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Overview
Students who identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgendered are susceptible to dropping out of school. This book provides professional development ideas and real-life vignettes that will help educational leaders foster a more caring school culture not only for LGBT students, but for all students. Peter De Witt provides specific strategies for school leaders that include:
• Implementing a student code of conduct and school board policies to safeguard students
• Helping staff members recognize and respond to overt and covert LGBT issues
• Ways to include appropriate LGBT topics in the curriculum
• Supporting Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA) in middle and high school settings
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781452205908 |
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Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Publication date: | 03/06/2012 |
Pages: | 136 |
Sales rank: | 836,883 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
De Witt's professional learning relationships are a monthly hybrid approach that includes both coaching and the facilitating workshops on instructional leadership and collective efficacy.
Additionally, in the Summer of 2021, De Witt created a year long on-demand, asynchronous coaching course through Thinkific where he has created a community of learners that include k-12 educators in leadership positions.
De Witt's work has been adopted at the state level, university level, and he works with numerous school districts, school boards, regional networks, ministries of education around North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the U.K.
Peter writes the Finding Common Ground column for Education Week, which has been in circulation since 2011. In 2020 De Witt co-created Education Week's A Seat At the Table where he moderates conversations with experts around the topics of race, gender, sexual orientation, research, trauma and many other educational topics.
Additionally, De Witt is the Series Editor for the Connected Educator Series (Corwin Press) and the Impact Series (Corwin Press) that include books by Viviane Robinson, Andy Hargreaves, Pasi Sahlberg, Yong Zhao and Michael Fullan.
He is the 2013 School Administrators Association of New York State's (SAANYS) Outstanding Educator of the Year, and the 2015 Education Blogger of the Year (Academy of Education Arts & Sciences), and sits on numerous advisory boards.
Peter is the author, co-author or contributor of numerous books. Click on title to purchase. They include:Dignity for All: Safeguarding LGBT Students (Corwin Press. 2012).
Flipping Leadership Doesn't Mean Reinventing the Wheel (Corwin Press. 2014)
Collaborative Leadership: 6 Influences That Matter Most (Corwin Press/Learning Forward).
School Climate: Leading With Collective Teacher Efficacy (Corwin Press/ Ontario Principals Council. 2017).
Coach It Further: Using the Art of Coaching to Improve School Leadership (Corwin Press. 2018).
Instructional Leadership: Creating Practice Out Of Theory (Corwin Press. 2020).
Collective Leader Efficacy: Strengthening the Impact of Instructional Leadership Teams (Corwin Press. Learning Forward. 2021).
De-implementation: Creating the Space to Focus on What Works (Corwin Press. 2022).
Leading with Intention - Developing self-awareness to fostering an unreasonable human interconnectedness to impact the school community (co-authored with Michael Nelson. Corwin Press. 2024).
Peter's articles have appeared in educational research journals at the state, national and international level. His books have been translated into numerous languages.
Some of the organizations Peter has worked with are the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), Learning Forward, National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), University of Oklahoma, Cognition Education (New Zealand), Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL), Victoria Department of Education (Australia), University of Rotterdam (Netherlands), Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA), Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA), the National Education Association (NEA), New Brunswick Teacher's Association (Canada), the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), Education Scotland (Scotland), Glasgow City Council (Scotland), Kuwait Technical College (Kuwait) the National Association of School Psychologists, ASCD, l’Association des directions et directions adjointes des écoles franco-ontariennes (ADFO), the Catholic Principals’ Council of Ontario (CPCO), and the Ontario Principals’ Council (OPC), National School Climate Center, GLSEN, PBS, NPR, BAM Radio Network, ABC, and NBC's Education Nation.Learn more about bringing Peter De Witt to your school or district at petermdewitt.com
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
About the Author xiii
1 The Silent Minority 1
Our School Experiences 1
What It Means to Be Gay 4
The Need for Role Models 6
Harassment and Discrimination of LGBT Students 7
Negative Stereotypes of LGBT Students 9
Conclusion 10
Action Steps 10
Discussion Questions 11
2 Bullying of LGBT Students 13
Where Bullying Behavior Begins 15
Cyberbullying 15
Setting the Tone in School 17
Safeguarding and Supporting LGBT Students 19
Conclusion 25
Action Steps 26
Discussion Questions 27
3 The Role of Schools 29
The Impact Schools Can Have on LGBT Students 30
Keeping Students Safe 32
Teacher Biases 33
Professional Development 34
Parent Outreach 38
Conclusion 40
Action Steps 41
Discussion Questions 41
4 Curriculum Matters 43
Diverse Literature at an Age-Appropriate Level 44
Supportive Learning Environments for LGBT Students 49
Curriculum 52
Elementary School Gender Differences and Character Education 52
English Language Arts 56
Social Studies 57
Guest Speakers Who Address Bullying 60
After-School Enrichment 60
Conclusion 61
Action Steps 61
Discussion Questions 61
5 Gay-Straight Alliances 63
Why Schools Should Offer a GSA 66
The Parameters of Creating a GSA 69
Events Held by a GSA 74
Conclusion 75
Action Steps 76
Discussion Questions 76
6 Following Through: School Board Policies and Codes of Conduct 77
Laws That Support School Decisions 82
School Leaders Embracing the Sexual Diversity of Students 82
A Shared Vision: Creating School Codes of Conduct 84
Creating School Board Policies 86
How Parents, Staff, and Students Can Help 87
Conclusion 88
Action Steps 90
Discussion Questions 91
Questions to Ponder 91
7 Important Stories From Higher Education 93
Appendix: NASP Position Statement: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth 99
References 107
Index 111