Do Principals Have the Skill Set to Practice Invitational Leadership to Enhance Learning in Diverse Student Populations?

• In Event: 41.063 - Disrupting Whiteness in the Practice of Leadership for Social Justice

Abstract

This inquiry sought to construct meaning using an invitational leadership lens in relation to how principals are prepared to lead in schools with diverse student populations. Data revealed principals’ perceptions about preparation related to invitational leadership emphasized contradictions between principals’ inviting-oriented rhetoric and their underlying beliefs regarding diverse student populations. Implications include opportunities that principal preparation programs include invitational leadership at the forefront in social justice leadership as they prepare leaders working in diverse student populations.

Author

• Barbara Nell Martin, University of Central Missouri