Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership

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.