of framing cultural changes in special education through a critical lens. The article explores why cultural responsivity must be understood from a critical perspective that accounts for the historical sedimentation of racism that exists within special education organizational policies and practices. This sedimentation affects current and future organizational features that sustain historical, persistent and pernicious racial and ableist structures, relationships and outcomes.Design/methodology/approachBy examining the role of power within organizational systems, the authors trace its contribution to reproduction of these systems through special education leadership. Special education leaders along with their peers in general education can frame transformative change through a systemic lens designed to address structural, regulatory and cultural practices that perpetuate raced and ableist outcomes. The pernicious and sustaining structures and practices that have created unequal outcomes in our educational systems need strategic intervention, prevention and re-creation to create equitable supports and services programs.FindingsBy examining the role of power within organizational systems, the authors trace its contribution to reproduction of these systems through special education leadership. Special education leaders along with their peers in general education can frame transformative change through a systemic lens designed to address structural, regulatory and cultural practices that perpetuate raced and ableist outcomes.Practical implicationsWith clear outcomes that are responsive to all students, including those identified with dis/abilities, education leaders can make consequential shifts in access, opportunity and the distribution of social and intellectual capital throughout education.Social implicationsThe pernicious and sustaining structures and practices that have created unequal outcomes in our educational systems need strategic intervention, prevention and re-creation to create equitable supports and services programs.Originality/valueThe application of DisCrit to educational leadership practices offers an opportunity to frame leadership through a powerful equity lens.

Culturally Competent Practices and Implications for Special Education Leaders

2019 ◽  
pp. 141-166
Author(s):  
Katherine Sprott ◽  
Clementine Msengi
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Effective Instruction ◽  
Academic Standards ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
Unites States ◽  
Cultural Frames

The over-identification of minorities in special education in the Unites States continues to exist. Such over-representation separates these students from their general education peers to the degree that they may not have access to challenging academic standards and effective instruction. Factors impacting these students include a systemic lack of understanding of cultural frames of reference and curriculum and leadership issues that influence the referral and placement processes in special education. This chapter will address the five culturally competent practices with regard to inclusion and special education. Implications for educational leaders will be discussed.

Human capital and labor: the effect of entrepreneur characteristics on venture success

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byungku Lee
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
General Education ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Venture Performance ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Industry Experience ◽  
Entrepreneur Human Capital

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to offer a unique perspective on the role of entrepreneurs’ hard work for the relationship between entrepreneur human capital and venture success. To this end, this study examined whether entrepreneurs with high human capital work harder than entrepreneurs with low human capital, the effect of entrepreneurs’ hard work on venture performance, and whether entrepreneurs’ hard work mediates the relationship between entrepreneur human capital and venture performance.Design/methodology/approachIn this explorative study, the role of entrepreneurs’ hard work as a mediator that transfers entrepreneur human capital into venture success was examined in a sample of 2,648 single-founder startups in the USA and 21,184 observations during the period of 2004-2011.FindingsThe effect of entrepreneurs’ industry experience on entrepreneurs’ hard work was significantly positive, while the effect of entrepreneurs’ general education on entrepreneurs’ hard work was significantly negative. Moreover, entrepreneurs’ hard work was a significant predictor of venture success. Finally, the results showed that entrepreneurs’ hard work partially mediates the positive relationship between entrepreneurs’ industry experience and venture success.Originality/valueOn one hand, the link between human capital and firm performance has been studied thoroughly and findings so far support the positive link between them. On the other hand, there has been continuous criticism that human capital gained much of its attention at the expense of human labor. There is a paucity of research, however, that investigating the dynamics of the relationships between human capital and human labor. This study provides an empirical explanation of such dynamics of the relationships of human characteristics in the context of entrepreneurship.

The Manifestation of Spirituality in Special Education Leaders

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-209
Author(s):  
Merritt F. Waters ◽  
Catherine E. Hackney
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Special Education Leadership ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Creating Meaning ◽  
Journal Entries

The challenges of special education leadership require both inspiration and capacity. This qualitative study of a purposeful sample of members of a Midwestern special education professional organization explores how leaders in special education experience spirituality in their work—creating meaning, leading/supporting others, and coping with workplace demands. In response to internal and external struggles, analysis of interviews and journal entries shows spiritually inclined special education leaders cultivate a sense of gratitude, which flows into a cycle with trust. This choice leads to fulfilled feelings from enacting their values, rich collaboration, and success with integrating work into a balanced life. These findings suggest that prospective and current special education leaders can benefit from engaging in a spiritual perspective toward work.

A project for Romania? The role of the civil society’s counter-accounts in facilitating democratic change in society

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oana Mihaela Apostol
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mining Project ◽  
Democratic Change ◽  
Interpretative Approach

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look more closely, in the context of a given case study, at the role of civil society’s counter-accounts in facilitating democratic change in society, as an essential goal of an emancipatory and radical social accounting project. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of a Canadian company’s plans to open a gold mine in western Romania is here analysed. Civil society’s opposition to the mining project gave rise to an unprecedented social movement contesting the project’s utility for Romanian society. The role played by counter-accounts produced by civil society groups is investigated. Findings – Counter-accounts produced by civil society played multiple roles in the case study analysed. First, counter-accounts indicated the failure of corporate reports to present the gold mining project in a balanced manner. Second, counter-accounts were successful in problematizing the corporate approach to addressing the social, cultural and environmental impacts of the project, while also nurturing societal debate on these issues. Third, counter-accounts exposed the ideological inclinations of state institutions to favour economic interests over the social, cultural and environmental ones. As a result of these contributions, even if the counter-accounts were subjective, this study claims that they form a good basis for the development of emancipatory accounting. Research limitations/implications – Limitations associated with an interpretative approach and case study research apply. Originality/value – The paper illustrates the potential of civil society’s counter accounts to enable societal debates, as means towards democratic, transformative change.

scholarly journals Special Education Leadership and the Implementation of Response to Intervention

2020 ◽  
pp. 121-142
Author(s):  
Derek Cooley ◽  
Elizabeth Whitten
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Response To Intervention ◽  
General Education ◽  
Procedural Knowledge ◽  
Special Education Administrators ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Special Education Leadership ◽  
Idea 2004 ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
Education Administrators

Special education administrators provide leadership to guide the identification of learners with exceptionalities and ensure that staff working with special education students delivers instructional best practice. In order to execute these responsibilities, special education administrators must be effective leaders who collaborate with a variety of stakeholder including. Contrary to their general education counterparts, special education administrators must possess a specific body of procedural knowledge to identify low-performing groups of students. These procedures are often referred to Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multi-Tier Systems of Support (MTSS). Under IDEA (2004), students with and without disabilities can benefit from the same system of interventions and supports. This intersection has necessitated coordination of RTI models by both general and special education administrators. Special education and general education leaders will be challenged to blend models of leadership to address the high-stakes environment in our K-12 schools.

Culturally Competent Practices and Implications for Special Education Leaders

2022 ◽  
pp. 153-171
Author(s):  
Katherine Sprott ◽  
Clementine Msengi
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Effective Instruction ◽  
Academic Standards ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
Unites States ◽  
Cultural Frames

The over-identification of minorities in special education in the Unites States continues to exist. Such over-representation separates these students from their general education peers to the degree that they may not have access to challenging academic standards and effective instruction. Factors impacting these students include a systemic lack of understanding of cultural frames of reference and curriculum and leadership issues that influence the referral and placement processes in special education. This chapter will address the five culturally competent practices with regard to inclusion and special education. Implications for educational leaders will be discussed.

Effect of inter-organizational systems appropriation in agility and resilience development: an empirical investigation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santanu Mandal ◽  
Ritesh Kumar Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Organizational Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Hotel Managers ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study explored the role of inter-organizational systems (IOS) appropriation in the form of five key IOS usage-based capabilities, namely, IOS use for communication, intelligence, integration, collaboration and coordination in the development of tourism SC agility and resilience. Furthermore, the inter-relationship among these IOS usage-based capabilities were explored.Design/methodology/approachThe study collected perceptual measures from hotel managers and tour managers having sufficient experience in the tourism sector. With 209 completed responses, the data were analyzed using partial least squares.FindingsThe study found IOS use of communication and intelligence as prominent enablers of IOS use for integration, collaboration and coordination. Furthermore, IOS use for integration, collaboration and coordination was found to have a prominent influence in the development of tourism SC agility and resilience. However, the influence of IOS use for communication on collaboration was not supported. Also, the impact of IOS use for collaboration in tourism resilience development was not supported.Originality/valueThe study is the foremost to explore the role of IOS appropriation in the development of dynamic capabilities like agility and resilience in tourism. Furthermore, the study also contributed to extant literature on IOS appropriation through suggesting two additional factors, namely, IOS use for collaboration and coordination to the existing IOS usage-based capabilities.

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