The 60-Questions From The Latino Leadership Survey Instrument

The presence of Latino leaders in all levels of government is necessary in order to have advocates who will represent the needs of the Latino community. Although the Latino population is on the rise and quickly becoming one of the largest ethnic minorities in the United States, the ethnic and racial backgrounds of leaders in government positions are not reflective of our nation’s diversity. Leadership can be developed within the Latino community by individuals who are active participants, have strong roots in their community, and

Community leaders are attuned to demographic composition regarding male-female ratios, racial and ethnic makeup, age, employment and unemployment rates, and academic achievement to determine community assets and wants. Growing Latino diversity among various communities also has to be taken into account. Increases in Latino population can pose both possibilities and challenges. For rural America, especially areas with more elderly residents, new Latino members of the community can contribute toward enhancing the workforce and thereby reverse previous negative demographic trends. On the other hand, such a community may not have sufficient infrastructure to offer needed human services like Spanish-speakers and translation

Also within the school is a very diverse group of children with around fifty-seven percent of students identifying as white, nineteen percent identifying as black or African American, and seventeen percent identifying as Hispanic or Latino.

This artifact was a written final exam analyzing issues relating to leadership and diversity in the course Leadership in Multicultural Organizations. This artifact demonstrates knowledge, comprehension, and analysis of the concepts and theories of leadership, issues of diversity in organizations, and strategies for managing differences among today’s multicultural workforce. I selected this artifact because it discusses and describes the link between leadership approaches and diversity and it compares and contrasts current leadership practices in the United States (US).

Part I. Each question is worth 3 points. For multiple choice questions, use highlight or bold to mark your answers.

Methodological Issues Article Review. Read the following articles, which can be accessed through the ProQuest database in the Ashford University Library:

The Presentation Topic- “Past and Future of Latinos in USA” was focussed on the socio-economic condition of Latinos over the decades. The main areas of research were education, population growth, politics and job opportunities along the time window. A clear distinction was drawn in these areas of research for better understanding of the impact of lives of Latinos in USA.

The following 6 individuals are a few of the Hispanic public administrators that are currently representing the voices of their peers in the

The questions that Latino leaders should ask themselves are: What do we as a society want to do with our lives? Accomplish our goals, reach our dreams, exert what we desire, or be one more sheep in the herd? We need to be intelligent enough to avoid choosing the pathway that is exercised by the majority of immigrants in this country. As a matter of fact, a large portion of immigrants forget their culture, their roots, their family; they forget everything in order to “stand out” in any foreign country they migrate to. We have to ask ourselves if we want a change, or if we are going to permit that the majority of the Latin-American nations continue to be considered as third world countries. Do we want to continue being governed by corrupt leaders, liars, who only care about money, themselves, and only take advantage of “their” people? We have to ask ourselves if we are going to keep permitting corruptors to continue expanding, or whether someone is going to speak up for his people, his country, and for his family, someone who not only cares about money, nor just oneself, someone who actually cares about his community.

The study of Latinos in politics has become a very critical to the advancement of the community. This has become the case since statistically, there has been a tremendous wave of growth since the 1940s; today there are 60 million Latinos in the U.S. and this number is projected to rise to about 150 million by the year 2050, meaning 30%, or 1 in every 3 people, in the US will be of Latino origin. Taking into consideration these numbers “minority politics” would no longer seem an appropriate term. This is why Latino political interaction has become very important, however, in order to begin to understand this realm, one has to take into consideration the various forms of exclusion Latinos have faced based on the fact they they have identified

Latin-American Communities are growing larger and larger across the U.S. There are about 55 Million Hispanics in the United States; about 17% of the population. Even as Natural born citizen, or a Naturalized Citizens, Hispanics still face many troubles when living in America, such as; Racism, Immigration, Learning English, Etc.

(2009). Research Participant Recruitment in Hispanic Communities: Lessons Learned. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health, 13(2), 352-360.

“Understanding leadership in early childhood has been plagued by its confusion with the concept of management” (Rodd, 2013, p. 19). The quotation highlights the overlapping of different roles of leadership and management. It is true in respect that people misunderstand the true nature, roles and responsibilities of both the roles because the educational leaders play the role of manager in early childhood setting and the managers perform the duties of educational leader. The following essay will discuss the role of the leaders, which is different from the managers in early childhood settings. There will be discussion on the different skills and dispositions required to perform the role of a leader and a manager. There are different models and theories, which influence the way of working of the leaders and managers. First, the essay will explain the Collin’s level five leadership model; and Katz’s four development stages model followed by the Formal, Collegial and Cultural models of educational management in early childhood setting. Finally, the essay will compare and contrast the current theories of leadership; the charismatic theory, the transactional theory and the transformational theory of leadership. The different theories’ implication to the early educational settings will also be discussed through the essay.

Throughout this book, Sergiovanni is attempting to reframe the role of leadership in a school from an old paradigm focused on management and control and the view that a school is a formal organization, to a new paradigm of empowerment through caring, acknowledging the expertise of teachers and students, and facilitating their active participation in the school.

Effective school leadership today must combine the traditional school leadership duties such as teacher evaluation, budgeting, scheduling, and facilities maintenance with a deep involvement with specific aspects of teaching and learning. Effective instructional leaders are intensely involved in curricular and instructional issues that directly affect student achievement (Cotton, 2003). The writer of this paper acknowledges that school principals should play the role of instructional leaders, not just a school manager. The reality is that are many demands on a principals time and management skills making it difficult for most of them to spend time in classrooms, when performing teacher evaluation. Principals often make sure that teachers