Spotlight: Culturally Responsive Leadership

Written By Patti Boyle

The paper draws in large part from an influential framework developed several years ago by three scholars. (Among them were two members of the team.) The framework describes four key characteristics of equity-centered school leaders. The characteristics are:

  • Having a “critical consciousness.” This is an understanding of historical oppression to inform how to achieve equity today. 

  • Ensuring schools are inclusive places where all feel welcomed

  • Supporting teachers to provide culturally responsive classrooms

  • Engaging with a range of community members to define what educational justice means for a school’s students

  • Learn more and access the full study here, with our thanks to The Wallace Foundation, https://wallacefoundation.org/report/culturally-responsive-school-leadership-approach-developing-equity-centered-principals

Patti Boyle
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