
Step In, Step Up
Empowering Women for the School Leadership Journey (A 12-Week Educational Leadership Development Guide for Women)
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Step In, Step Up
Empowering Women for the School Leadership Journey (A 12-Week Educational Leadership Development Guide for Women)
About this book
Women have incredible potential to drive change in education if they step up to lead at all levels. In Step In, Step Up, authors Jane A. G. Kise and Barbara K. Watterston guide current and aspiring women leaders through a twelve-week leadership journey. An assortment of activities, reflection prompts, and stories empower readers to overcome gender barriers to female leadership and engage in opportunities to learn, grow, and lead within their school communities.
This book will inspire you to step into educational leadership with confidence.
- Examine the need for women in leadership positions at schools and districts.
- Consider your own leadership identity and learn where to make adjustments.
- Feel empowered to overcome gender barriers, female stereotypes, and the double bind experienced by women in leadership roles.
- Gain tools and strategies for creating an action plan for effective instructional leadership in schools.
- Learn about hard and soft leadership skills and their value in educational leadership.
- Complete reflection activities to reinforce learning and professional leadership development.
Contents:
About the Authors
Introduction: The Why and How of Women's Leadership Journey
Chapter 1: Engaging Women in School Leadership
Chapter 2: Navigating Gender Barriers
Chapter 3: Finding Time for the Leadership Journey
Chapter 4: Readying Yourself for Stepping Up
Chapter 5: Taking the Path to Maturity
Chapter 6: Knowing Your Hardwired Strengths
Chapter 7: Challenging Your High-Flying and Limiting Beliefs
Chapter 8: Exploring Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 9: Making Yourself Heard
Chapter 10: Finding the Courage for Tough Conversations
Chapter 11: Encouraging More Women to Lead
Chapter 12: Crafting Your Identity as a Female Leader
A Final Note
References and Resources
Index
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Introduction: The Why and How of Women’s Leadership Journey
- Chapter 1: Engaging Women in School Leadership
- Chapter 2: Navigating Gender Barriers
- Chapter 3: Finding Time for the Leadership Journey
- Chapter 4: Readying Yourself for Stepping Up
- Chapter 5: Taking the Path to Maturity
- Chapter 6: Knowing Your Hardwired Strengths
- Chapter 7: Challenging Your High-Flying and Limiting Beliefs
- Chapter 8: Exploring Emotional Intelligence
- Chapter 9: Making Yourself Heard
- Chapter 10: Finding the Courage for Tough Conversations
- Chapter 11: Encouraging More Women to Lead
- Chapter 12: Crafting Your Identity as a Female Leader
- A Final Note
- References and Resources
- Index