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HQ Happenings

Dear Colleagues and friends,

Headquarters is happy to announce our search for a new Post-Doctoral Research Associate. This position is an opportunity to serve UCEA and our community by supporting organizational projects and contributing to HQ research efforts. The position is perfect for a scholar of educational leadership and policy, leadership preparation, adult learning, and development, or organizational improvement. For more information go here .

In recent months/weeks the rising attacks on the Asian community, incidents of police violence, and legislative assaults on Transgender people's rights have weighed heavily on us all. It seems that a day doesn't go by when we see don't see news of more deaths and more communities in mourning - all while still reeling from the consequences of the pandemic. In the midst of this, I keep returning to Shaun Harper's 2021 AERA Presidential Address, "We Share Responsibility." In his speech, he asked difficult questions about the role of educator preparation and educators, the nature of the educational system's complicity, and the reluctance among many to be "citizen scholars." There are no easy answers and we know that looking for those answers requires equal parts courage, strength, and love - as individuals and as a community. At Headquarters, we have begun some projects to better understand ourselves and to look at how we can more authentically embody our vision and values. To borrow from Paulo Freire, UCEA is in the process of becoming. I look forward to sharing more with you in the coming months.

Mónica

Mónica Byrne-Jiménez

Executive Director

Convention Corner

UCEA 2021 ANNUAL CONVENTION

Watch UCEA Convention Chair, Dr. David DeMatthews, discuss this year's theme, and invite you to attend in November.

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Reminder to submit your proposal submissions for our 35th Annual Convention. Deadline is May 16.

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Graduate Student Hub

10th Annual Graduate Student Summit

The UCEA Graduate Student Summit (GSS) is an annual pre-conference event organized by the UCEA Graduate Student Council. Now in its 10th year, the UCEA GSS has grown each year as it has become recognized by UCEA faculty members and graduate students as a valuable developmental experience for aspiring educational leadership faculty.

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Policy Minutes

PANDEMIC RELIEF LEGISLATION

The Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act narrowly became law, securing nearly $130 billion in emergency funding for schools. Districts will have a lot of spending discretion, but stakeholders are still debating plans to route money through Title I.
The Act also includes nearly $40 billion for post-secondary institutions. They must spend at least 50% of the funds on emergency, need-based grants for students.

FEDERAL SPENDING PROPOSALS

The Biden Administration’s proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan includes education-related provisions like universal Pre-K; child care; school building improvements; lead abatement; and community college infrastructure.
The Biden Administration unveiled its proposed budget for FY2022, with large increases in several education areas. Those include more than doubling Title I funding, a $6.2 billion increase in IDEA funding, $1.2 billion more for Head Start, and a $400 Pell Grant increase.

TITLE IX REVIEW

In respose to an executive order from President Biden, the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights announced that it will review its Title IX policies and regulations on sexual violence, gender discrimination, and LGBTQ+ rights.

ED LEADERSHIP FOREFRONT

Wallace Foundation

A new research report, supported by The Wallace Foundation, investigates The Role of Assistant Principals: Evidence and Insights for Advancing School Leadership. Authors Ellen Goldring, Mollie Rubin, and Mariesa Herrmann provide a synthesis and new analysis of over two decades of educational research. They share important insights about the shifts in AP prevalence, demographics, and roles over time as well as the implications of APs for equity concerns and school leadership pipeline. Learn more about the new report in a post on UCEA’s Quality Leadership Matters blog.

Be sure to read the first report, How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research, and see the webinar here.

UCEA Library

Educational Administration Quarterly

Journal of Research on Leadership Education

Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership

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Friends Of UCEA

NASSP ADVOCACY CONFERENCE

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is the keynote speaker. Registered conference attendees will have the chance to submit questions in advance for Secretary Cardona. There is still time to register.

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AACTE's EDUCATION DEANS IN DISCUSSION - WEBINAR

Leaning in and Leading Through Crisis

Join AACTE's Education Deans as they discuss how to lean in and lead through the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of systemic racism on campus and within their communities.

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AACTE WEBINAR - COMBATING RACISM

Responding to Anti-AAPI Racism in Educator Preparation: Seizing the Present Moment

AACTE is holding a webinar on Combating Racism in Educator Prep that centers on the lived experiences of our Asian and Asian-American friends, family, colleagues, and students.

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SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY SERIES

Education Commission of the States, wrote a three-part series blog that covers school accountability requirements, following the Every Student Succeeds Act enacted in December 2015. This series shares the history of the act, state implementation of those plans and how they have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.