Sparking Change to Promote Equity : Implementing Culturally Responsive Leadership Practices in Gifted and Advanced Programs

Sparking Change to Promote Equity illuminates the skills and practices that campus and district-level leaders of gifted and advanced programs need to encourage and support minoritized student success in today’s classrooms.

Designed to empower leaders and stakeholders to build a more equitably represented student population within gifted and advanced programs, Sparking Change chapters offer a discourse on the benefit of incorporating culturally responsive gifted leadership practices open the gateway toward knowing, accepting, and nurturing each student according to their true needs, challenges, and abilities.

In the context of the complexities of today’s schools and advanced programs, this book provides recommendations and strategies towards developing an equitable leadership stance that is needed in gifted and advanced education.

Whether you are new to leadership, experienced, or an aspiring leader seeking to advance equity in gifted and advanced education, this book is a valuable resource for educational leaders to become more eqitable in advanced learning.