Transforming the Lebanese private school into an inclusive school: What is the role of the director?
Since the 1990s, several Lebanese private schools admit children with special educational needs. The director of the school is recognized in the literature as an active agent in the implementation of inclusive education. His/her influence is crucial for the implementation and sustainability of inclusive practices in his/her school. We completed in 2014 a research that aimed to describe the role of Lebanese private school’s principal that promotes the implementation of inclusive education and to identify both internal and external factors likely to guide his/her choices and actions. In this context and through an exploratory study using a qualitative approach, we conducted a multiple case study on five Lebanese inclusive private schools. The results show that the role of principals is a part of the perspective of ad hoc and immediate changes essentially at the structure level. The roles aiming for deeper changes and transformations are few or not established.