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SchoolLeadershipandInclusion
TeamESE/IPSSpeaker:JoséMiguelFreitas
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Summary• Keyconcepts
• Inclusion• Schoolorganiza?on• SchoolLeadership
• Emergingac1ondimensionsoftheleadershipprac1ces• SeBng direc?on• Professionaldevelopment• Redesigningtheorganiza?on• Monitoringtheteachingandlearningprograms
• FinalRemarks
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Popula?onbetween18-24thathavenotfinishedhighschoollevelandisnotregisteredineduca?onandtrainingprogramsinEU-28,in2015(%)
Introduc?on
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Inclusionanddropout• Speakingofearlyschoolleaversimpliestalkingaboutinclusion;
• Speakingofinclusionimpliesdiscussthediversetypesofrela?onshipsbetweenwhatis“different”andwhatis“normal”;
• Ineduca?onalseBngs thereisatendencytoconsideras"normal"studentsthatlearnandprogressthroughtheacademiccurriculumandbehaveinaexpectedwaytoachievethisgoals
• Allstudentswhoescapethisstandardarelikelytobeconsideredand"labeled"asdifferent
• Manyofthesestudentsareinriskofdropout
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Inclusionandnormality
Inrecentyearsitwasreinforced:
• Therightofallstudentstobeincludedin“regular”classes;• Thedutyofaschooltoensurethegreatestnumberofstudentscondi?onstostaythereandrealizetheirlearningbycomple?ngtheirschooling(Ainscow,2000;Be]encourt&Pinto,2009).
Itintegratesthedimensionofequityineduca?on:• Ensuringthatpersonalandsocialcircumstancesarenotobstacletopoten?alschoollearning;
• Ensuringtheminimumstandardsofeduca?onforall(Field,
Kuczera,Pont,2007)
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Therela?onshipbetweenthedifferentandnormalrelatedtotheschoolEXCLUSION SEGREGATION
INTEGRATION INCLUSION
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Inclusionasaschoolmission• The idea of inclusion of children and adolescents inregularclassesisbeingmuchmoreacceptedintheorythaninprac?ce(Bunch,Lupart&Brown,1997) • Working in the implementation of inclusion requires astableframework(policiesandeduca?onalproject)under
discomfort and(Macmillan & Mayer,
pain of teachers living a greatdiscouragement in professional terms2006)
• The ideaof inclusionhas lelmany schools andeven itsall theeduca?onal systems struggling to understand
implica?onsthatresultinthedailylifeofschoolsHavetheysucceeded?
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Schools:Amicrosocialsystem–levelsofac?on
Organiza?onalDimensionCentralandLocalAdministra?on
Community:rela?onshipsandservicenetworks
Ins?tu?on
VisionforinclusionSeBngDirec?onsDealwithadministra?vemeasures,supportteachers(…)
PedagogicalDimensionTeamsofteachersAssessmentcriteriaSocialinterac?onsLearningsupports (…)
ClassroomDimensionTeachingandlearningPedagogicaldifferen?a?onAssessmentprac?ces
Interac?ons(…)
Therearenotonlywallsbutpeopleininteractions
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SchoolLeadership
Kindofpowerand formsofexerciseandbehaviorof individuals occupying the leading posi?on(Santos,2000)
Whatweknowaboutleadership?
Whatdoesitmean?
TOOMUCHApproachbasedinleadershipsframeworksandindividualleadersskills
TOOLITTLEApproachbased ontheprac?cesofleaderscommi]edtostudentlearningandinclusion
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Leadership
Context
Agency
Vision
Interconnec?onofthefollowingdimensions
Sharedleadershipopportuni?es
Putandkeepteachingandstudentlearningatthecenterofconcerns
Understandandaccommodateschoolsofcontextvariables(macroandmicro)inworkprocesses
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Leadership–vision
• Howtodealwiththedifferencesinexpecta?ons?Ensureaccessto
allstudents
• Whatroleforstudents?Whatrules,whichrights,du?es,andresponsibili?es?
Ensureeffec?vepar?cipa?on
• Whatroleofteachingteams?• Whatsupportsforlearningdifficul?es?
Ensurelearningcondi?ons
Theschoolcanmakeadifferenceinthelivesofyoungpeople,facingthesocialand/orpsychologicalfatalism
Toconstructthisdifferenceisnecessarytocommitallmembersofthecommunityinaworkproject
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Leadership:understandandaccommodatethecontext
Atthemacrolevel • Havingabroadviewofthecontextinwhichtheschoolispart-schoolssufferingexternalpressures-challenge:reconcilingtheteacherswiththelocalcommunity(Dempster,2009);
• Dealingwithlegisla?veini?a?ves-consequencesintheirschoolcommuni?es-challenge:tobalancetheinterestsofstudentsandfamilieswiththeneedsresul?ngfromrequirementsofadministra?vestructures(Leithwood,2005)
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Leadership:understandandaccommodatethecontextAtthemicrolevel
• Deepunderstandingoftheschoolcontext-natureofthestudentbodyandtheirimpactonlearning(MuldfordandSillins,2003)-challenge-thesocioculturalcontextscannotbeseenasanexcuse
• Accommoda?ngschoolorganiza?onandprac?cesisessen?altoactinordertobeabletomakeadifferenceinthelivesandlearningofthesestudents-challenge:howtomaintainthebalancebetweentheneedsofyoungpeopleandtheimpactofsomeintrusivemeasuresintheeduca?onalreali?es
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Leadership-theagency
Place the "change of life" in the center of the ac?onrequires a shared vision, set priori?es andworkdirec?onswithothers,includingparentsandcommunity.
• Undertake the challenges that is only possible with anorganizedcollec?veac?on•This can only exist with a par?cipa?ve leadershipframework •Theinfluenceoftheleaderinstudentlearningisonlypossibleindirectly;• Theinfluenceoftheleaderisstronginworkingcondi?ons;moderateinstudentsmo?va?onandcommitment;thelowinstudentscapacityoflearning
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Leadership-asharingstructure Whentheleadershipisdistributedbystaff,parentsandstudentstheircapacityincreasestothree?meswhencomparedwithindividualleadershipsitua?ons(NCSL,2006).
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Distributedleadershipinschool
• Difficul1esinimplemen1ngthesharedleadership– Commitmentofteachers– centralplacementofteacherswhocannotmeantheiden?fica?onwiththeschoolproject.
– Theboundariesbetweenindividualfreedomoftheteacherandauthorityandpowerofthedirector
• Whatsolu1ontotheproblem?
– Thedirectorhasthetaskofconqueringandinvolveteachersintheeduca?onalprojectthathastoschool
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Theroleofleadersinpromo?nginclusion
Buildingaleadershipframework
Thedevelopmentofaprojectinordertobuildaschoolforallrequiresnewskills,resourcesandsupporttothisprocess. Theleadershipstructureisessen?altogivethissupport Thestudies oftheprac?ceofleaderswhoworkininclusiveprojectshighlighttheneedforworkinthefollowingaspects:
- seBngthedirec?on;- professionaldevelopment;- redesigningtheorganiza?on;- monitoring prac?cesofteachingandlearning
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SeBngDirec?on
• Approachinginclusionasobjec?veinacomprehensiveway(notonlytoaspecificgroupbutforall)• Developaconsensusonbroadideawhatthismeansandtheimplica?onsitwillhaveinorganiza?onofschoolandprac?ceofteachers•- Iden?fypossiblewaystoachievethem• Iden?fygoalsthataredefinedforthispath• Havehighexpecta?onsabouttheresultsofac?onstobeundertaken• Buildaproduc?verela?onshipwithfamiliesandcommunity Buildingacleareduca?onalprojectsharedbyallteachersandcommunityaroundtheinclusion
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Professionaldevelopmentforchange
accountabilitycollec?veofstudentlearning
Collabora?onaroundteachingandlearning
Proficiencylevelofstudents
Empowerment
Asharedlidership
Agency
Nego?atedaccountability
Collabora?vework
Assessmentoflearning
Adapt.deGatherThurller,M.(2001)
Assumedtarget
Consistencyandauthorityofpedagogicalstructure
Monitoringofpedagogicalworkofteachers
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ProfessionaldevelopmentforchangeTheprac?cesatschool
• Nego1atedaccountability,byassigningcoordina?ngeduca?onposi?onstoteacherswithbe]ertrainingandskills.• Collabora1vework,whichisrealizedintheprepara?onoftheannualplanofac?vi?esandplanningac?vi?es(eg.classX).• Assessmentoflearning,Wetendtofindcriteriaandforms/productstobeassessedHomogeneous.• Monitoringofpedagogicalworkofteachers,throughpedagogicalsupervisionprocessesamongpeersintheclassroomandperformanceevalua?on(moreformalandexternal).
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Redesigningorganiza?onUsingthefundamentalsofinclusiontosupportthenecessarychanges
•Differentpedagogicalresponsestodifferentstudents•Alterna?veorganiza?onalmodels
-Encouragethedevelopmentofacollabora?veculture-Strengthentheworkofplanningandcoordina?onamongteachers-Strengthentheroleofteachingteams
•Keepthefocusonthequalityoflearningandtrainingforci?zenship
Tensions
SeBngs OrganizedandsafeFragmented
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Professionaldevelopmentforchange:prac?cesintheschoolforinclusion
• ClassDirec?on,moredirectmonitoringofateachertotheclass.
• Tutoring,individualizedfollow-upstudents.• Alterna?veCurricularPaths(PCA).• Educa?onandTrainingCourse[CEF].
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Monitoringofteaching/learningprocesses
HighExpecta?on
Assessmentforlearning
Systemstosupportlearning
difficul?esSystemsofrulesbasedinvalues
Posi?vesocialinterac?ons
S?mula?ngandsafeenvironmenttolearn
Takeintoaccountandsupportthedifficul?esofteachers
Havedatatomakedecisions
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FinalRemarks
• Thedirectorsarekeyelementsintheprocessofmakingschoolsplaceswhereyoudonotgiveup
• Olentheyhavetomakedifficultdecisionsatvariouslevels(withmanagement,withfamilies,withteachersandstudents)
• Thereisnomagicformulaorauniquewaytopursuetheobjec?veofinclusion
• Buttheleadersdonotevenhavetobetheonestoworkinthisperspec?ve.Thisshouldbeacollec?vework(Hargeaves&Fink,2006)
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SchoolLeadershipandInclusion
AcknowledgmentsJorgePinto
Cris1naGomesdaSilvaAnaCosta