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Modeling Social Justice Educational Leadership: Self-Assessment for Equity (SAFE)

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International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Social (In)Justice

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In this chapter we present a model of self-assessment for equity (SAFE) to guide faculty in leadership preparation programs concerned with equity and justice. The conceptual framework for this model derives from a review of the literature on social justice in educational leadership preparation and addresses the gap in the literature on the evaluation of educational leadership programs. We discuss how we conceptualize and implement SAFE in the context of the mission statement guiding the educational leadership program in which we work.

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  1. Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Zorka Karanxha & Vonzell Agosto

  2. Department of Measurement and Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Aarti Bellara

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Karanxha, Z., Agosto, V., Bellara, A. (2014). Modeling Social Justice Educational Leadership: Self-Assessment for Equity (SAFE). In: Bogotch, I., Shields, C. (eds) International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Social (In)Justice. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6555-9_59

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