LEAD 7600 Culturally Responsive Leadership

Culturally Responsive Leadership is designed to help leaders create and maintain caring, respectful communities in which all people feel safe, valued, respected, and empowered to lead their organizations. The course will emphasize the development of one’s social skills and competencies necessary for building and maintaining culturally responsive organizations. Candidates will face the challenge of assessing and developing a plan for sustaining a culture of equity and inclusion within their organizations. They will also examine historical and philosophical foundations influencing the nature of ethical leadership in our democratic society and apply their understandings to their personal and professional biases. Candidates will learn what it means to be “culturally responsive” in order to establish organizations in which people become culturally sensitive. Candidates will acquire a deeper understanding of themselves as culturally responsive leaders, policy makers, and social justice advocates. Prerequisite(s): Permission Required
Credits: 3.0