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Integrating Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Topics and Their Intersections with Other Areas of Difference into the Leadership Preparation Curriculum: Practical Ideas and Strategies
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Capper, Colleen A.; Alston, Judy; Gause, C. P.; Koschoreck, James W.; Lopez, Gerardo; Lugg, Catherine A.; McKenzie, Kathryn Bell – Journal of School Leadership, 2006
A theory and practice of social justice is fraudulent when it does not fully address lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) individuals and their intersections with other identities. Faculty who claim to be concerned with social justice cannot focus on one or perhaps two areas of difference while ignoring or giving short shrift to the others.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Change, Homosexuality, Instructional Leadership
Defining Spirituality: Critical Implications for the Practice and Research of Educational Leadership
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Hafner, Madeline M.; Capper, Colleen A. – Journal of School Leadership, 2005
This essay problematizes the current discourses on spirituality and leadership, particularly in terms of how spirituality is defined. To this end, the authors provide a brief overview of the different definitions of spirituality as explicated in the literature on spirituality and leadership, identify the underlying epistemologies of these…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Instructional Leadership, Educational Practices, Educational Research
"Do You Have Any Idea Who You Just Hired?!?" A Study of Open and Closeted Sexual Minority K-12 Administrators.
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Fraynd, Donald J.; Capper, Colleen A. – Journal of School Leadership, 2003
Indepth interviews with two female and two male school leaders, one of each gender who were "closeted" in their sexuality and one of each who were "open." Foucault's sovereign and disciplinary power and normalization conceptually framed the study. Interviewee's fear of disclosure resulted in reproducing heteronormative power.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Homophobia
The Regular Education Initiative: Educational Reorganization for Rural School Districts.
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Capper, Colleen A.; Larkin, John – Journal of School Leadership, 1992
Explores how school administrators can implement educational processes allowing full inclusion of students with disabilities into the general education program. Reviews literature on limitations of special education practices, arguments against, full inclusion, and rural communities' unique characteristics. Applies organizational behavior theories…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
"And Justice for All:" Critical Perspectives on Outcomes-Based Education in the Context of Secondary School Restructuring.
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Capper, Colleen A. – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
Uses qualitative research methods (interviews, classroom observations, and document analysis) to determine whether a rural midwestern high school's restructuring process serves particular values and silences others. Findings showed lack of consideration for social power and student identity issues. Basic restructuring elements (outcome-based…
Descriptors: Definitions, Democratic Values, Equal Education, High Schools
Moving Beyond "Good/Bad" Student Accountability Measures: Multiple Perspectives of Accountability.
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Capper, Colleen A.; Hafner, Madeline M.; Keyes, Maureen W. – Journal of School Leadership, 2001
Examines three student accountability measures (standardized tests, performance-based assessment, and structural assessment) through two different theoretical perspectives: structural functionalism and feminist poststructuralism. Educators can use various kinds of assessments in ways that maintain the status quo or support equity and justice for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Feminism