The Diversity in Leadership Institute, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, identifies, develops, and supports racially diverse public school leaders to serve as change agents to close the opportunity gap, through movement building, growing talent pipelines for excellence in school leadership and advocacy.
We believe in the brilliance and unique talents of all children. Given the right support, resources, and guidance, all young people can succeed. A critical ingredient to their success at school, however, is having a leader who sees the diversity of students as an asset, not something to overcome.
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Through our approach to developing exceptional educational leaders that are racially diverse and culturally competent, we will not only improve academic and social outcomes for students, but we will affect policy and practice to create sustainable change. We foster conditions that increase retention among public school educators of color, encourage advocacy, incite collaboration among schools and their community, to ultimately instill a sense of confidence between parents, teachers and administrators, to create equitable outcomes for historically marginalized students.
We take a multi-pronged approach to build an effective administrator pipeline that is more reflective of the public-school communities we serve across California.
DLI works collaboratively with districts and charter schools/networks to provide several critical services such as workshops, evaluation of current RDEI philosophies and practices, proposing solutions, performing assessments and reflections, and continued support during and post engagement including a community and network through the Principal of Color Network.
In partnership with Loyola Marymount University, the DLI fellowship launched in the Fall of 2021. It provides a 16-month experience for aspiring, rising and current school leaders of color, focused on Cultural Responsive School Leadership, racial diversity, equity and inclusion. Aligned with California administrative credentialing requirements, fellows dive deeply into: the role a leader’s own cultural identity plays in their leadership (self-awareness), and how systemic and structural racism and white supremacy (power and privilege) has impacted them and their perspective as educators, educational leaders, and the students and families they serve.
To remove the financial burden associated with the cost of being an educator, we offer a low-cost option for program participants.
DLI collaborates with the Charting the Course to Equity Coalition to develop and implement a strategic plan to address racial diversity among public school administrators. Leveraging the collective strength of these organizations, we create the policy and advocacy conditions to compel politicians and school systems to act.
The Principal of Color Network convenes several times a year to share best practices, celebrate successes, challenge each other, network, provide opportunities for promotion, provide safe spaces for leaders of color to engage in, and advocate for systems that are responsive to the needs of the most marginalized students.
“What stood out most to me about the Diversity in Leadership Institute... was the data. We spend millions of dollars every year trying to address the disparate educational outcomes that we see in our world today. We try to make kids grittier, we extend hours in the school day, but school leaders of color affect these outcomes more than many of these interventions…”
“Research shows that educators of color have a positive impact on all students. That's why I'm a member of the DLI. Currently, there's a shortage of educators of color, especially Black teachers and school leaders working with our students in California public schools. The DLI intends to change that by amplifying the great work that's already happening out there in our schools and by supporting more aspiring school leaders of color along that pipeline toward school leadership.”
“The DLI program is the only educational space that I have participated in specifically designed for educators of color. Instructors were exceptionally relational, bridged theory and practice and leveraged their school district positions to bring dynamic guest speakers to class. The program leaned into developing transformative leadership competencies and continual reflection. I could not recommend DLI more highly!”
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The Charting the Course to Equity Coalition is a powerful network of organizations that see school administrators’ racial diversity and cultural competence as critical levers in creating successful school environments the yield positive student outcomes.
We believe that through combined, coordinated and aligned efforts, the Coalition will effect systems change. Meet the organizations joined as lead partners.
Your donation to the Diversity in Leadership Institute will help increase racial diversity, equity, inclusion and cultural competence among charter school and district administrators as a means to increase academic and social outcomes for Black and Latinx students in California.
