Critical Leadership Praxis for Educational and Social Change

Katie Pak is a school improvement and data specialist with the School District of Philadelphia where she also provides leadership and support in the District's newly formed Equity Coalition. Sharon M. Ravitch is a professor of practice at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education where she co-founded the Inter-American Educational Leadership Network for leaders across the Americas.

• ContentsAcknowledgments viiKatie Pak and Sharon RavitchPreface: Leadership in a Hurting World: Rupture, Reckoning, Reimagining xiKatie Pak and Sharon M. Ravitch1. Critical Leadership Praxis for Educational and Social Change 1Katie Pak and Sharon M. RavitchDOMAIN I: TRANSFORMING SELF 27Katie Pak and Sharon M. Ravitch2. Critical Leadership for Transformation in Crisis 35Sherry Coleman and Courtney Portlock3. Asian American Women Leaders Reclaiming Leader Identities Through Collaborative Autoethnography 49Katie Pak, Elaine W. Leigh, and Jennifer PhuongDOMAIN II: TRANSFORMING EDUCATORS 63Katie Pak and Sharon M. Ravitch4. On the Ground, Every Day: Five Pillars for Developing Culturally Sustaining, Critically Conscious Practitioners 73Andrew J. Schiera, Elizabeth Simmons, Latricia Whitfield, and Hayden Frederick-Clarke5. Raciolinguistic Perspectives in Leadership Development: Testimonios Within and Across Bilingual Education 87Karla Venegas, Erica Saldívar García, and Iván Rosales Montes6. Transformative Storytelling as Critical Praxis for Educational Leaders 101Laura Colket, Janay M. Garrett, and Mia S. ShawDOMAIN III: TRANSFORMING ORGANIZATIONS 115Katie Pak and Sharon M. Ravitch7. Developing Critically Inclusive, Anti-Ableist Organizations 123Jennifer Phuong, Christa S. Bialka, and Megan MacDonald8. Developing Education Organizations With Gender and Queer Inclusive Cultures 137Charlotte E. Jacobs and Katie Clonan-Roy9. Indigeneity, Engagement, and Responsiveness 151Sia Elle Brown and Jacqueline G. LopezDOMAIN IV: TRANSFORMING SYSTEMS 165Katie Pak and Sharon M. Ravitch10. Minding the School–Community Leadership Gap: Reframing for Critical Praxis 173Ankhi Thakurta, Laura Ogburn, and Atenea Rosado-Viurques11. Trauma-Informed Leadership: Balancing Love and Accountability 187Nimet Suheyla Eren and Sharon M. Ravitch12. Decolonizing Educational Mindsets 201Reima Yosif Shakeir, Rehana Thembeka Odendaal, and Atenea Rosado-ViurquesConclusion 216Katie Pak and Sharon M. RavitchAfterword: Leadership Development for Critical Leadership Praxis 218Kathy J. Rho and Nikole T. BookerAbout the Contributors 226Index 233

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