Associate Professor
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY
Access and Equity; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Administration; Educational Leadership; Educator Preparation; Multicultural Competence; Race, Inequality, and Education; Social Justice; School Leadership
Dr. Ian Mette's scholarship focuses on three main areas of expertise, namely 1) culturally responsive instructional supervision, 2) technical components of instructional supervision, and 3) rural educational leadership. With regards to culturally responsive instructional supervision, Dr. Mette has co-developed a culturally responsive instructional supervision framework that serves as the foundation for a more critical perspective on instructional supervision, something that has historically been missing from the supervision field. Dr. Mette's second area of scholarship focuses on the technical components of instruction supervision, where he critiques the policies of teacher supervision and evaluation models that reinforce accountability standards and deficit-oriented business management practices. Dr. Mette's third area of scholarship examines rural educational leadership, increasingly the development of equity-oriented rural educational leadership in predominantly white rural spaces.