CAPEA president's message

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by Debbie Stine

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This year marks the 18th publication of the California Association of Professors of Educational Administration's annual journal, Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, whose theme this year is Ethical Leadership for Social Responsibility: Leader Disposition and Training. In addition to this theme, several of our articles address the five focus areas that serve to inform CAPEA's future directions. These areas are Teaching and Program Development, Diversity and Social Justice, Technology, Research, and Advocacy. The ten articles that highlight this year's theme and CAPEA's focus areas present a broad range of perspectives addressing current challenges we face in educational leadership, asking us to consider new ways of framing the conversations that might lead to new directions for leaders and the organizations they guide. This conversation will be extended through vital and challenging presentations at our biannual conferences.

In our invited paper, Developing Leadership for Equity: What is the Role of Leadership Preparation Programs?, Jose A. Lopez, Kenneth R. Magdaleno, and Noni Mendoza Reis address this year's theme by continuing a discussion begun at the Spring 2006 CAPEA Conference. We must move beyond the "one size fits all" method of preparing future educational leaders and recognize the imperative to identify and prepare leaders of color. The authors suggest ways that