Community Context: Influence and Implications for School Leadership Preparation

Effective K-12 leaders remain a central concern for schools and communities of all types. The purpose of this research is to examine critically the literature on issues facing leaders in rural and urban settings and present a synthesis of cross-cutting themes. The authors reviewed the theoretical and empirical literature on K-12 leadership issues in rural settings and in urban settings published between 2013-2018 in ten journals. An examination of the similarities and differences facing leaders in these settings in the United States and a discussion of the implications for leadership preparation programs is provided. Future research directions to guide the study of K-12 leadership are also discussed

Preparing Educational Leaders for Social Justice: Reimagining One Educational Leadership Program from the Ground Up

Thirty years after the report that started the latest round of educational reform, A Nation at Risk (National Commission on Education Excellence, 1983), the Wallace Foundation began funding a series of studies examining the preparation of school and district leaders. Bringing together findings from four reports, one each by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), The School Superintendents Association (AASA), the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), the Wallace Foundation issued five key recommendations for university preparation of school leaders. This call to action was sounded at a time when a shortage of school leaders is both active and continuingly predicted, and in which a seemingly ever-increasing focus on accountability continues to prevail. The attention to quality of the next generation of educational leaders equipped to face challenges of leading schools for the future in the Wallace report includes a focus on a high-quality curriculum emphasizing the skills principals most need, such as the ability to be instructional leaders, and also enables candidates to practice important job skills (Wallace Foundation, 2016)

Dismantling Ableism: The Moral Imperative for School Leaders

This is a special issue dedicated to exploring the efforts used in leadership development sectors such as education, public health and public administration to explicitly address abelism as a part of the professinal training program

Disability Studies and Educational Leadership Preparation: The Moral Imperative

This article details the experience of two instructors of P12 educational leadership programs in two university settings in different states, NY and NJ, as they seek to disrupt ableist thinking among educational leadership candidates. Analysis of data on placement of students with disabilities in New York and New Jersey from the period of 2014 to the present and state Department of Education field memos were used to contextualize their analysis of critical incidents relevant to their teaching experiences. The authors offer a critique of the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Continuum as it has been used to segregate students with disabilities from their non-disabled peers and offer suggestions for how educational leadership preparation should include a Disability Studies (DS) framework as a foundation to disrupt these taken for granted practices

Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, March 2023

Welcome to the March 2023 issue of the CDS Quarterly eNewsletter. Join us in celebrating Disability Awareness Month with special highlights in this issue that include: Featured Artist Alexandra McClurg, Release of Council for Exceptional Children-TV Film, Highlighting of CDS at #PacRim2023, Announcing RDS Winter News, Celebrating the Legacy of Judy Heumann, Recapping Hawaiʻi State Day at the Capitol, and much more.Special issue of the March 2023 eNewsletter highlights include: Featured Artist Leonard Mariano; Dec 15th Partner Seminar: Deaf in Government; Early Bird Registration #PacRim2023; Spring 2023 Disability Studies Courses; Hōkūlani Insider eNewsletter: Featured Artist Alexandra McClurg, Release of Council for Exceptional Children-TV Film, Highlighting of CDS at #PacRim2023, Announcing RDS Winter News, Celebrating the Legacy of Judy Heumann, Recapping Hawaiʻi State Day at the Capitol, and much more

Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, Decem ber 2022

Welcome to the December 2022 issue of the CDS Quarterly eNewsletter. Special highlights in this issue include: Make Art, Change Lives Featured Artist Leonard Mariano; Center on Disability Studies Dec 15th Partner Seminar: Deaf in Government; Pacific Rim Conference Early Bird Registration #PacRim2023; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Spring 2023 Disability Studies Courses; Hōkūlani Insider eNewsletter: Winter Release.Special eNewsletter highlights include: Featured Artist Leonard Mariano; Dec 15th Partner Seminar: Deaf in Government; Early Bird Registration #PacRim2023; Spring 2023 Disability Studies Courses; Hōkūlani Insider eNewsletter: Winter Release

Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, January 2022

Happy New Year and welcome to the January issue of the CDS eNewsletter. Despite the on-going pandemic, we hope to share our continued efforts at our Center to move forward towards improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities and other underrepresented groups. Specifically, we are excited to announce our keynote speakers for our virtual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity on February 28, 2022 to March 1, 2022. Registration is now on-going. We hope to see you at the conference. Other highlights from this January issue include: Robert Webb, Make Art, Change Lives Artist; Jan 2oth Seminar, Once a LEND Always a LEND; Dr. Önder İşlek, Spring 2022 Visiting Scholar; Review of Disability Studies Journal Special Issues; Project Hōkūlani, student video winners

Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, September 2023

Welcome to the September 2023 CDS Quarterly eNewsletter. Special highlights in this issue include: Maui Response Director’s Message Featured Artist Alexandra McClurg, MACL Educators Scholarship, Spark Aloha! H-PEP Inclusive First Aid/CPR/AED Upcoming Classes Nā Hōkū Newsletter Release, Project Hoʻokuʻi V Mia Ives-Rublee and Justice Shorter #PacRim 2024 Keynotes Hōkūlani Insider Newsletter Release, Project Hōkūlani Swim Safe: ASD Program Upcoming Classes Scholarships Opportunities, #PacRim2024 Sponsor and Exhibitor Invitations, #PacRim2024 Hawaiʻi Inclusive Early Childhood Professional Prep Project Soccer Classes, Wellness Matters Program Webinar with Dr. Jun Yaeda, University of Tsukuba, Japan September Events, Access to Independence Featured Film Release on KHON, The Power of Hoʻokuʻ

Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, September 2022

Welcome to the September 2022 issue of the CDS eNewsletter. Special highlights in this issue include: Featured Artist Lynnell Mateaki RDS Seeks Manuscript Review Board Members Exhibitor Release #PacRim2023 Introducing Deaf in Government Partnership #PacRim2023 Call for Presentation Proposals #PacRim2023 Legislative Forum Dates | Hawaiʻi DD Council Hawaiʻi's Path to Employment First Seminar Recording Now Available 2022-2023 CDS Community Advisory Council Introduction Website Launch Project Hoʻokuʻi V: Kūlia i ka Nuʻu Fall Announcements with Project Hōkūlani eNewsletterSpecial eNewsletter highlights include: Featured Artist Lynnell Mateaki; RDS Seeks Disability Studies Call for Reviewers; Pac Rim Exhibitor Invitation; Pac Rim Call for Proposals; Hawaiʻi State Council on Developmental Disabilities Legislative Forums; Presentation Hawaiʻi's Path to Employment First with Patrick Gartside available; Introducing 2022-2023 Community Advisory Council; Project Hoʻokuʻi V: Kūlia i ka Nuʻu Website Launch; and Project Hōkūlani 2022 Summer eNewsletter Release, Hōkūlani Insider

Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, June 2023

Welcome to our summer newsletter. In this issue we highlight many events and happenings sponsored by CDS during June and July that you don’t want to miss out on. Disability Pride Month is also celebrated each year in July. Disability Pride initially started as a day of celebration in 1990, the year that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. It is also an opportunity to raise awareness about improving access and inclusion. The first official Disability Pride celebration occurred in 2015 to commemorate the ADA’s 25th anniversary and the Disability Pride Flag was originally designed in 2019 by Ann Magill, who with feedback within the disabled community, refined its visual elements in 2021 to be more accessible. You can read more about how the disability pride flag helps increase the community’s visibility at https://go.hawaii.edu/qEX