Creating Achievement Opportunities: Each One Reach One

Abstract

Literature in the study of leadership for Social Justice has widely discussed the roles and responsibilities of school administrators and teachers to enact and manage systems change using an educational equity agenda. Frequently missing from these discussions is how to create an urgency about impetus for change which will have lasting personal relevance to those enacting the change. The main purpose of this chapter is to share one effective approach for bringing about change through the power of story. The leader’s personal narrative of marginalization creates a space for dialog about the universality of disconnection and invisibility. This chapter illustrates that when staff are able to see that their own experiences are not separate from the experiences of marginalized students in their classrooms, staff mobilize for change without being pushed and pulled by administration.

Citation

Naidu, K. (2015), "Creating Achievement Opportunities: Each One Reach One", Living the Work: Promoting Social Justice and Equity Work in Schools around the World (Advances in Educational Administration, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 297-301. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-366020140000023014