Purveyors of change : school leaders of color share narratives of student, school, and community success / editors Judy A. Alston, Lawrence Scott, Sheree N. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alston, Judy A., editor.

Scott, Lawrence, editor.

Alexander, Sheree N., editor.

Series:

Research, advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment mentoring series.

Research, advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment mentoring series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Education.

African Americans.

Minorities--Education--United States.

Minorities.

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

African American educators.

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

"Effective leadership is the necessary ingredient in achieving educational improvement in schools; everything rises and falls on leadership. For School Leaders of Color, this leadership imperative is more difficult than it is for their White counterparts. Concomitantly with this leadership necessity are the social and academic disparities of racism, student poverty, lack of resources, just to name a few. Yet these leaders have courageously accepted their role to disrupt low performance and thus they have created environments where students learn and professors teach. These leaders are "purveyors of change." The purpose of this educational preparation supplemental text is to share stories of these exceptional leaders in the field and in the academy. The experiences shared by the various authors cover four important areas in leadership: Culture & Climate; Student Success; Resilience, Persistence, & Turnaround; and Social Justice. The authors have shared some deeply personal issues and triumphs. These are the stories that resonate more deeply with students and that with these types of stories, the theory to practice bridge is successfully crossed. While many of the chapters include narratives of resilience and triumph in the context of the P-12 education system, the overarching themes and suggestions can be transmuted to any industry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Culture and climate

Chapter 1. From peril to promise / Donna Druery

Chapter 2. Out of school suspensions impact on students of color / Dorothy C. Handfield

Chapter 3. You're hired! An administrator's tale of attracting, training, and retaining highly qualified teachers / Lawrence Scott

Chapter 4. Selling education / Charisma S. Popillion

Part II. Student success

Chapter 5. Cause you talk like me: Color'd girl leading / Patricia Virella

Chapter 6. Coaching for success: An administrator's account about African American leadership / Willie Black

Chapter 7. Planning for student success: Addressing academic achievement, and social emotional well-being / Renee L. Garraway

Chapter 8. District-level programs for black student success: Constraints and opportunities for leaders, staff, and community / Wil Greer

Part III. Resilience, persistence, and turnaround

Chapter 9. The negligence of conformist leadership / Joseph Cerna

Chapter 10. Dare to dream and keep it moving: From ged to edd / C. Dedra Williams

Chapter 11. Leading and surviving: Navigating and surviving the political currents in urban education / Cynthia Alexander Mitchell

Chapter 12. Inner-city public schools still work: How one principal's life is living proof / Mateen A. Diop

Part IV. Resilience, persistence, and turnaround

Chapter 13. Talking back: Two leadership dialogue about leading while black for social justice / Jamel Adkins-Sharif / and Natalie D. Lewis

Chapter 14. Leading against anti-blackness / Floyd Cobb

Chapter 15. When hegemony, microaggressions, and white fragility undermine your leadership / Raphael Crawford

Chapter 16. Leading while black or brown / Jerneé S. Kollock-Mann. About the Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64802-230-8