Culturally Competent Leadership
The most complex goal in the field of education is preparing school leaders and teachers to work with students who are racially, ethnically, and economically different from themselves (Gay, 2002). Critical areas of cultural responsiveness strategies in education present 21st century leaders with the overwhelming responsibility of reviewing policies, procedures, and programs in schools. (Pitre, Jackson, & Charles, 2011). Leadership is often regarded as the single most critical factor that determines the success or failure of organizations (Bass, 1990a). One important function of leadership is that it provides support for development of values, norms, organizational cultures, diversity and beliefs that enable …show more content…
If school leaders do not monitor, model, and practice attitudes that encourage cultural diversity, then the likelihood of addressing student needs are slim. One of the most important aspects of being a culturally competent leader is having a self‐awareness of one’s culture including all of their experiences, background, knowledge, abilities, principles, and interests (Hanover Research, 2014). These details shape the leaders’ sense of who they are, where they fit into their family, school, community, society, and how they will interact with the student in their schools (2014). Another trait that defines a culturally competent leader is valuing the diversity of others by accepting students’ different cultural background, respecting their different ways of communicating, and recognizing their different traditions and …show more content…
Gay (2000) suggests that culturally responsive pedagogy recognizes the uniqueness of student culture by using “the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning more relevant to and effective for them. It teaches to and through strengths of these students. It is culturally validating and affirming” (p. 29). Culturally responsive leadership establish practices that help to empower diverse groups of parents, make the school curriculum more multicultural, and cultivate a positive school climate for all students (Johnson,
The most complex goal in the field of education is preparing school leaders and teachers to work with students who are racially, ethnically, and economically different from themselves (Gay, 2002). Critical areas of cultural responsiveness strategies in education present 21st century leaders with the overwhelming responsibility of reviewing policies, procedures, and programs in schools. (Pitre, Jackson, & Charles, 2011). Leadership is often regarded as the single most critical factor that determines the success or failure of organizations (Bass, 1990a). One important function of leadership is that it provides support for development of values, norms, organizational cultures, diversity and beliefs that enable …show more content…
If school leaders do not monitor, model, and practice attitudes that encourage cultural diversity, then the likelihood of addressing student needs are slim. One of the most important aspects of being a culturally competent leader is having a self‐awareness of one’s culture including all of their experiences, background, knowledge, abilities, principles, and interests (Hanover Research, 2014). These details shape the leaders’ sense of who they are, where they fit into their family, school, community, society, and how they will interact with the student in their schools (2014). Another trait that defines a culturally competent leader is valuing the diversity of others by accepting students’ different cultural background, respecting their different ways of communicating, and recognizing their different traditions and …show more content…
Gay (2000) suggests that culturally responsive pedagogy recognizes the uniqueness of student culture by using “the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning more relevant to and effective for them. It teaches to and through strengths of these students. It is culturally validating and affirming” (p. 29). Culturally responsive leadership establish practices that help to empower diverse groups of parents, make the school curriculum more multicultural, and cultivate a positive school climate for all students (Johnson,