Social Justice Leaders in Education by Tritsch, Anne Christine https://padlet.com/tritsch3/b8my4iy4l6e8 Reflect, Engage, Support, Create Change en-us 2019-03-24 13:58:03 UTC 2023-03-28 06:03:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Qualifications of Social Justice Leader in Education tritsch3 https://padlet.com/tritsch3/b8my4iy4l6e8/wish/346923621 ​To have transformational social justice leadership there are four major steps that one must follow.  Reflecting, engaging, creating change, and supporting.  These steps need to happen not just in one silo of work but in a holistic way. In order to be successful, a leader must work internally with the self, externally with the institution; such as the students, staff, and historical context, and with the greater community; including the parents, physical spaces, and events. 
Within those spheres, the leader must work with an intersectional lens. Scanlan &Theoharis (2015) stress that successful work cannot be done if the realities of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and spirituality are not taken into account. Lastly, there should be transparency through all of these steps so that the leader can be held accountable, and in turn, hold others accountable for the work they are doing and the change they are creating. 
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Community-  
  • Where are the resources of the school going?
  •  Where is time spent for community events?
  • What is the parent experience?
  • How does the greater community view the school? 
  • How are we engaging with families to make a school where everyone feels like the have a voice and can navigate the space?

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Self- 
  • How much are you willing to sacrifice for what you believe? (Gooden, Davis, Spikes, Hall, Lee, 2018 )
  • How are you going to push yourself to continue to challenge and grow?
  • Where does your moral courage come from? (Shields, 2010)
Institution-  
  • How can we create space for students and faculty members to thrive? 
  • What are we doing for our minority students?
  • How are we removing all barriers for students and teachers?
  • What have we done to step out of the systems that create institutional racism? 
Community- 
  • Do you have authentic engagement with community?
  • How do you react when there is a tragedy in the community?
  • How does the school create space for support, reflection, and growth?
  • In what ways are you connecting with the community like Dr. Cornel West?
    • Are you showing up to spaces and letting students, staff, and community members know they are not alone?
    • Are you learning the names and family members of those effected by the systematic oppression and power?
    • Putting pressure on the elite to open their eyes?
    • (West, 2014 


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Self-  
  • What are you doing to unlearn/undo the systems that consistently keep minority populations down? (Sheilds, 2010)
  • What steps will you take within the school to create spaces for change? 
Institution- 
  • How are we unlearning our deficit thinking?
  • How are we challenging ourselves and colleagues? 
  • What are the agreed upon "non-negotiables" (Shields 2010 p.576)
  • What steps are we taking to stop institutional racism? 
Community- 
  • What are steps we can take to bring about positive change in our community?
  • How can we work with parents so they are as Cooper says, "co-creating culturally affirming and responsive environments in which diverse families can contribute to school improvement." (p.173)

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Self- 
  • How are you bringing your whole self to the table?
  • How are you creating spaces to listen and honor peoples ideas?
  • How are you moving beyond the top down leadership?
  • Who is a part of your Community of Practice? (Scanlan & Theoharis, 2012)
    • If your COP is grounded in folks that look and think like you it will be hard to grow.
Institution- 
  • How are you connecting with people with different view points?
  • How are teachers gaining power and taking ownership?
  • How are you working towards meeting each students needs? (Scanlan & Theoharis 2012)
  • How is the school creating a space for everyone to show up as their whole self?
  • How as a school are we perpetuating institutional racism? 
Community- 
  • How are we creating spaces where families feel like they contribute?
  • How are we reaching out and creating opportunities for growth? 
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Self- 
  • What is my racial autobiography? (Gooden, 2012) 
  • Where is my privilege?
  • What are my biases? 
  • How will I question what I know?
  • The Harvard Implicit Bias test is a powerful starting point for personal and intersectional reflection.
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  • Who is holding power within the institution?
    • How is the power reflective of the student body?
  • Consider an equity audit. 
    • What does that say about the school? (Gooden, 2012)
  • What is the school's history? Why was it created? For who? 
    • What culture is our school grounded in? 
  • Who benefits and who struggles within the school?
]]> 2019-04-02 12:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tritsch3/b8my4iy4l6e8/wish/347589105 References tritsch3 https://padlet.com/tritsch3/b8my4iy4l6e8/wish/347590795 CILSA, S., & West, C. (2014, November 06). Dr. Cornel West @ 2014 Leadership & Social Justice Conference. Retrieved March 25, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8dhuYWxpVo

Cooper, C. W. (2010). Chapter 9 Educational Leaders as Cultural Workers:: Engaging Families and School Communities through Transformative Leadership. In S. D. Horsford (Author), New perspectives in educational leadership : Exploring social, political, and community contexts and meaning(Vol. 1, pp. 173-195). New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Gooden, M. A. (2012). What Does Racism Have to Do with Leadership? Countering the Idea of Color-Blind Leadership: A Reflection on Race and the Growing Pressures of the Urban Principalship. Educational Foundations,(Winter-Spring), 67-84.

Gooden, M. A., Davis, B. W., Spikes, D. D., Hall, D. L., & Lee, L. (2018). Leaders Changing How They Act by Changing How They Think: Applying Principles of an Anti-Racist Principal Preparation Program. Teachers College Record,120, 1-26.

Scanlan, M. & Theoharis, G. (2015)Intersectionality in educational leadership. In G. Theoharis & M. Scanlan (Eds.), Leadership for increasingly diverse Schools (pp.1-10). New York, NY: Routledge.

Shields, C. M. (2010). Transformative Leadership: Working for Equity in Diverse Contexts. Educational Administration Quarterly,46(4), 558-589. doi:10.1177/0013161x10375609



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