Leadership Programs Research and Publications

Our research investigates how educational leaders learn to lead for equity in TK–12 education through three Focal Questions. 

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  • Focal Question 1: What does equity and justice-focused leadership look like in practice?

  • Focal Question 2: How are equity and justice leaders effectively developed and sustained?

  • Focal Question 3: How must educational systems be transformed to be more equitable and just?

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Leadership Programs Research: Complete Archive

Titlesort descending Author Year Publication type
How to Increase California’s Educator Workforce Travis J. Bristol; Shelly Gupton; Soo Hyun Han-Harris; Sarah Lillis 2021 Leadership Programs
Impact Report: Designing Transformational Learning To Prepare Social Justice Leaders Pierre Tchetgen; Rebecca Cheung 2020 Leadership Programs
Impact Report: Flying With Our Own Wings: The Essential Role Of Leaders In Supporting Pedagogical Mentoring Soraya Sablo Sutton; María Rojas Concha 2020 FQ1: Social justice and equity leadership in practice
Impact Report: Leadership Support Program Rebecca Cheung; Nathan Gong 2019 Leadership Programs
Impact Report: Sustaining Principal Resilience: Early Investigations In Understanding Principal Stress And Support Rebecca Cheung; Meg Stomski; Nathan Gong 2021 FQ3: Critically interrogating systems
Improving Leader Retention and Self Efficacy through Induction: PLI Leadership Support Program’s Promising Results Rebecca Cheung; Nathan Gong; Viet Nguyen 2019 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Initial Impact of the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA) Policy on Preparation Programs Karen Kearney; Heather Mattson; Rebecca Cheung; Reino Makkonen 2018 Leadership Programs
Laying the Foundation (LtF): A Framework for Integrating Performative Modalities in Social Justice School Leadership Programs Rebecca Cheung; Pierre Tchetgen 2020 FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Leadership Connection Rubric: Supporting Equity in the Schools We Need (2nd Edition) Lynda Tredway; Rebecca Cheung; Viet Nguyen; Daphannie Stephens; Linda Leader-Picone; Janette Hernandez 2015 FQ1: Social justice and equity leadership in practice
Leadership Programs 2022 in Review 2023 Leadership Programs