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 Do You Evaluate Leadership? The Impossibility of Evaluating Principals and Leadership Programs Using Student Outcomes	W. Norton Grubb; Patrick Liao; Rebecca Cheung	2015	Leadership Programs
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
Principal Leadership Institute Brochure 2015		2015	Leadership Programs
PLI Annual Update 2014		2014	Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Experiments with Student Outcomes	W. Norton Grubb; PATRICK LIAO; REBECCA CHEUNG	2014	Leadership Programs
Evaluating Berkeley’s Principal Leadership Institute: Experiments With Student Outcomes	Professor W. Norton Grubb; Patrick Liao; Rebecca Cheung	2014	Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Collective and Team Leadership	Rebecca Cheung; Professor W. Norton Grubb	2014	Leadership Programs
Collective and Team Leadership: Preparation For Urban Schools	Rebecca Cheung; W. Norton Grubb	2014	Leadership Programs
PLI Annual Update 2013		2013	Leadership Programs
PLI Impact Report: Alumni and District Partner Feedback	Rebecca Cheung	2013	Leadership Programs