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The plan to use semi structured interviews with principals and assistant principals fits well with the type of insight the study is trying to capture around culturally responsive leadership. Leadership decisions and experiences in this area can be difficult to understand through surveys alone. One question that came to mind relates to sample size. Have you thought about how many leaders you might interview and what point you would consider data saturation? Defining a rough range early could help with both recruitment planning and your IRB submission. Curiosity also came up around the document review portion of the study. Will the analysis include materials such as district equity plans, school improvement plans, or leadership guidance documents? Identifying the types of documents in advance might strengthen the connection between the interview data and the organizational context in which those leaders are operating. Recruitment may also benefit from working through district leadership networks or superintendent offices. Those relationships might help create an entry point with principals who already have demanding schedules.