Fetch What Is at Risk of Being Left Behind: Reclaiming the Black Cultural Tradition in School Leadership

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 2:30 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
  In Roundtable Session: In the Wake of Injustice: Black Theories and Thought in the Social Context of Education (Table 6)

Abstract

This is a qualitative inquiry into the tradition and efficacy of a culturally grounded leadership approach for Black school leaders in public schools. Through autoethnography, reflexive and document analysis, we explore, identify and highlight the leadership dispositions and actions relied upon by Black leaders serving Black communities facing white supremacist and colonial violence as school policy and practice. Implications exist for a racialized and culturally centered approach to research, leadership prep and leadership practice as remedy and repair for historical and current educational harm done to Black communities.

Authors

• Jamel Adkins-Sharif, SUNY Empire State University

• Natalie D. Lewis, University of Denver