Women dominate the ranks of classroom teachers but are not as broadly represented among school and district leaders. How can we support women school leaders and better use the unique qualities women can bring to leadership positions?

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Dr. Stacie L. Stanley, Dr. Delores Lindsey and Dr. Trudy Arriaga are the co-authors of the best selling book Leading While Female: A Culturally Proficient Response for Gender Equity.

Dr. Stacie Stanley is a fierce advocate for ensuring women are positioned to move into executive leadership roles – including a special focus on women of color. She has served as the Superintendent in the southwest metro area of the Twin Cities in MN since 2021. She has held a variety of education roles including math teacher, school principal, director of curriculum, assessment and instruction & prior to her recent appointment she served as the associate superintendent of Eden Prairie Schools and earned a doctorate degree from Bethel University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she researched the impact of intercultural development on K-6 administrative leadership practice. Dr. Stanley served as a contributing author for the text Innovative Voices in Education: Engaging diverse communities (2012) and also serves as a Senior Training Associate at the Center for Culturally Proficient Educational Practice.

Dr. Delores Lindsey, a former middle grades and high school teacher, assistant principal, and county office of education administrator and retired Associate Professor of Education at California State University, San Marcos, CA, focuses on developing culturally proficient leaders. Delores and her husband, Randy, co-founded The Center for Culturally Proficient Educational Practice. They developed a 10-day curriculum using the 4 Tools of Cultural Proficiency for equity leaders of schools and organizations.

Dr. Trudy Arriaga is a former public school superintendent in Ventura, CA and currently serves as a faculty member in the Graduate School of Education at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. She is a national consultant in equitable leadership.