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With the rapidly changing nature of the New Zealand educational landscape, opportunities for educational leaders to critically examine current issues of importance and interest in a timely manner are essential. As such, the topic of this paper is co-constructed within the professional learning community of educational leaders in order to inquire into, address and respond to pressing and relevant issues in education. Working from a critical perspective, the paper is structured for students to locate and examine the topic alongside current leadership discourses, theory and literature to explore issues and challenges from national and international perspectives. This paper is structured to provide progressive and reflective dialogic encounters, along with opportunities for participants to develop strategic actions which seek to respond and contribute to the broader educational leadership debates and educational change.