“La Baila” Mentoring Frameworks for Advancing Latinas as School Leaders

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The nation’s schools are currently facing an unprecedented challenge with ensuring fair and just communities. These issues have heightened questions about racial justice and can no longer be ignored. Many school organizations enable the status quo by not confronting issues around gender and racial equity. Many Latinas want a seat at the leadership table and can be highly valued contributors for promoting just and equitable educational outcomes. This presentation amplifies the voices of Latina leaders who contributed their research-based accounts of Latina leadership formation, retention and recruitment, and theoretical frameworks for mentoring the advancement for Latinas in schools’ systems. This presentation critiques how we have come to understand Latina leadership while striving for social justice reform.

Sub Unit

• Division A - Administration / Division A - Section 5: Leadership Preparation Development

Chair

• Noni Mendoza-Reis, San José State University

Papers

• Canta Conmigo: What Latina Leaders Learn From Music, Regarding Leadership and Resistance to Oppression - Carmen Beck, California State University - San Bernardino

• The Monarch Route - Nadia Alvarez Mexia, University of Arizona

• Critical Incidents Impacting Latina Leadership Formation - Lauren Rocha, Tennessee State University

• Growing Latina School Leaders: Recruiting and Mentoring as Key Critical Aspects - Melissa A. Martinez, Texas State University; Sylvia Mendez-Morse, Texas Tech University

• The Role of Mentorship in Embracing and Elevating Hermanas - Blanca Baltazar-Sabbah, Cabrillo College

• Recognizing and Claiming Latina Leadership: Beyond Bridging and Bonding - Rosa Coronado

Discussants

• Sonia Rodriguez, National University

• Noni Mendoza-Reis, San José State University