Creating a Faith-Friendly School Culture in Religiously Plural Communities: A Neglected Facet of Diversity

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Peter E.; Kates, Melissa
Titel	Creating a Faith-Friendly School Culture in Religiously Plural Communities: A Neglected Facet of Diversity
Quelle	In: School Leadership Review, 17 (2022) 1, Artikel 1 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-4998
Schlagwörter	School Culture; Communities of Practice; Religious Factors; Student Diversity; Beliefs; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Parent School Relationship; Spiritual Development; Educational Environment; Employment; Inclusion; Cultural Pluralism; Religion; Safety; Work Environment; Educational Policy; Religious Education; Public Education; Laws + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulkultur; Schulleben; Community; Belief; Glaube; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Dienstverhältnis; Inklusion; Kulturpluralismus; Sicherheit; Arbeitsmilieu; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Öffentliche Erziehung; Law; Recht
Abstract	School leaders serve religiously diverse communities, engaging with staff and parents from many backgrounds to address the academic and development needs of all children. While educator preparation often includes some instruction in cultural competence, religious diversity gets little attention. The purpose of this conceptual article is to provide guidance for school leaders to create a workplace and school culture hospitable to employees from all religious, spiritual, and non-religious backgrounds. Using Miller and Ewest's (2015) Faith and Work Organizational framework, this article reviews findings from the management literature on workplace spirituality including the sparse empirical literature on religious expression in the school (as a workplace) and from case law on employment-related religious expression in schools. We synthesize the concepts and findings into actionable recommendations for school leaders to guide them towards creating inclusive, religiously plural, faith-safe or faith-friendly workplaces where educators can flourish and thrive. Recommendations include a policy review, adoption of norms of respectful pluralism, and religious literacy training. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01