Message from the LSI SIG Chair Fall 2022
This year the LSI-SIG Executive Committee has continued to explore opportunities for community building within our SIG while also leaning into this year’s UCEA conference theme: Working for/with Equity and Leadership toward Sustainability. I believe LSI SIG is well poised to address this theme as our members represent scholars across the hierarchy and various disciplines within Educational Leadership. Make sure to join our lunch event at UCEA convention; we will engage in research-focused conversations on improvement-related topics while we reconnect and eat! We are excited to with many of the LSI SIG members as we come back together as a community committed to advancing the knowledge and practice of leadership for school improvement.
I also encourage you to reach out to the presenters, make connections, and start conversations on how to move the presented research to practice with an equity lens. As we prepare for UCEA convention this fall, I would like to thank you for being a SIG member and contributing your voice to the LSI community. I would also like to thank the Executive Committee members and the Research Development Program leaders for their service to the SIG.
Moving forward, the LSI SIG will be revisiting its mission statement, taking a social justice and equity lens to explore 4 main questions about our SIG. I hope this 4-question framework serves as transparency to our members and as a useful tool for the SIG in the years to come:
Thank you for all you support this year and your readiness to bend the arc for our LSI SIG toward justice. Your participation is essential to keep this momentum going. Please feel free to send your thoughts to any of the LSI SIG or RDP committee members. And if you are engaged in social media, we invite you to join our community’s conversations on Twitter (@AERALSI). It is an honor to serve as your chair this year.
Your LSI SIG chair
Julia Mahfouz
University of Colorado Denver