Culturally Responsive Instructional Leadership: Disrupting Traditional Paradigms by Centering Race to Construct New Futures in P–20 Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The session aims to illuminate broad, interrelated research and conceptual questions centered on racial justice, instructional leadership, and the potential of CRIS in the PK-20 educative context. In light of the mass resignation of educators of color and the ongoing demographic transformation of the PK-12 student population into a majority-minority cohort, the panel discussion will challenge and examine states’ banning of asset-based pedagogies along with the current state of affirmative action policies and their impact on racial equity. Directly relevant to the theme of Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action, the proposed session explores how CRIS can disrupt systemic racial injustice by reforming curriculum, teacher feedback, and perceived student achievement. It intends to catalyze a dialogue on the future of CRIS in the evolving sociopolitical context. As a Presidential Session, this submission stands to make a significant contribution to the overall theme, framing the discussion of race and cultural responsiveness within the broader context of instructional leadership. Selected authors (i.e., panelist) from the book will discuss how the topics pertinent to minoritized, marginalized, and otherized student groups can be broadened to influence systemic reform across stakeholders, extending beyond institutions of higher education and PreK-12 school buildings.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Ian Mette, University at Buffalo - SUNY

Participants

• Mark Anthony Gooden, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Dwayne Ray Cormier, VSorts, Inc.

• Yanira Oliveras, University of Texas - Tyler

• Noelle W. Arnold, The Ohio State University

• Sally J. Zepeda, University of Georgia

• Terri N. Watson, City College of New York - CUNY

• Linda C. Tillman, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

• Mariela Aime Rodriguez, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Armen Alvarez, Western Michigan University

Discussant

• Mark Anthony Gooden, Teachers College, Columbia University