Teachers as community leaders: Extending the Community Equity Literacy (CEL) framework beyond school administrators

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 7:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Leadership in Transition: Navigating Context, Community Engagement, and Equity Challenges

Abstract

Created with the intent to help urban school principals effectively connect with the surrounding community, Green’s (2017) Community Equity Literacy (CEL) framework was used as a lens to examine teachers as community leaders, particularly through their extracurricular work. Using data from teacher interviews, participant observations, and artifact collection from site visits, this study focuses on rural school communities, contexts in which successful teachers must engage with the broader community to enact the extracurricular traditions central to the fabric of rural life. This study urges a redefinition of teachers’ work to include their extracurricular leadership as we strive to create equitable communities in all types of educational contexts.

Author

• Holly Marcolina, SUNY Potsdam