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Explore the Experiences of 70 Successful Female Leaders
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Featuring the experiences of over 70 successful female leaders in international, public, and private schools around the world, Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership brings together interconnected stories about the realities of being a woman in K–12 school leadership today. Women face distinct and unique challenges in pursuing a leadership pathway in schools; unfortunately, most of the obstacles facing women are hidden and only become visible when encountered on the journey to leadership. This book uncovers these invisible obstacles and shares the personal journeys of real women who have overcome them. Chapters feature powerful stories woven together to provide takeaway strategies and address common themes for women in leadership, including unconscious bias and daily microaggressions; physical, linguistic, and cultural expectations of leaders; perception (or reality) of lack of opportunities for women; impostor syndrome and double standards; and availability of mentorship and guidance. This impactful book provides actionable steps for both aspiring leaders and established leaders ready to support growing leaders in their school communities.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Meet Christina!
As a career educator, I began my teaching after graduating from university. My first experiences in the United States were in independent, private, and public school settings. Over the course of 14 years in the United States, my experiences included teaching students across the K-12 continuum, at the university level, and in adult continuing education settings. In 2003, I responded to a strong desire to live abroad by accepting a job teaching English Language Arts at the middle school level in an international school in Kuwait. As I entered the international stage of my career in education, I began to take on informal and formal leadership roles. My leadership roles highlight my passion for teaching and learning, including K-12 chief academic director, K-12 curriculum director, international facilitator, principal, school visit team member, workshop leader, and unit reviewer. I have become the leader that I am today through leading and training educators to become better listeners, collaborators, and thinkers. My growth and development as a woman in educational leadership has been, and continues to be, a profound part of who I am.
meet kim!
Kim has been an educator in international schools since August 2000. Having lived and worked in Germany, Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan, Kim has had a variety of roles in international schools, including (her favorite) instructional coach.
Kim is the host of the #coachbetter podcast, author of several books including Finding Your Path as a Woman In School Leadership (based on the Women Who Lead interviews), and frequently speaks and writes about the power of coaching to sustain change in schools.
In addition to her work in education, Kim is also a competitive powerlifter, currently on the Thai National Team as the 63kg M1 representative for Thailand.
Based in Bangkok, Kim is the Founder and CEO of Eduro Learning, where she supports educators and schools to develop sustainable and successful instructional coaching programs.