Step In, Step Up. Jane A. G. Kise
Step In, Step Up
EMPOWERING
WOMEN
for the
SchoolLeadershipJourney
JANE A. G. KISE BARBARA K. WATTERSTON
Copyright © 2019 by Jane A. G. Kise and Barbara K. Watterston
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kise, Jane A. G., author. | Watterston, Barbara K., 1960- author.
Title: Step in, step up : empowering women for the school leadership journey / Jane A.G. Kise and Barbara K. Watterston.
Description: Bloomington, IN : Solution Tree Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018042850 | ISBN 9781943874309 (perfect bound)
Subjects: LCSH: Women school administrators. | Women in education. | Educational leadership.
Classification: LCC LB2831.8 .K57 2019 | DDC 370.82--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018042850
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
For two very special younger women leaders in Jane’s life, Mari and Lynn.
And for two significant women in Barbara’s life, her mother Grace and her daughter Emma.
Working together on this project while based in two far-flung countries means that our understanding of women in leadership benefitted from a wide network of voices from around the world.
First and foremost, we thank all the women who have attended conference sessions and programs on women in school leadership for sharing their thoughts, experiences, concerns, and suggestions for these pages. The other faculty members at the first Australian conference on this topic deserve special acknowledgment for helping to shape our thinking: Tonia Flanagan, Janelle Wills, and Lyn Sharratt.
We also want to thank the women who shared their stories of leadership with us for this book: Jennifer Abrams, Linda Douglas, Cassandra Erkens, Karen Gayle, Stacie Hansel, Joellen Killion, Annette Rome, Beth Russell, Dr. Lyn Sharratt, Lucy West, and Josephine Wise. Special thanks to our Hawaiian aunties, Trinidad Hunt and Lynne Truair, for their guidance on developing a leadership philosophy.
Gavin Grift of Solution Tree Australia originally introduced us to each other and encouraged this writing project, a clear example of how men and women can work together to encourage more women to step in and step up.
Solution Tree Press would like to thank the following reviewers:
Lorrie Hulbert
Principal
Floyd L. Bell Elementary
Windsor, New York
Melani Mouse
Assistant Superintendent of Academic Services
Putnam City Schools
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Lyn Turnell
Assistant Principal
Etowah High School
Woodstock, Georgia
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reproducible pages are in italics.
The Why and How of Women’s Leadership Journey
How to Get the Most From These Pages
Engaging Women in School Leadership
Gender Archetypes, Stereotypes, and Women in Leadership
The Gender Gap in Educational Leadership