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within the district; safeguarding the values of democracy,
equity, and diversity within the district; evaluating the
potential moral and legal consequences of decision
making in the district; and promoting social justice within
the district to ensure individual student needs inform all
aspects of schooling.
6. Promotes the success of every student by understanding,
responding to, and influencing the larger political, social,
economic, legal, and cultural context within the district
through advocating for district students, families, and
caregivers; acting to influence local, district, state, and
national decisions affecting student learning; and
anticipating and assessing emerging trends and initiatives
in order to adapt district-level leadership strategies.

The goals of the doctoral program address the following endeavors:

1. Implement efforts to identify and recruit into the doctoral
program representatives from groups currently under-
represented in school leadership positions;
2. Promote the acquisition of knowledge and skills by
program candidates necessary to successfully interact
with students from diverse populations;
3. Ensure program candidates possess the skills to assess and
interpret community values, aspirations, and to recognize
the social, political, and cultural context of schooling;
4. Ensure program candidates are able to articulate a well
conceptualized and educationally defensible position on
such issues as educational equity, equal opportunity,
access, and the moral and ethical dimensions of schools;
5. Attract program faculty who understand the importance
of maintaining collaborative relationships with practicing
school administrators as a means to ensure program
objectives, content, and instructional activities are
germane and attentive to the highest priority of current
and future school leaders;
6. Develop and sustain a program curriculum and other
instructional activities designed to assure candidates
acquire the knowledge and managerial leadership skills
required of district-based leaders of senior status; and,

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