Leadership Identity Development: Centering Equity and Cultural Responsiveness in Aspiring Educational Leaders

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Abstract

This qualitative study explores the ways in which aspiring educational leaders enrolled in an educational leadership preparation program in the northeast region of the United States experience and develop equity-centered and culturally responsive leadership practices and identities. Through a critical analysis of participants’ written narrative internship log entries aligned with the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (NPBEA, 2015), the researchers highlight the ways aspiring leaders engage with equity and culturally responsive leadership practices (Standard 3) in K-12 schools and conceptualize their own equity-centered leadership perspectives and identities. Furthermore, recommendations are provided for educational leadership preparation programs to meaningfully create innovative spaces for aspiring leaders to center the work of equity and cultural responsiveness in their leadership development.

Authors

• Gerald Maraia, Brooklyn College - CUNY

• Pedro J. De La Cruz Albizu, Brooklyn College - CUNY