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+Preparing Leaders to Support Diverse Learners (LSDL)
FIPSE Grant 2010-2013
Project Leadership Team: Mark A. Gooden, Ann O’Doherty and Michelle Young
+ Needs Assessment of Leaders
Supporting Diverse Learners
Develop 6 Modules for Common Course
Areas
Pilot the Modules
Develop Candidate Performance Assessments
Disseminate Modules and
Assessments and Track Usage
Create on-line Resources and
track usage
Continue to track adoption and usage
for 3 years
LSDL Goals
+Goal One: Align Modules to Problems of Leadership Practice Survey leadership preparation programs concerning the
content areas or courses for which the modules would be developed (SLPPS and Social Justice Center surveys)
Discuss results from the SLPPS Program Feature Survey and the Survey of Social Justice Content
Six Institutions Select Curricular Area
Develop a needs assessment designed to understand the challenges facing practicing leaders in each curricular area
Analyze results to determine the areas of focus for modular content and experiences
Developing the 6 Modules and Powerful Learning Experiences
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Authentic, meaningful,
relevant problem-finding linking
theory and principal practice
Involves sense-making around
critical problems of practice
Explores, critiques, deconstructs from equity perspective
(race, culture, language)
Requires collaboration and interdependence
Develops confidence in
leadership
Has a reflective component
Learners are empowered and
responsible for own learning
Shifts perspective from classroom to school, district, or
state level
Places both the professor and student in a
learning situation
Powerful Learning Experience
Authenticity Check
Preparation Program Survey
Administrator Needs
Assessment Survey
Administrators as Co-
developers and Critical
Friends
Virtual Professional
Learning Community
+What Else Did We Learn?
Informed the Content and Focus of our Project Overall
Focused the Work of Developers on Problems of Practice
Emphasized the Importance of Focusing on Diversity Awkwardness Avoidance
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If you have questions or want more information,
contact us!
Project Leadership Team:
Michelle Young, Project Director, [email protected] Ann O’Doherty, Project Coordinator, [email protected] A. Gooden, Module Developer, [email protected]
Development Team Institutions:Bankstreet College Lehigh UniversityDuquesne University Virginia Commonwealth UniversityHofstra University The University of Texas at Austin
