PK-12 District Leadership for Equity: An Exploration of Director Role Configurations and Vulnerabilities

Autor/inn/en	Irby, Decoteau J.; Green, Terrance; Ishimaru, Ann M.
Titel	PK-12 District Leadership for Equity: An Exploration of Director Role Configurations and Vulnerabilities
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 128 (2022) 3, S.417-453 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
DOI	10.1086/719120
Schlagwörter	Minority Group Students; Racial Bias; Ethnicity; Equal Education; Administrator Attitudes; School Districts; Power Structure; Administrator Role; Resources; Gender Bias; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Ethnizität; School district; Schulbezirk; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; Geschlechterstereotyp; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung
Abstract	Purpose: This study sought to understand PK-12 district-level equity directors' efforts to improve experiences of students of color and outcomes in US districts. Research Methods: We interviewed 13 practicing equity directors and analyzed artifacts such as meeting minutes, equity policies, equity mission statements, job descriptions, and organizational charts. Findings: Directors experienced structural and psychological vulnerabilities depending on how their districts structured the role with positional power, resources, and authority to carry out their leadership work. Equity directors' roles were often ambiguous and at times misaligned to the expected leadership tasks. Institutionalized racial and gender oppression compounded the vulnerabilities of the role. Implications: To realize the full potential of this new district leadership position, districts must attend not only to what they expect equity directors to accomplish but also to the configurations of the role as it intersects with labor-related racial and gender oppression in districts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01