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Owner: Veneice Guillory-Lacy
Owner Email: veneice.guillory-lacy@sjsu.edu
Paper Title: "Working Woke": Social Justice Leadership and Women of Color in K–12 Educational Leadership
Session Title: Walking and Working: Confronting Barriers to Social Justice
Paper Type: Paper
Presentation Date: 4/20/2020
Presentation Location: Online
Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, Leadership, Qualitative Research
Methodology: Qualitative
Author(s): Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Washington State University - Pullman
Unit: SIG-Leadership for Social Justice
Abstract: Educational leadership positions are important to the success of schools and the advancement of students. Women of color K-12 administrators occupy less than 5% of leadership positions in the United States. Thus, there should be more women of color K-12 administrators. Drawing from Critical Race Theory (CRT) (Ladson-Billings, 1995) with Applied Critical Leadership (ACL) (Santamaria, 2013) as a leadership practice, this paper will put theory into practice and offer the ways in which WOC K-12 administrators make sense of their leadership. The counter-narratives of WOC school administrators will illuminate their unique leadership styles and offer an inside look at how these women "work woke" and apply social justice leadership within their schools and communities.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/1576300