APRIL 2023
From the directors
Dear friends and colleagues,
We hosted a powerful 21CSLA Research-Practice webinar this week that focused on leading — and healing — across political divides. UCLA Professor John Rogers presented his research from Educating Toward a Multiracial Democracy in California, and Kelly Bowers (former Livermore Joint Valley Superintendent) and Mauro Bautista (Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School Principal) shared their experiences of grappling with divisiveness and finding ways forward in California’s “purple” districts.
Professor Rogers ended the webinar with a lofty and inspiring quote from W. E. B. Du Bois about a more hopeful future made possible by a “vital, gigantic effort” to realize “real education for the broadest intelligence and for evoking talent and genius on a scale never attempted in the world.” In his words are the promise and the power of our schools for making connections and overcoming division to lift us all.
Warmly,
Dr. Rebecca Cheung Director, 21CSLA State Center
Dr. Jabari Mahiri Chair, 21CSLA Leadership Board
Dr. Kim Wallace Associate Director, 21CSLA State Center
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Diversifying California's Educator Workforce: Leading as Black Men
Join us on Saturday, May 6, 9:00 am–9:45 am for a livestreamed conversation with California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and California Teachers Association President E. Toby Boyd in conversation with Berkeley School of Education Associate Professor Travis Bristol. The event is sponsored by 21CSLA and Berkeley School of Education. Register for the livestream.
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21CSLA researchers present and connect at AERA in Chicago
Our 21CSLA researchers presented their work at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Chicago this month, exploring the recruitment and retention of leaders of color, social emotional learning, equity leadership, and more. We held a reception to connect with colleagues from across the state. Read more and see photos.
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Inquiry: Why Now?
An equity-centered, research-based professional learning series
TK–12 instructional leaders are invited to sign up for Inquiry: Why Now?, an in-person professional learning opportunity in Stockton, California, June 13–14, 8:30 am–4:00 pm, exploring how instructional leaders can support inquiry-based teaching and learning to improve access, opportunity, and inclusion for student populations who have been historically marginalized and underserved. Team registrations are encouraged. Learn more and register for the two-day professional learning opportunity.
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Job announcements
Work with us! The 21CSLA State Center is hiring a Public Education Coordinator. See more openings on the BSE Jobs page. Please help us spread the word.
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New 21CSLA practice brief: Insights from California’s TK Educators and Leaders
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This brief underscores key themes from UTK educational leaders as areas ripe for further research. Our findings highlight current pressing challenges and dilemmas facing UTK leaders and speak to the larger context in which UTK expands. We draw from semi-structured interviews with four California UTK leaders to illuminate the challenges, opportunities, and ingenuity of educators and districts in supporting UTK implementation and/or expansion. Read the brief.
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Can we interview you about hate speech?
Calling all educators and leaders: Are you/your school or district grappling with incidents, prevention, and effective responses to hate speech and/or cyberbullying related to marginalized identities? The 21CSLA Research-Practice Partnership team would love to interview you. Sign up to be contacted.
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Educating for a diverse democracy: Leading schools and districts in a time of political conflict
Watch the recording of our most recent 21CSLA Research-Practice Webinar, featuring UCLA Professor John Rogers in conversation with leaders Mauro Bautista, principal at Mendez High School in East Los Angeles, and Kelly Bowers, former superintendent of Livermore Valley Unified School District. Professor Jabari Mahiri moderated. Watch the webinar.
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Regional Academy Spotlight
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Spotlight: Placer-Sacramento Regional Academy
As we rush toward the end of the first three-year cycle of 21CSLA Cohort 1, we are pleased to share that we are ending on a high note. We’ve had many great successes with highlights that include: Creation of a strong and effective regional structure that supported shared leadership, visioning, and facilitation of program development that has established 21CSLA as the premier leadership development program in the region; and development and implementation of our guiding principles and frameworks including the SCOE 21CSLA Leadership Pillars and our leadership framework, Five Key Practices of Effective School and District Leaders. Read more.
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Spotlight: San Diego/Riverside Regional Academy
As we enter the second part of the school year, our Regional Academy has been focusing heavily on building partnerships in our region to support the 21CSLA work. One of these partnerships is the K–12 Math Leadership Book Study with Dr. Kyndall Brown. The Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) initially requested this work because one of their priorities for the year is to support leaders in fostering equitable math instruction. Together we co-planned the launch of their RCOE math collaborative — school and teacher leaders who meet regularly to discuss their problem of practices around implementing equitable math instruction. The "Choosing to See: A Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom" book study series was the launchpad and glue for this math collaborative in its first year. Read more.
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More on 21CSLA and leading for equity
The 21st Century California School Leadership Academy provides professional learning opportunities and support to help California’s educational leaders create equitable learning environments to improve instruction and achievement outcomes for underserved students. Headquartered at the UC Berkeley School of Education, 21CSLA is led in partnership with the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, California Subject Matter Project, and seven Regional Academies throughout the state.
Find us at 21cslacenter.berkeley.edu. Connect with us on Twitter @21CSLA, on Instagram @21CSLA, and on LinkedIn at 21st Century California School Leadership Academy. Not a subscriber to 21CSLA News? Join us.
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