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January 29, 2016
The Community Just Won’t Understand — Diversity in Wellborne
ELDEx Case list description: Leading Diversity
This case experience highlights a leadership challenge in managing diversity at the school and school district level. The case is set in a fictional city on the West Coast: Wellborne, but you will begin your learning experience with within ELDEx considering video footage from incidents relating to leading diverse schools from New York City school. This case experience leverages various media and technology to immerse you in this learning process. The purpose of this learning experience is to empower and prepare you as leaders for the dynamic challenges of the urban education leadership role.
The first video you will see a rally that took place in 2007 in New York City in support of the Khalil Gibran International Academy in response to sustained hateful and false attacks against the school by anti-Arab media and extremists.
VIDEO 1: Rally to Support Khalil Gibran International Academy [YouTube Link]
This second video includes footage relating to the same issue with New York Councilman Liu talking about the implications of racism and bullying for urban education leaders.
VIDEO 2: NYC Councilman Liu on Racism and Bullying [YouTube Link]
Registered participants will begin their collaborative multimedia case experience at Teachers College Columbia University on January 29, 2016 (4-7 pm) in Horace Mann Hall Room 150. [Event Map]
If you are interested in attending any of the colloquium and multimedia case experience sessions this spring hosted by the Urban Education Leaders Collaborative at Teachers College Columbia University, please register for tickets using the links below.
Future sessions in this series will be held on:
- Friday, February 26 – Leading Safe Schools
- Friday, March 25 – State Takeover & Strategic Planning (New Jersey)
- Friday, April 29 – State Takeover & Strategic Planning (Arkansas)
- Friday, May 20 – Leadership for College & Career Readiness
- Friday, June 10 – Leadership for Teacher Retention