Learner-Centered Leadership for Language and Culturally Diverse Schools in High-Needs Urban Settings | Arizona State University
History
In October 2002, the College of Education at Arizona State University, in collaboration with the Southwest Center for Educational Equity and Language Diversity and four diverse, urban school districts in the Phoenix area, implemented a leadership and professional development program for school leaders. A three-year grant from the United States Department of Education’s School Leadership Program provided the opportunity to create the Learner-centered Leadership program (LCL) for language and culturally diverse schools in high needs, urban districts.
The intention of the federal grant program is to assist high need local educational agencies in developing, enhancing, or expanding their innovative programs to recruit, train, and mentor principals and assistant principals (U.S. Department of Education, 2002). The LCL project collaborates with four participating school districts in: (1) recruiting and training aspiring, rising, and experienced school administrators, (2) building the knowledge, skills, and competencies of novice principals and assistant principals based on current research through meetings, workshops, institutes, reading roundtables, and action learning projects, and (3) encouraging promotion and retention of novice and expert school administrators through participation in professional development and mentoring activities.
As a result of discussions between school district officials and ASU faculty regarding the difficulty of finding and retaining high quality administrators who understand the issues and dynamics associated with high-needs, urban districts, ASU faculty in collaboration with four urban school districts and the Southwest Center for Education Equity and Language Diversity decided to develop a program that encouraged school leaders to enter the field of school administration and to become learning leaders who value growth and change and who are committed to long-term careers in this profession within these districts. The project team has maintained its consistency in terms of the scope and vision of the program.
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