Authentic Cross-Institutional Partnerships for Leadership Preparation: A Role-Diverse Dialogue About Partnership Initiation

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Our leadership preparation program began as a three-way partnership between a statewide agency, high school district, and public university. Our executive model involved all partners in intentional co-design and co-construction. Partnership features include co-planning/co-teaching by University faculty and District cabinet members for every program course, job-embedded inquiry-based continuous improvement centered on improving outcomes for emergent bilingual (EB) students, and subsidized candidate tuition. Preliminary findings demonstrate significant shifts in graduates’ mental models and practices surrounding the education of EBs. The essential questions driving this session are: What does it take to create innovative leadership preparation programs that respond to practice-based challenges? How do you build such a program? Who needs to be involved? Our symposium focuses on authentic cross-institution partnership initiation.

Sub Unit

• Division A - Administration / Division A - Section 5: Leadership Preparation Development

Chair

• Jennifer Goldstein, California State University - Fullerton

Papers

• Papers 1–3 Front Matter: Methods and Significance - Nell Scharff Panero, Hunter College

• Program Context and Supports for Authentic Partnership - Michael Matsuda, Anaheim Union High School District; Manuel Colon, Anaheim Union High School District; Aida Molina, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence; Lisa Kirtman, California State University - Fullerton

• Inherent Instructional Tensions - Jennifer Goldstein, California State University - Fullerton

• Structural and Institutional Challenges to University-District Partnership - Maritza Lozano, California State University - Fullerton