What Type of School Leader Are You?

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What Type of School Leader Are You?

Discover your leadership style in education with our engaging quiz! This quiz is designed to help you reflect on your values, beliefs, and practices as an educational leader. Whether you see yourself as a cheerleader, a personal trainer, or something else, your answers will reveal important insights about your leadership approach.

12 thought-provoking questions
Understand your strengths and areas for growth
Gain insights into how your leadership style impacts your school community

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What book would be seen in your office?

How to Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

The Trust Imperative: Practical Approaches to School Leadership by Andrew Dolloff

Five Practices of Equity-Focused School Leadership by Radd et al.

You Can’t Say, You Can’t Play by Vivian Gussin Paley

What kind of bumper sticker would you have on the back of your car?

Make America Great Again

We are all in this together

Black Lives Matter

CoExist

When you hear the term “White-identified school”, the first thing that comes to mind is:

That school is not diverse

That school is presumed to be an academically superior school

That school needs to improve enrollment to include marginalized groups

That school needs to confront the oppressing systems that are contributing to inequity the most

On what criteria are students recommended for advanced placement classes?

Test scores, grades, and/or teacher recommendations

All students have access to supports that can help them achieve the test scores needed to get into AP classes.

Portfolio assessments highlighting students strengths and future goals.

We recognize that certain groups of students have not had access, the playing field is not level. Therefore, we actively promote proportional representation of students in all classes, including AP.

How do you promote stakeholder participation in your school community?

All are invited, some are more active than other

All are invited to join, opportunities are created to reach as many stakeholders as possible (time changes, food, childcare, etc.)

Actively promote participation of any marginalized groups because we need their voices to be heard, including translation services provided

Administration meets with school board once a month

According to teachers in your school district, what is the cultural 'norm' regarding teaching and learning?

All students can learn, but only when they are given culturally responsive resources and supports

All students can learn, but some have difficulty because of a lack of support at home

All students can learn because teachers do not view students’ background characteristics as impacting the teaching and learning process

All students can learn, but first we have to change our Eurocentric educational system because it was not created to provide opportunities to all students

How is your school community producing or disrupting inequities related to sex, gender expression, and sexuality?

We include conversations and education regarding these topics within the curriculum. Students have created clubs and organizations to further support one another.

Our students are all supported equally. All students can succeed through their means of self-efficacy.

Our focus is on academic achievement and not personal matters

We provide spaces for students to discuss challenges and feel supported through the spectrum of identities. Bathrooms are gender neutral.

What has been your #1 priority this year?

Improve standards and accountability for all

Market the school’s diversity in a positive light

Promote the voices of marginalized youth and communities of color on leadership teams and committees

Hire more educators and staff of color to represent student demographics

My office is filled with…

Inspirational quotes that reference The American Dream philosophy

Demographic data that show how policies lead to equity gaps

Standardized test score data by student sub-groups

Historical documents from district and local community to understand how policies have changed over time, who the key players have been in the process, and what positions have been taken

Teachers in my district are receiving professional development on…

Culturally sustaining pedagogy

Restorative justice practices

Classroom management to increase student engagement

Multicultural curriculum

What Type of School Leader Are You?

What Type of School Leader Are You?

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