California Educational Research Association: Institutional Culture of Care

• In Event: Consortium of State and Regional Educational Research Associations Distinguished Paper Session 4

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to help educators take advantage of this unique moment in American history to reimagine, reshape and redesign public education in this country. It seeks to provide aspiring leaders, as well as more seasoned veterans, with a set of analytical tools to address, and more importantly, to lead through the complex questions, issues and dilemmas that schools and communities must navigate through in this “post-pandemic” educational landscape. The concepts and themes presented in the paper are selected to support the leadership development of educators seeking to move beyond traditional notions of school leadership, and to develop a school culture that has an Institutional Culture of Care as its foundation. Institutional Culture of Care, different from individual care, focuses on creating a school culture that results in a learning environment where students and teachers feel respected and valued.
Keywords: leadership, equity, race, care

Authors

• Robert Cooper, University of California - Los Angeles
  Presenting Author

• Zee Cline, CSU Office of the Chancellor
  Presenting Author

• Jonathan C. W. Davis, University of California - Los Angeles
  Presenting Author