Leading for social inclusion

The NCSL have released a paper on effective leadership for social inclusion in which they find mixed results on how useful current leadership is in assisting social inclusion.

Amongst the recommendations:

- For policy they suggest changes to how schools are measured and reported on; extra curricula freedoms; reduction in conflicting policies.
- For practice there needs to be a strong vision around social inclusion which is translated into appropriate structures. A variety of staff motivation techniques are needed and effective leader selection is important.
- For leadership development the authors believe that leadership motivation skills are more important than leadership structures; training for leadership when under pressure is crucial as are context and succession.