Title
Leadership as Informed Resistance: Closing Gaps by Opening Discourse
Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Georgia Southern University
Second Presenter's Institution
Richmond County School Sytem
Third Presenter's Institution
NA
Fourth Presenter's Institution
NA
Fifth Presenter's Institution
NA
Location
Harborside East & West
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Strand #2
Social & Emotional Skills
Relevance
This presentation relates to the Academic Achievement and School Leadership strand by unveiling the ways that leaders can use the role of leader as a form of resistance against forces that lead to the achievement gap, structures of institutional racism, bias and marginalization of urban youth. Attention is given to ways leaders can increase student achievement through courageous leadership, ongoing discourse, and innovation in schools.
Brief Program Description
Leadership as Informed Resistance guides attendees through the ways that leaders exert pressure against the institutional structures that marginalize students in public schools. Informed resistance takes the form of program development, scholarship, and ongoing dialogue about issues of social justice in urban schools.
Summary
Leadership as Informed Resistance guides attendees through the ways that leaders exert pressure against the institutional structures that marginalize students in public schools. Informed resistance takes the form of program development, scholarship, and ongoing dialogue about issues of social justice in urban schools. Leaders are presented with multiple opportunities to confront structures that marginalize students from both a district level and the school level. Ongoing discussions about the implications and the imperative of culturally responsive teaching and equitable discipline practices are critical for leaders engaged in informed resistance. Participants will be provided with a framework for leadership as informed resistance and practices that deconstruct existing obstacles to social justice.
Evidence
Evidence that demonstrates the field-tested effectiveness includes a 70% reduction in discipline referrals for an urban elementary school and an increase in student achievement in a large school district as a result of leadership as informed resistance against marginalizing structures.
Biographical Sketch
Andre Benito Mountain is a school administrator in Tacoma Public Schools. He was previously the Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator for the Richmond County School System. He is a doctoral student in the Georgia Southern University Curriculum Studies program.
Charles Garrett is a Curriculum Facilitator for the Richmond County School System.
Keyword Descriptors
Leadership, Resistance, Culturally-responsive, Race, Access, Urban
Presentation Year
2017
Start Date
3-7-2017 4:00 PM
End Date
3-7-2017 5:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Mountain, Andre B. and Garrett, Charles, "Leadership as Informed Resistance: Closing Gaps by Opening Discourse" (2017). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 70.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2017/2017/70
Leadership as Informed Resistance: Closing Gaps by Opening Discourse
Harborside East & West
Leadership as Informed Resistance guides attendees through the ways that leaders exert pressure against the institutional structures that marginalize students in public schools. Informed resistance takes the form of program development, scholarship, and ongoing dialogue about issues of social justice in urban schools.