Step In, Step Up: Empowering Women for the School Leadership Journey (A 12-Week Educational Leadership Development Guide for Women)
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Overview
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
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781943874316 |
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Publisher: | Solution Tree Press |
Publication date: | 04/03/2019 |
Series: | Every Student Can Learn Mathematics |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 256 |
File size: | 3 MB |
Table of Contents
About the Authors ix
Introduction: The Why and How of Women's Leadership Journey 1
Leadership and Power 2
The Why of This Book 3
The How of This Book 5
Chapter Overview 5
How to get the Most From These Pages 7
Chapter 1 Engaging Women in School Leadership 9
Gender Archetypes, Stereotypes, and Women in Leadership 10
The Gender Gap in Educational Leadership 12
Trends in Gender and Leadership 15
Practical and Prophetic Reasons to Have More Women Leaders 18
Next Steps in the Journey 31
Step in for Further Reflection 31
Chapter 2 Navigating Gender Barriers 33
What Women Want 35
What Gets in the Way 38
What Women Can Do 44
Next Steps in the Journey 48
Step in for Further Reflection 48
Chapter 3 Finding Time for the Leadership Journey 51
So Much to Do, So Little Time 52
Brain Energy and Bandwidth 55
Fueling Your Brain 56
Balancing Your Priorities 59
Focusing Your Attention 60
Next Steps in the Journey 65
Step in for Further Reflection 65
Chapter 4 Readying Yourself for Stepping Up 67
"Why Me? I'm Not Ready!" 68
The Benefits of Becoming a Leader 69
The Pedagogical Gifts of a Good Leader 71
Collaboration and Shared Leadership 73
Leadership and Views of Power 75
Personal Leadership Resources 76
Next Steps in the Journey 80
Step in for Further Reflection 80
Chapter 5 Taking the Path to Maturity 83
Stages of Adult Development 86
Reflection on People's Capacity 92
Next Steps in the Journey 93
Step in for Further Reflection 93
Individual Contribution and Collaboration Polarity 97
Chapter 6 Knowing Your Hardwired Strengths 99
How Thinking and Feeling Preferences Impact Leadership 102
How Decision-Making Preferences Impact Leadership 105
Your Decision-Making Style and Leadership 106
Next Steps in the Journey 111
Step in for Further Reflection 111
Chapter 7 Challenging Your High-Flying and Limiting Beliefs 115
Deselect Your Default 117
Embrace Your Confidence 119
Shift Your View on Vulnerability 121
Don't Get Derailed by the Impostor Syndrome 122
Stand Tall in Your Self-Worth 124
Reach Your Potential Through Growth 126
Next Steps in the Journey 128
Step in for Further Reflection 128
Chapter 8 Exploring Emotional Intelligence 131
A Definition of Emotional Intelligence 132
Emotional Self-Awareness 135
Self-Management of Emotions 138
Social Awareness of Emotions 141
Relationship Management 144
Next Steps in the Journey 148
Step in for Further Reflection 148
EQ Components for Development 150
Chapter 9 Making Yourself Heard 153
To Be or Not to Be Assertive 154
Why Men and Women Communicate Differently in the Workplace 155
Adding the Feminine Viewpoint to Education 158
Avoiding Gendered Communication Traps 160
Next Steps in the Journey 163
Step in for Further Reflection 164
Polarity Thinking® Map for Communication Effectiveness 168
Chapter 10 Finding the Courage for Tough Conversations 169
Your Capacity for Difficult Conversations 172
When to Speak Up 173
How to Speak Up 178
Next Steps in the Journey 182
Step in for Further Reflection 183
Chapter 11 Encouraging More Women to Lead 185
A More Systematic Leadership Talent Search 188
Networks and Learning Opportunities 190
Women in School Leadership Programs 193
Mentors and Coaches 194
Readiness for the Leadership Job Search 197
Next Steps in the Journey 199
Step in for Further Reflection 199
Chapter 12 Crafting Your Identity as a Female Leader 203
Realizing That it Isn't, and It Is, All About You 203
Dealing With Leadership's Inevitable Stress 205
Determining Your Leadership Impact 206
Limiting Your Leadership Goals 207
Balancing Work and Life 210
Next Steps in the Journey 211
Step in for Further Reflection 211
A Final Note 215
References and Resources 217
Index 235
What People are Saying About This
"Step In, Step Up is a must-read book for all women in education, at every level. It will help women reframe how they see themselves as leaders and break through the barriers, both internal and external, to amplifying their impact as educators. As in every sphere, we need more women challenging norms and leading change. If you've ever doubted your ability to be a powerful change agent, this book is for you."
Margie Warrell, women's leadership advocate; author, Stop Playing Safe and Make Your Mark
"This much-needed book, Step In, Step Up, is a guide for current and aspiring women leaders to use their sense of empowerment to discover their leadership identity and overcome the gender barriers to educational leadership. Authors Kise and Watterston dynamically engage the reader in identifying with their thorough research, explicit theory, and thought-provoking ideas that have worked in practice. As the authors note, 'When women work with other women, great things can happen.' This book needs to be on every woman's bookshelf."
Dr. Lyn Sharratt, international consultant and author
"Step In, Step Up is a practical, informative, and accessible book that provides insightful advice for women either in or contemplating a career in school leadership. Interspersed throughout the book are provocative questions to help women reflect on their values, strengths, and skills, as well as useful strategies for dealing with barriers and challenges they are likely to face as they navigate the leadership journey."
Lisa C. Ehrich, consultant; adjunct associate professor, faculty of education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
"Step In, Step Up is a truly inspiring book on so many levels. It is rich with research about what has historically stopped women from stepping up and what stops women now; but it certainly doesn't leave readers defeated. Instead, this helpful resource pushes readers forward with strategies for how to get into leadership, builds self-awareness, challenges limiting beliefs, and provides tools and structures readers can put in place to step up! I'm grateful to have this on my bookshelf to refer to and to share with others who are stepping into leadership."
Jennifer Abrams, communications consultant; author, Having Hard Conversations and Swimming in the Deep End: Four Foundational Skills for Leading Successful School Initiatives
"The call to look at new ways of leadership that appropriately recognize the capabilities of females is profound and timely. In Step In, Step Up, authors Kise and Watterston cite both qualitative and quantitative evidence for their findings and recommendations. They explore notions of power in relation to society and gender, and they evidence cited acts as a call to action for better ways of doing things that free us of bias and past poor practices. We owe it to our children and the staff in our schools, as well as the countless younger women for whom this book may indeed be the difference in deciding to pursue leadership. This book helps start the discussions that are rarely encountered in schools or at system or sector leadership, involving both women and men and current and future leaders."
Annette Rome, principal, St. Margaret's and Berwick Grammar School, Australia
"In Step In, Step Up, authors Kise and Watterston provide inspiration, information, and support to female educators who aspire to leadership roles. They present a gentle and consistent narrative, grounded in contemporary research and illustrated by real women's experiences both in the United States and Australia. This resource describes how feminine values can inspire and guide others to be bold and take risks, and provides meaningful exercises and reflection activities that take readers through a metaphorical journey to identify and celebrate who they are and what they can bring to school leadership. For me, this book is truthful and encapsulates common experiences; it validates my own experiences and leadership journey, and I believe other women will have the same reaction."
Stacie Hansel, executive director, State Schools Performance, Queensland Department of Education, Australia
"In a changing educational landscape, with its heightened focus on differentiation, collaboration, and personal growth for learners, it is so refreshing to see that same emphasis being applied to leadership learning for women. Step In, Step Up is a true gift for aspiring women leaders in education, and I can see that it will support many women in their pathway to leadership. The richness of resources, alongside a balance of reflection and practice, will empower women to truly find their why and confidently develop an informed and personal vision of school leadership. I cannot thank the authors enough for providing a guided leadership journey for women, one we can use collaboratively, helping each other to succeed. It is truly empowering and exciting, and I can't wait to get started."
Linda Douglas, principal, Ruyton Girls' School, Australia