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Leading for School Belonging
Kathryn Riley
How to Navigate the Way Ahead
In this open access book, international educator Kathryn Riley sends a powerful message: Whoever young people are, wherever they are from, however they learn, they deserve to be in schools where they feel safe, connected and have a sense of belonging.
Riley draws on the traditions of engaged scholarship to link research to practice, highlighting the principles of school belonging, the practice of daily school-life which matter, and the pathways schools can take to build alliances for belonging.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“This book will inform and inspire in equal measure. Education is not just what we teach but the community we create together.”
Ros McNeil, Assistant General Secretary, National Education Union, UK
“Urgent, fearless and profoundly resonant, Leading for School Belonging - How to Navigate the Way Ahead, is a vital anchor in an increasingly fractured and polarised society.”
Claudet Hedman, Principal, Christ Church (Erith) C of E Primary School, UK
“Kathryn’s work offers an insightful and practical lens for understanding belonging in schools.”
Peter O’Brien, Head of Tanglin Middle School, Singapore
“Kathryn Riley charts a transformative journey from theory to action, offering educators an evidence-based roadmap for building school belonging.”
Sharon Kruse, Professor Emeritus, Washington State University, USA
BOOKS
Place & Belonging
K. Riley and E. Rustique-Forrester (2002)
Why children lose interest in school and what we can do about it.
London: Chapman Sage.
K. Riley (2017)
Place, Belonging and School Leadership: Researching to Make the Difference.
London: Bloomsbury.
K. Riley (2013)
Leadership of Place: Stories from Schools in the US, UK and South Africa.
London: Bloomsbury.
BOOKS
Education Reform & Change
K. Riley and K. S. Louis (2000)
Leadership for Change and School Reform: International Perspectives.
London: Routledge.
K. Riley (1998)
Whose School is it Anyway?
London: Falmer Press.
Other Books
K. Riley & D. L. Nuttall, D.L. (1994) Measuring Quality: Education Indicators – United Kingdom & International Perspectives. Falmer Press (Re-published in 2018: Routledge Revivals).
K. Riley (1994) Quality & Equality: Promoting Opportunities in Schools. London: Cassell.
H. Penn & K. Riley (1992) Managing Services for the Under Fives. Longman Group.
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Articles related to community, agency, leadership & belonging
K. Riley (2022) Contemporary challenges in building trust and collaboration between schools & communities in T. Greany and P. Earley (eds), School Leadership & Education System Reform (2nd edition). London: Bloomsbury.
View publication ↗K. Riley (2020) Leadership of Place: Transforming Schools into Places of Belonging. ICSEI Monograph Series, January. International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement.
Download PDFK. Riley (2019) ‘Agency and belonging: What transformative actions can schools take to help create a sense of place and belonging?’ Journal of Educational & Child Psychology; 36 (4) 91-103.
Download PDFK. Riley (2019) ‘The belonging Imperative.’ School Leadership Today, Vol 9.3, p31-36.
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K. Riley (2019) ‘We’re a long way from a sense of belonging’. TES Scotland, 7th June, pp 20-21.
Download PDFK. Riley (2019) ‘Protests and possibilities: reframing the agenda for urban secondary schools’. Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 56 Issue: 5, pp.455-462.
Download PDFK. Riley (2017) ‘Recreating schools as places of Belonging: The Art of Possibilities’. Professional Development Today, 20th June.
Download PDFK. Riley., C. Montecinos & L. Ahumada (2016) ‘Effective Principals serving in high poverty schools in Chile: Managing competing realities’. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Download PDFK. Riley (2013) ‘Walking the leadership tightrope: building community cohesiveness and social capital in schools in highly disadvantaged urban communities’. British Educational Research Journal 39, (2), 266–286.
Download PDFK. Riley (2009) ‘Taking Your Leadership Pulse’, Developing School Leaders (67) 2, ACSD.org.
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