Extraordinary stories from everyday women leaders

The Tools form the foundation for assessing equity journeys and implementing an action plan for shifting school district leaders from inequitable practices to equitable practices. Many women reported following a "traditional female route" to include elementary teacher, elementary principal, or curriculum and instruction related pathways as opposed to athletic coach, high school principal, district office administrator in human relations, business or technology, then on to assistant superintendent and superintendent. The lack of opportunities limited the ways women were seen as the "fit" for executive leadership positions. [...]the women leaders reported statements by supervisors as, * "It's not your time yet." * "You need more experience. From gender inequity to gender equity Unlike the research of the late 20th century that emphasized the numerical representation of women in leadership roles, our narrative data focuses on the everyday female leader and the relationships of social/ cultural interactions of gender and power in women's career journeys.