Most principal preparation programs never formally taught culturally responsive leadership. Not yours. Not mine. Not most of ours.
Research confirms it — Khalifa, Gooden and Davis (2016) found that culturally responsive leadership is largely absent from principal preparation and evaluation systems across the country, leaving most school leaders without the tools to fully serve their Black and Brown students.
That is not a failure of character. It is a gap in how we were all prepared.
I led an elementary school through a pandemic, a school merger, and a teacher retention crisis — and moved the school from failing to thriving in just two years. One of the answers, alongside instruction, was culture. But I had no system. No framework. No language for what I was doing.
It was not until I began my doctoral studies that I found the research behind what I was already feeling my way through. And it is only now — after completing my doctorate — that I have organized it into a framework other leaders can use.
That framework is A.S.C.E.N.D. And The Intentional Leader Strategy Session is where your journey begins.
BONUS: Book by April 30th and receive the Cultural Responsiveness Assessment FREE — a $99 value — absolutely free!
In 60 Minutes You Will Walk Away With:
1. A Cultural Responsiveness Snapshot
An honest picture of where you stand as a leader and where your school stands as a result — so you know exactly where your growth journey begins.
2. A Personalized A.S.C.E.N.D. Action Plan
A clear, customized roadmap tied directly to your assessment results — so you know precisely what to do in the next 30 days.
3. Your One Shift
The single mindset change that will unlock the most transformation in your school — identified in your own words during the session.
This Session Is For You If...
• You are a principal or administrator serving Black and Brown students
• You want to lead with cultural intention but were never given a framework to do it
• Things are working in your school but you cannot explain why — or how to sustain it
• You are ready to stop guessing and start leading with a system
• You want a thought partner — not another training
BONUS: Book by April 30th and receive the Cultural Responsiveness Assessment FREE — a $99 value — absolutely free!
About Dr. Harriette Thompkins
Dr. Harriette Thompkins is the founder of IntentionalLeadersK12 and a doctoral-level educational leader with over 26 years of experience in K-12 leadership. She has served as teacher, department chair, academy coordinator, assistant principal, and principal — and led a school turnaround from Failing to Thriving with a two-year 20 point gain in the aftermath of a pandemic.
She currently serves as a Principal Mentor with the Council for Leaders of Alabama Schools (CLAS) and the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System (APLDS) and holds a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Law with research focused on principal mentoring and culturally responsive leadership practices.
She created IntentionalleadersK12 because she knows firsthand what it costs to lead without a culturally responsive framework — and she is committed to making sure no other school leader has to figure it out alone.
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