Leading Through an Equity Lens

Learn how to transform your organizational culture and improve student outcomes by executing initiatives through an equity lens. Author Kim Wallace offers leaders a practical course of action to amplify opportunities and diminish systemic barriers for historically marginalized students. The ten-stage process, introduced in Wallace's book Leading the Launch, helps educators successfully integrate equity-centered implementations in their schools and districts.This book will help educational leaders and administrators:Seamlessly implement new equity-centered initiatives in their own organizationImprove academic, social-emotional, and developmental outcomes for historically marginalized student groupsAddress and eliminate unproductive or harmful practices that impede transformational changeLearn approaches and gain tools for engaging teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders in implementation adoptionsCultivate school and district cultures that prioritize belonging and inclusionUtilize research, scenarios, action items, and reproducible handouts to develop and implement organizational strategies that equitably support diverse groups of students and familiesContents:IntroductionChapter 1: Barriers to EquityChapter 2: Initial StagesChapter 3: Trial StagesChapter 4: Decision StageChapter 5: Execution StagesChapter 6: Making Space Epilogue