Women as Educational Leaders
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Women as Educational Leaders: Potential, Possibility and Pitfalls
1. How can we promote female presenters?
2. What can we do to position female leaders?
3. How do we share our collective intellectual, practical and cultural knowledge to push the boundaries of thinking about educational leadership?
4. How might we shape the development and sustainability of effective educational systems defined by responsive patterns of thought and action?
5. What are the knowledge, skills and dispositions that ensure successful presentations?
6. What are the blockers (self imposed or otherwise) that stop women presenting at this level that we can collectively dismantle or move around?
7. What strategies support us to become even more emotionally resilient as we objectively assess our impact?
8. How can we promote female presenters in the long run?
9. How can we organise something together on this issue in the near future?
10. How do we build capacity and understanding of the importance of female leaders....leadership lessons for inquiry.
11. What concrete strategies can we commit to - in supporting each other as women in a global Professional Learning Community?
12. How do we cultivate, stretch and celebrate growth mindsets and authenticity in leadership?
13. How do we ensure women's voices are included, heard and valued in educational debates? How do we support a global network of women educational leaders?
14. How can we unleash teacher led innovation to collectively solve the toughest challenges in education?
15. How do we approach gender inequities in senior leadership? How can we coach/mentor aspiring women leaders to deal with conflict/ confrontation?
16. How can shift the conversation from the "personal" (our individual, shared stories, struggles, & triumphs) to the "political" (institutional structures and practice) in order to help us develop a collective practice/approach needed to effect social change?
17. How do we cultivate and grow the next generation of innovative leaders that can lead schools, and public services, that better meet the needs of those they serve?
18. Are we all being inspiring role models at work and at home? are we making leadership look attractive?
19. How do we support women in leadership, address our own mental mountains and feed our souls and spirits to keep going?
20. Women in positions of leadership - how to overcome the hurdles, real or imaginary, by chance or strategy?
21. Is there are tall poppy syndrome in general?
22. How can we leverage social media and the power of connection to cultivate and promote more women in educational leadership?
23. How do we recognise women in leadership? in principal leadership?
24. What skills, knowledge and understanding do women bring to educational leadership?
25. How do principals demonstrate evidence of the impact of their professional learning?
Alma Harris @almaharris1 Malyasia London How we make all leaders effective? | Margareth de Wit @MargarethdeWit Amsterdam, Netherlands | Jenny Lewis @JennyLewisAssoc Leading for growth of self and others |
Jennifer Abrams @jenniferabrams California, USAHaving Hard Conversations, Generational Savvy | Paula Kwan @pkwan2 Hong Kong-School governance, school leadership and culture | Diane Bernier--Ouellette @OuelletteDiane Prince Edward Island Canada-Strong literacy skills in French minority language settings |
Karen Edge @drkarenedgeLondon, UK | Ottawa, Canada - Education Policy, Education, Leadership, Knowledge | Aviz Glaze @AvisGlaze Ontario-Canada - Breaking barriers: Excellence and equity for all. High impact strategies for teaching and learning. | Carol Campbell @CarolCampbell4 Ontario, Canada - Leading evidence-informed educational improvement |
Karen Edge @drkarenedge
London, UK | Ottawa, Canada - Education Policy, Education, Leadership, Knowledge
Aviz Glaze @AvisGlaze
Louisa Rennie @LouisaJRennieDirector-school leadership & educational practice Director, Australian Principal Certification Program. Principals Australia Institute | Lori B McEwen Providence, Rhode Island. Instruction, leadership and equity. | Michelle Suzette Jones @MichelleSJones1Institute of Educational Leadership, University of Malaya - School leadership, professional learning communities and blended learning |
Louisa Rennie @LouisaJRennie
Director-school leadership & educational practice
Director, Australian Principal Certification Program. Principals Australia Institute
Joanne Pitman @JoannePitman5 Alberta, Canada-Intentional Leadership and System Effectiveness | Lyn Sharratt @LynSharrattOntario, Canada. International Curriculum Consultant | Gillian Hamilton @CEOScel Scotland. Building leadership capacity across a system. |
Summer Howarth @EduSum Melbourne, Australia. Early Career Teacher Capacity building, Student Voice, Innovation, Middle Years | Vivienne Porritt @LCLL_Director Co-founder of @WomenEd | Katina Pollock @DrKatinaPollock Canada - Educational leadership and knoweldge mobilization |
Gabrielle Doye @TLCEWA Perth, Australia-Excellent leaders influence teachers who impact student outcomes | Keren Caple @kerencaplePerth, Australia - Learning, teaching and leadership; professional learning; system change; strategic and policy planning and development. | Nicole Archard @NicoleArchard Sydney, Australia. Women and Leadership and Preparing girls as future women leaders |
Gabrielle Doye @TLCEWA
Keren Caple @kerencaple
Perth, Australia - Learning, teaching and leadership; professional learning; system change; strategic and policy planning and development.
Tamara Hubley-Little Prince Edward Island, Canada - Leading (adj and vb) Systems of Student Achievement | Sherri Lake @auslaker Australia - Authenticity | Will YOU join us? |