@article{629c76f4f925456db120bce2840edc63,
title = "The role of leaders in enabling student voice",
abstract = "This article explores how leadership can help to enable student voice to occur in schools. We find that the relationship between teachers and the school leader is a critical context for enabling voice. Specifically, we find that the following concepts were important for efforts to enable and foster student voice: (1) clear vision of school that is incorporated deeply into practice as 'the way we do things here'; (2) allowing opt-in strategies for teachers when possible; (3) recognizing that implementation across classrooms and personnel will vary depending on individual contexts, beliefs, and experiences.",
author = "Dana Mitra and Stephanie Serriere and Donnan Stoicovy",
note = "Funding Information: Through grants from the state{\textquoteright}s Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Education, teachers receive paid release time to plan their projects. A key process of this project was that teachers chose to participate rather than being mandated to do so. Stoicovy explained, {\textquoteleft}We talked about what our goals and hopes were and said, {\textquotedblleft}If you want to be a part of this fine. It{\textquoteright}s purely voluntary [teachers do not have to participate]. We{\textquoteright}d like you to develop an action plan, do monthly reflections. We{\textquoteright}ll give you a half day release time. We{\textquoteright}ll have Mid-Year and End-of-Year Celebrations to recognize everyone{\textquoteright}s good work.{\textquotedblright} The numbers for the program increased gradually, until now all but one teacher in the school has participated actively in the project.{\textquoteright} Thus Stoicovy provided incentives of providing release time and praising success in the program as strategic ways to grow civic engagement practices. ",
year = "2012",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1177/0892020612445678",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "104--112",
journal = "Management in Education",
issn = "0892-0206",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "3",
}