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Improving Principal Preparation Through Equity-Focused District Partnerships
Session Location
Sheraton Puerto Rico Resort & Casino: Miramar 4
How can districts and leadership preparation programs partner to develop sustainable, equity-centered pipelines? How are these partnerships shaping district and preparation program improvement? This symposium features the work of school districts and UCEA-member university partners who are part of the Equity Centered Pipeline Initiative (ECPI). Launched by The Wallace Foundation, ECPI partners eight large school districts and local university preparation programs. Their collective goal is to co-develop comprehensive, aligned pipelines that produce principals who advance educational equity. Our conversation will explore how districts and preparation programs are working to recruit, prepare, develop, and support the next generation of school principals. As ECPI nears its conclusion, we’ll use this symposium to reflect on lessons learned with colleagues who were deeply involved in these challenging but rewarding pipeline design efforts.
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Rotunda Floyd-Cooper
The Wallace Foundation
Rotunda Floyd-Cooper, EdD, leads The Wallace Foundation education leadership unit and the interdisciplinary education leadership strategy team and oversees the ECPI.
Sharene Dixon
San Antonio Independent School District
Dr. Sharene L. Dixon, Instructional Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership at San Antonio ISD and Lecturer in the USLC graduate program at UTSA, is an accomplished instructional leader with over 25 years of experience. She empowers school leaders; drives equity-centered improvement; and advances teaching, learning, and student success districtwide.
Juan Manuel Niño
University of Texas at San Antonio
Juan Manuel Niño, PhD, is a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His public educator experience includes secondary science teacher, ESL teacher, athletic coach, campus, and district leader. His primary research focuses on school leadership for school improvement.
Rebecca Thessin
George Washington University
Rebecca A. Thessin is an associate professor of Educational Administration at the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development. She is principal investigator for GWU on The Wallace Foundation’s ECPI.
Shannon Waite
Howard University
Shannon R. Waite, EdD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the School of Education at Howard University. Dr. Waite is the principal investigator leading her department’s partnership with DC Public Schools’ ECPI funded by The Wallace Foundation.
Tynika Young-Aleibar
DC Public Schools
Dr. Young-Aleibar has been a teacher and school leader in DCPS and is project director for the Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative for DCPS.
