School leadership in inclusive education

This unit offers professional learning to leaders and aspiring leaders in educational inclusion. It addresses education leadership as a way to enhance student learning for all students, and make informed choices about how to respond to circumstances in ways that embrace gender, race and diversity in their school context. You will explore and critically evaluate theories of educational leadership alongside the historical and contemporary experiences of cultural, linguistic and socially diverse minority groups. Key policy and legislative requirements which encourage attention to diversity, inclusion and participation will be examined. Your critical engagement with content and assignment work will provide opportunities to build knowledge of effective leadership styles and practices. As you develop your knowledge, you will consider how you might respond to your school circumstances; that is design strategies on how you might build staff capacity to embrace inclusive teaching and/or influence positive attitudes towards teaching students with diverse learning needs and/or manage resistance to change in your local school communities.