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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Impact Report: Flying With Our Own Wings: The Essential Role Of Leaders In Supporting Pedagogical Mentoring

Tipping the Balance: Social Justice Leaders Allying with Marginalized Youth to Increase Student Voice and Activism

Leadership Connection Rubric: Supporting Equity in the Schools We Need (2nd Edition)

Understanding How a Leaders of Color Network Supports the Retention of a Diverse Leader Workforce

Rethinking the "Superhero" Principal Narrative

Laying the Foundation (LtF): A Framework for Integrating Performative Modalities in Social Justice School Leadership Programs

Improving Leader Retention and Self Efficacy through Induction: PLI Leadership Support Program’s Promising Results

Performance Assessment of Aspiring School Leaders Grounded in an Epistemology of Practice: A Case Study

Impact Report: Sustaining Principal Resilience: Early Investigations In Understanding Principal Stress And Support

Defining Teacher Leadership: A Framework

PLI Impact Report: Diversifying The Principal Workforce

Title	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
Rethinking the "Superhero" Principal Narrative	Soraya Sablo Sutton; Nate Gong	2021	FQ2: Supporting social justice leaders
Freedman, S.W. “Growing up Divided,” AERA Symposium, Invited Presidential Session, Live Streamed. New York, April, 2018.		2021	Journal Article
Year in Review 2020		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: Designing Transformational Learning To Prepare Social Justice Leaders	Pierre Tchetgen; Rebecca Cheung	2020	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
Annual Update 2019		2019	Leadership Programs
PLI: The First 20 Years	Rebecca Cheung; Nancy Parachini; John Rogers	2019	Leadership Programs
‘Buen mentor’ y ‘buena mentoría’ según actores de programas de inducción a directores novatos chilenos	Carolina Cuéllar Becerra; María Paz González Vallejos; María Jesús Espinosa Aguirre; Rebecca Cheung	2019	Leadership Programs