Fitting in to Stand Out: How Teachers at Small, Urban "Specialty Schools" Experience Extra-Organizational Influence

Autor/inn/en	Walls, Jeff; Kemper, Sara
Titel	Fitting in to Stand Out: How Teachers at Small, Urban "Specialty Schools" Experience Extra-Organizational Influence
Quelle	In: Leadership and Policy in Schools, 18 (2019) 3, S.433-459 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-0763
DOI	10.1080/15700763.2018.1453936
Schlagwörter	Public School Teachers; Urban Teaching; Special Schools; Teaching Experience; Urban Youth; Small Schools; Professional Autonomy; Urban Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Interprofessional Relationship; Innovation; Student Centered Learning; Student Needs; Parent Participation; Scores; Graduation Rate + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban education; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Special school; Sonderschule; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; School; Schools; Schule; Berufsfreiheit; Lehrerverhalten; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Elternmitwirkung
Abstract	In an era of increased attention to academic achievement gaps, expanding educational options has emerged as one approach to meeting the diverse learning needs of urban youth. This multiple-case study uses teacher interviews to investigate the role of extra-organizational factors (e.g., district- or state-level mandates) in shaping teachers' work in small public "specialty" schools. We find that teachers feel their work is enabled by smallness and autonomy but constrained by counterproductive policies. The ability of school personnel to obtain and leverage power shaped their success in navigating their institutional milieu. We close with implications for educational leaders and researchers. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01