Final Reflections

Being a culturally proficient leader in the 21^st century is going to require an innovative approach to leadership.  Leaders should not be measured by the color of their skin but by the integrity of their leadership.  The best leaders are those who understand the needs of people and seek ways to help them reach their highest potential.  As a leader I hope to serve students, teachers, parents, and colleagues through a lens of social justice.  Social justice is about leveling the playing field or giving the same rights and opportunity to all people.  In order for this to happen, all stakeholders must actively support the vision of the school.  Students deserve to learn from an equitable standpoint and culturally proficient leadership is one way of focusing the efforts of a school in a specific, unified way to achieve common goals.  I firmly believe that the practice of culturally-aware leadership will promote the mutual respect, responsibility and accountability that is needed not just in today’s schools but throughout our communities as well.