Building Equitable Leaders Through Collective Efficacy

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Six
  In Roundtable Session: Leadership Preparation Faculty and Programs: Self-Study and Reflection to Improve Experiences and Opportunities (Table 6)

Abstract

The need to address educational inequities and build systems that embody equity and justice
through system changes was highlighted by the pandemic. This study researched the outcomes of
a developed supplemental assessment to understand an equitable leader's evolution through
collaboration not addressed through the current California assessment. The assessment was built
on the work of Ishimaru and Golloway’s equitable leadership practices for equity. Through
collaboration, collective efficacy was the focus, which has been found to reduce the academic
disadvantage experienced by minority students and to positively predict students' academic
achievement. Implications for research include a better understanding of how to prepare
principal candidates to develop as equitable leaders alongside a community collectively working
to support the success of all students.

Authors

• Lori Kall, Point Loma Nazarene University
  Presenting Author

• Betty J. Alford, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
  Presenting Author

• Jennifer Moradian Watson, California State University - Fresno
  Presenting Author