Pushing the Boundaries: Education Leaders, Mentors, and Refugee Students

Autor/inn/en	Koyama, Jill; Kasper, Julie
Titel	Pushing the Boundaries: Education Leaders, Mentors, and Refugee Students
Quelle	In: Educational Administration Quarterly, 57 (2021) 1, S.49-81 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Koyama, Jill)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-161X
DOI	10.1177/0013161X20914703
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Refugees; Family School Relationship; Parent School Relationship; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Principals; Central Office Administrators; High School Students; Role Perception; Responsibility; Expertise; School Community Relationship; Leaders; Social Integration; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Expert appraisal; Fachleiter; Soziale Integration
Abstract	Purpose: In this study, we trace the work of refugee student-family mentors (mentors) in an Arizona school district who work across school-family boundaries. Utilizing boundary spanning theory, we examine how education leaders--teachers, school principals, assistant principals, and district administrators--work with the mentors. We document the interactions between the school leaders and the mentors and compare them with the interactions between the refugee families and the mentors. Research Methods/Approach: We draw on data collected in a 3-year ethnography of refugee networks and on a related set of extended interviews with refugee parents. Data includes interviews with refugee mentors, school leaders, and refugee parents, as well as interviews with staff members of refugee support organizations, resettlement agencies, and state programs. Observational fieldnotes and documents were also collected. Data analysis included emergent coding and theme comparison across all data. Conclusions: We demonstrate that the refugee parents respect and depend on the mentors, while school leaders often treat them as "helpers." We analyze how the mentors are delegitimized by the actions of education leaders in schools, and also by their marginalization in the school district. We recommend additional research be conducted on how school districts interact with refugee students and families. We suggest that education leaders better support the work of staff who work with refugees and other culturally and linguistically diverse students by taking a resource inventory, clarifying staff roles, including parents in decision making, and making a commitment to build inclusive school communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01