A Framework for Rethinking Educational Leadership in the Margins: Implications for Social Justice Leadership Preparation

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Bertrand ◽  
Katherine C. Rodela
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Parent Engagement ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Youth Voice ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Framework

This article reimagines the social justice educational leadership field, highlighting the leadership of youth, parents, and community. We examine widely cited social justice educational leadership publications, in addition to critical research on youth voice, parent engagement, and community organizing. Our analysis reveals that the field often overlooks youth, parent, and community educational leadership. Through the theory of collective transformative agency, we propose a new framework for dismantling deficit ideologies and disempowering practices in leadership preparation programs. The article concludes with specific proposals for programs to re-envision the “how” and “who” of leadership preparation.

Promoting Social Justice and Caring in Schools and Communities: The Unrealized Potential of the Cohort Model

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond A. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Cohort Model ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Administrative Practices ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation

The problem of the efficacy of educational leadership as a promoter of just and caring change in schools and communities is explored in the context of educational leadership preparation practices. An exploration of this problem is based on the premise that despite the use of innovative instructional methods, in most cases current preparation programs merely reproduce the use of modernistic administrative practices and organizational structures. Here, the cohort model is identified as a means to promote just, caring, and relevant educational leadership. After a review of the benefits, drawbacks, and the nature of the use of cohorts in leadership preparation programs, a cohort structure is examined that will prepare educational leaders who are able to promote just and caring change in our postmodern communities.

Professing Educational Leadership: Conceptions of Power

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 693-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Cryss Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation Programs ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation

This article focuses on power, its conception, and its enactment during decision making. Its purpose is to lay the groundwork for the intentional infusion into educational leadership preparation programs of classroom experiences that develop, encourage, and support leaders who attend to social justice issues while making decisions related to children. The article begins with a discussion of two modern conceptions of power and a mixed version of the two, followed by an exploration of the relationship between conceptions of power and the enactment of power in decision making. The second part of the article is in the form of a case that has been designed to draw attention to some of the difficulties administrators encounter when they try to understand and use power with others rather than over others. The case study is based on actual events that have occurred in public school settings. The final part of the article contains a self-reflective experience designed to facilitate the exploration of an individual's conceptualization of the term power.

The Importance of Social Justice Courses in Teacher Preparation Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Critchfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Social Justice Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Christian University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Future Work

The social justice perspective is become more popular in teacher preparation programs as a response to growing diversity in schools and to the perceived inadequacies of multicultural education. This alternative to multicultural education argues that teachers should be advocates for students and their communities, helping to address inequities in schools. This project sought to explore social justice education in more depth by examining two classes of pre-service teachers at a private Christian university in the Southwest United States. Students were asked to describe their expectations and experiences with social justice curriculum in a required social justice teacher education course. The analysis of the project’s results indicates that pre-service teachers at faith institutions must be given hands-on, practical opportunities to grapple with social justice and their faith in order to begin to understand how social justice might inform their future work as teachers.

What Do Students Have to Do With Educational Leadership? Making a Case for Centering Student Voice

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van T. Lac ◽  
Katherine Cumings Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Young People ◽  
Student Voice ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
School Governance ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Schooling Experiences ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation Programs ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation

The purpose of this article is to illustrate the value of educational leaders intentionally including students in shaping the policies and practices that affect young people’s schooling experiences. First, we share the literature on student voice and introduce Principal Orientations for Critical Youth Educational Leadership as a conceptual model, advocating ways leaders can engage young people in school governance. Second, we share an empirical example from our research that holds promise to build caring, equitable, and responsive classrooms and schools by centering students’ voices. Finally, we consider what our findings mean for educational leadership preparation programs.

Using Education Law as a Tool to Empower Social Justice Leaders to Promote LGBTQ Inclusion

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 723-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria M. Lewis ◽  
Sarah Kern
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Legal Literacy ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: A significant and growing body of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) research examines the experiences of students, employees, and the substance of leadership training. This project aims to complement this work by taking a macro-level look at the broader legal and policy issues that may constrain or enhance a school district leader’s ability to promote LGBTQ inclusion. Through an examination LGBTQ issues, this article will explore the relationship between various sources of legal authority and the role of law in policy implementation. Method: This article employs legal research methodology to illuminate the breadth of the law affecting LGBTQ issues in schools. Findings: The impact of law on education policy and practice is far-reaching and complex. LGBTQ law is composed of many intersecting sources of legal authority. This article argues that legal literacy is more than a tool that can be used to avoid legal liability; it can be used as a proactive advocacy tool to promote social justice and LGBTQ inclusion. Implications: Educational leaders, researchers, and leadership preparation programs need to be aware of the ways in which the law can hinder or support social justice leadership. As such, this article includes implications for research, policy, practice, and leadership preparation.

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