Towards a Definition of Culturally Relevant Mentoring as Part of Leadership Development

• In Event: 16.057 - Roundtable Session 5
  In Roundtable Session: 16.057-19 - Methods of Evaluating Leaders and Leaders' Decisions

Abstract

In preparation for a larger research study, which focuses in part on culturally relevant approaches to mentoring as essential to leadership development, this roundtable paper addresses learnings from a literature review conducted on behalf of striving to formulate a new and comprehensive definition of culturally responsive mentoring. Based on a review of literature, this roundtable paper explores broad definitions of mentoring and the use and applicability of mentoring as part of adult and leadership development. We explore the nature of cross-cultural, and Africentric models of mentoring within the field of education and seek to build a definition of culturally relevant mentoring as applicable to leadership development of Black male school principals.

Authors

• Phillip A Smith, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Eleanor E. Drago-Severson, Teachers College, Columbia University