EDUC-517: Leading for Inclusion and Systems Transformation

This course focuses on principles of equity leadership in the context of 21st century environmental challenges. From interrupted education to artificial intelligence (A.I.) to significant trends in population migration, school leaders are navigating significant complexity as they endeavor to support a quality learning environment for students. Using an intersectional racial equity lens, candidates in this course will consider the aforementioned factors and others as we de-construct traditional practices which marginalize and exclude many student groups. Candidates will explore equity principles such as power sharing, forming community that is collectivist in orientation, moving from practices that reinscribe scarcity over those that support opportunity abundance and other critical tenets of cultural transformation that support inclusion. Candidates will explore ways of being essential to leader competency when engaging in transformative practices. [ 3 credits ]