Innovative School Leadership: Impacting Aboriginal Student Outcomes into the Future

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Trimmer, Karen and Dixon, Roselyn. 2023. "Innovative School Leadership: Impacting Aboriginal Student Outcomes into the Future." Moodie, Nikki, Lowe, Kevin, Dixon, Roselyn and Trimmer, Karen (ed.) Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research: Implications for Policy and Practice. Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 141-160

Chapter Title	Innovative School Leadership: Impacting Aboriginal Student Outcomes into the Future
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	2865
Book Title	Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research: Implications for Policy and Practice
Authors	Trimmer, Karen and Dixon, Roselyn
Editors	Moodie, Nikki, Lowe, Kevin, Dixon, Roselyn and Trimmer, Karen
Page Range	141-160
Series	Postcolonial studies in education
Chapter Number	8
Number of Pages	20
Year	2023
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication	Switzerland
ISBN	9783031143069
	9783031143052
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_8
Web Address (URL)	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_8
Abstract	This chapter investigates the Australian research evidence on the role of school leadership in supporting sustained change in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student learning and examines the impacts of school policy, governance, and decision-making. The chapter describes the major findings of our review which acknowledges that the principal’s role in Indigenous schools is complex but must extend beyond the school gate to include the community as active partners in decision-making and problem-solving. Secondly, we note that collaborative or both-ways models of leadership, based on the knowledge of cultural context and tailored to meet the needs of individual communities, are essential. Our review suggests that school leaders can bring about positive change by establishing a framework for effective co-leadership with Indigenous communities.
Keywords	Collaborative, Both-ways, Cultural competency, School leadership
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	450210. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student engagement and teaching
	390401. Comparative and cross-cultural education
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	University of Southern Queensland
	University of Wollongong

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