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"It's A Part Of Who We Are" New Jersey Superintendents' Understandings Of And Approaches To Culturally Responsive District-Level Leadership, Danielle F. Mastrogiovanni
"It's A Part Of Who We Are" New Jersey Superintendents' Understandings Of And Approaches To Culturally Responsive District-Level Leadership, Danielle F. Mastrogiovanni
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
A narrative study was used to examine the perspectives and experiences of Superintendents working towards educational justice by addressing the inequities found in schools. Data was collected through a series of semi-structured interviews representing a diverse participant pool of 23 superintendents and assistant superintendents who were currently employed in public school districts throughout the state of New Jersey. Using a primarily deductive coding scheme, the data was analyzed around the tenets of culturally responsive pedagogy and leadership.
Many participants described having impactful experiences as children that subsequently influenced their initial decision to become educators, as well as their leadership practices. …