Making a Difference

The book, Making a Difference, is a first for the field of educational supervision and its practices in schools. Authors Ian M. Mette, Dwayne Ray Cormier, and Yanira Oliveras unpack important foundations for leaders who care about equity in schools and the moral leadership needed to steer systems and their people to create fair practices built on trust, respect for diversity, and leveraging belonging as foundational to the success of teachers and their students. The many lessons offered will make a difference in the lives of those who populate schools.

The reader will walk away energized by the messages about the value of codified processes involved with conducting classroom observations and engaging in conversations to unpack bias for both leaders and peers alike. The lift necessary to create new paradigms about this important work will yield more equitable practices for leaders, and teachers—all working on behalf of educating children.

This is a book that I will consult often.

-- Sally J. Zepeda, professor, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Geo