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- Title
A Strengths-Based Multidisciplinary Leadership Team: A Case Study in an Urban Middle School.
- Authors
Crutchfield, Jandel; Crutchfield, Johnoson; Buford, Jennifer
- Abstract
Background: For school leaders challenged with meeting the needs of students, staff, parents, and community members, strengths-based leadership approaches have proven beneficial in accomplishing goals of teacher/staff development, addressing school climate, improving relationships between parents and school, and planning interventions for student success. The purpose of the present study is: (a) to offer a description of a multidisciplinary leadership team that employs a school social worker as a school administrator in a sixth–eighth grade middle school; (b) to identify the social worker's view of the strenghs-based approach and how this influences her administrative role; and (c) to consider whether the social worker's unique skills are valued by others in the school community, when the social worker is a member of the school's leadership team. Methods: A case study approach was used in this study. Results: The study identifies key areas in which school leadership can be informed and opportunities for further research on how multidisciplinary teams using strengths-based approaches in intervention could prove beneficial to K–12 educational reform.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL leadership; URBAN schools; MIDDLE schools; SCHOOL administrators; COMMUNITY schools
- Publication
Urban Social Work, 2018, Vol 2, Issue 2, p106
- ISSN
2474-8684
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/2474-8684.2.2.106