Promising Practices for District Leaders

Kathleen B. King is a Professor in Educational Leadership at North Central College.Mary Beth Ressler is a Professor of Education at North Central College.

• Introduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingSection I. Fostering WellnessIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 1. Rewiring the System: Embedding Educator Well-being and Social Emotional Development in the Age of Anxiety; Juanita GalavizChapter 2. The Role of District Leaders in Supporting Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Systems; David B. Reid and Randall F. ClemensSection II. ArticulationIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 3. Sight and Site of Belonging: How Leaders Can Adopt Roles as Placemakers; Jeneca Parker-TongueChapter 4. Leadership that Lasts: Creating Systems Where Principals of Color Succeed; Constance A. Lindsay, Mary Rice-Boothe, and Marianna FischerSection III. Valuing DiversityIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 5. Socially, Emotionally, and Equitably? A Review of Social-emotional Learning Interventions for Minorities in School Discipline; Jin Lee, Shannon Crumlish, Melanie Martin, and Roslin GroweChapter 6. Leading with Equity: Supporting School Leaders in Navigating Special Education Practices and Unpacking Implicit Bias; Kristin Vogel-CampbellSection IV. Bias InterrogationIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 7. You can’t Teach Where You won’t go; Gregory PetersChapter 8. Disrupting the Silence: School Leadership, Bias, and the Urgency of Culturally Responsive Praxis in the Face of Gender-Based Violence; Juanita Galaviz, Tracie Trinidad, and Pinyi WangSection V. EvaluationIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 9. Evaluating What Matters: Centering Social Emotional Skills, Access and Belonging in Evaluations; Jeremy Coleman|Chapter 10. Evaluation as a Transformative Process; Kathleen B. King and Mary Beth ResslerSection VI. Professional DevelopmentIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 11. HOME: Hope, Outreach and Meaningful Engagement; Shaina ThomasChapter 12. Navigating I’s/We: A Case Study of Implementing a Districtwide Professional Development for Pre-K Teachers; Olayinka Moore-Ojo and Grace Jia LiangSection VII. ModelingIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 13. Leading for Belonging: How District Leaders Can Foster Transformative Social and Emotional Learning to Advance Equity and Systemic Change; Theresa A. Pfister, Krystal Wu, Dana M. Sox, and Lauren Trout Chapter 14. Leading for Liberation: District Leaders as Architects of Equity, Belonging, and Transformative SEL; Alexandra EscobarSection VIII. IntegrationIntroduction; Mary Beth Ressler and Kathleen B. KingChapter 15. Integrating Transformative SEL Through a Connected Schools Approach: A Framework for District Leadership; Courtney GibbsChapter 16. Putting It All Together: How Prioritizing Coherence and Communities Supports the Enactment of Equitable Instruction; Diana Cordova-Cobo and Claire E. Delcourt