Putting Leadership for Equity into Action
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Most of us push for an equitable school community. Hear from one leader as he talks to coaches about putting leadership for equity into action. In this 3-minute video clip, Jose Rivera, assistant superintendent of Grandview School District, shares how he engages with issues of race in his district.
Jose Rivera speaks to knowing the data about the student experience and finding ways to value the racial, cultural, and individual identities of those in his district. As he notes, if educators ask students what's relevant, what they want to learn, and what they are interested in, then we need to listen and respond.
If you are interested in other ways you can push for an equitable school community, UWCEL has published THE 4 DIMENSIONS OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP™ (4D™) framework that describes "what school leaders need to know and be able to do to ensure that each student, particularly those furthest from justice, has a school experience that prepares them for a limitless future." There are reflective questions for each of the 4 dimensions. For a preview, 2 of the 6 reflective questions within the Equitable School Community dimension are below:
What data are used to understand student experience? How do these data inform decisions?
In what ways do leaders affirm and value the racial, cultural and individual identities of students and staff?
References:
UWCEL. (2021, April 8). "What Centering Students Looks Like." Instructional Leadership in Action.
University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership. (2020). "4 Dimensions of Instructional Leadership.™" downloaded from https://info.k-12leadership.org/hubfs/documents/4D%20vOct2020.pdf on April 20, 2020.