Community-Centered School Leadership: Lessons in Sustaining a Just and Equitable School - Couverture souple

Agna, Gwen

 
9780807786567: Community-Centered School Leadership: Lessons in Sustaining a Just and Equitable School
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 080778656X ISBN 13 : 9780807786567
Editeur : Teachers' College Press, 2025

Synopsis

Written by a successful elementary school principal, this book sheds light on everyday practices and shares practical strategies that support leaders’ growth and commitment to equity. The author chronicles her formative years, education, and 24 years of experience as a principal, reflecting on the critical role of school leadership in the age of accountability and a political environment that influences the work of educators. Agna uses examples of social justice pedagogy to show how a principal’s role and responsibilities can be adapted to include being a change agent, as well as real-life stories that illustrate how leadership is manifest in a school committed to antibias education. This lifetime journey has been defined by a commitment to developmentally appropriate, inclusive, and antiracist practices to improve education for all children. Readers will come to appreciate the awesome power of the principal to shape, influence, support, and change a school. Book Features: An insider view of how childhood and educational experiences shape the educator, and how to lead without compromising your principles and ethics. Approaches for meeting state and national curriculum standards while integrating social justice in all that occurs in teaching and learning. Strategies for encouraging and incorporating teacher and student empowerment and voice in the operation of a school. Encouragement for classroom teachers to consider the principal’s job as an option on the career ladder. Photographs that illustrate the main points, as well as educator-friendly forms and templates principals can use with staff.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gwen Agna has been an educator for over 45 years, most recently as the principal of the Jackson Street Elementary School in Northampton, MA.

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Éditeur
Teachers' College Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
080778656X
ISBN 13 
9780807786567
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
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9780807786574: Community-centered School Leadership: Lessons in Sustaining a Just and Equitable School

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ISBN 10 :  0807786578 ISBN 13 :  9780807786574
Editeur : Teachers' College Press, 2025
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