Reimagining leadership for school inclusion: school community members driving change
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Employing a single case study design at Holy Family Catholic School (Years R-6) in South Australia to explore school inclusion, this project aims to: identify empowering opportunities provided by the school leadership to the staff; capture educators’ perceptions and experiences of driving change; and develop a Framework of Leadership for School Inclusion. This project is significant because scant empirical evidence is available on how schools establish an inclusive community.
Data was collected during four x 1-hour semi-structured walk and talk interviews with school leaders who shared opportunities/organisational arrangements provided by the school organisation to the staff (Component one of research design). Additional three 1-hour semi-structured walk and talk interviews were conducted with educators who reflected on their perceptions and experiences of opportunities/organisational arrangements that empowered them to drive change (Component two). The interviews were conducted during a school tour. Participants were asked to take photos of artefacts and school spaces they perceived to reflect the school’s enactment of inclusion during the walk and talk interviews.
Findings will inform ways in which school leaders can empower staff to drive change in the establishment and maintenance of an inclusive school community.
