Principals’ perceptions from within: Leadership in high-need schools in the USA
Medina Venus, Martinez Gloria, Murakami Elizabeth T, Rodriguez Mariela, Hernandez, Frank
Abstract:This study explores leadership in high-need schools where social and economic issues collide with learning, preventing students and their families from receiving the level of education they deserve. Two Latina principals in primary schools identified as high-need schools answer these questions: (a) “How can high-need schools be defined?”; (b) “Would a school inevitably be a high-need school in a high-need area?”; and (c) “In what ways do you see your leadership as influencing your specific school?” The views of these principals carry larger implications for the promotion of Latinos as the fastest-growing school-age group in the US. They defined their leadership as a moral craft, as one that prepares adults on campus to support families and students in urban high-need areas. At an international and cross-comparative level, considerations of socio-economic issues, and unaddressed academic, emotional, and physical issues, were regarded as needs to be met before focusing on students’ academic success.
Keywords:High-need schools; Latina/o leadership; principal leadership
总结:
1、本文探讨了高需要学校中的领导,这样的学校里,社会和经济问题与学习、防止学生和他们的家庭受到应有的教育水平相冲突。
2、两位拉丁小学校长曾把高需要学校定义为如下几个问题:(1)高需求学校如何被定义?(2)在高需求地区,一所学校将会不可避免的成为高需求学校吗?(3)在哪些方面,你看到了你的领导对学校的影响?
3、这些校长的观点对作为美国增长最快的年龄组的拉美裔人有着极大的促进作用。他们将他们的领导定义为道德工艺, 定义为支持家庭的有准备的成年人以及高需求地区的学生。在国际和横向比较的水平层次上,对社会经济问题、未解决的学生问题、情感问题以及身体问题的考虑被视为在关注学生学术成功之前将会遇到的需求。
来源:Management in Education (Sage Publications, Ltd.). Jul2014, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p91-96. 6p.