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Texas Council of Women School Executives (TCWSE) Presidential Service Award 2022

100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont, Keynote Speaker and Service Award 2022

Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) Region Presidential Service Award 2021

Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) Region TEPSAN of the Year 2021

Texas Council of Women School Executives (TCWSE) Bravo for Exemplary Practice and Innovation 2018

Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) Region TEPSAN of the Year 2016

Kathryn Washington, Ed.D.

Masters program - Educational Leadership:

• Fundamentals of Leadership
• The Principalship
• Human Resources Development
• Leadership for Accountability

Doctoral program - Doctoral Studies:

• Global Leadership Issues
• Academic Research Writing I
• Academic Research Writing II
• Dissertation I, II, III, IV

Courses created for Master of Arts in Teaching:

• Effective Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Schools
• Instructional Design and Assessment in Understanding Populations
• The Learning Process and Differentiated Instruction
• Applied Learning and Advocacy in the Community

Certifications

• Superintendent EC-12 grades
• Principal EC-12 grades
• English as a Second Language 1-8 grades
• Mathematics from 1-8 grades
• Self-Contained Elementary Education all levels

2022-Present
Membership Chair, American Educational Research Association, Research on Women and Education SIG

2022-2023
President, Texas Council of Women School Executives

2020-2022
President of Region 6, Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association

2013-2019
Adjunct Professor, Houston Baptist University

School of Education and Behavioral Sciences –Educational Research & Classroom Management (Hybrid) and Online Courses Taught:

Educating Gifted Learners Classroom Management Clinical Teaching Seminar

TCH Methodology: Professional

2010-2013
Board of Regents, Vice Chair, Charles H. Mason Bible College and Institute

2008-2010
Adjunct Professor, Sam Houston State University Educational Leadership and Counseling – Online Courses Taught:

Principalship Psychology of Learning Educational Research

2007-2019
Principal, Goodrich Independent School District, Goodrich Elementary School – Grades Pre-K-12

2005-2007
Assistant Principal, Klein Independent School District, Klein Forest High School – Grades 9-12

2002-2005
Assistant Principal, Klein Independent School District, Wunderlich Intermediate School - Grades 6-8

• Williams, A., Brown, K., Washington, K., O’Connor, J. (Under Review, 2023) Perspectives of alternatively certified teachers on their support and preparation: A phenomenological study. Submitted to School Leadership Review.

• Brown, K., & Washington, K. (2023). Equity During the Pandemic: Exploring Rural Women Superintendents Perceptions of Equity Leadership. Tapestry: Journal of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Education, 1(1).

• Washington, K., Brown, K., Taylor, J. L. & Ross, S. (2023). During critical times: The perceptions of women in educational leadership and work satisfaction. Journal of Texas Women School Executives. 8(1), 20-35.

• Wilson, K., Washington, K, Brown, K., Bellard, Q., & Thibodeaux, T., (2022) Parent perspectives of digital learning experiences: A phenomenological Study. School Leadership Review. 17(1), Article 6.

• Reed, D., Fontenot, C., Peltier Glaze, B., Hines, M. T., III, Hightower Parker, C., & Washington, K. (2022). Nobody knows the troubles I see: Perceptions of African American women professors regarding their lived experiences in the academy. In J. Butcher (Ed.), Black female leaders in academia: Eliminating the glass ceiling with efficacy, exuberance, and excellence. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

• Jacobs, L., Brown, K., Washington, K., O’Connor, J., & Lundin, M. (2022). Disrupting the school to prison pipeline: Using culturally responsive classroom practices to support Black students. School Leadership Review. 16(2), Article 7.

• Washington, K., Brown, K., Taylor, J. L. & Ross, S. (2022). Women superintendent’s perspectives: Leading during challenging times. Journal of Texas Women School Executives. 7(1), 16-28.

• Washington, K., (2021, April). Global education insights: Ideas and innovations that will have a lasting impact post-pandemic. School Rubric, 001, 7-8. https://indd.adobe.com/view/314e3758- 9cb2-4eb8-bb42-c92d43383248

• Brown, K., Washington, K., & Ross, S. (2021). The balance: Self- Care in a time of crisis. Journal of Texas Women School Executives, 6(1), 18-24.

• Taylor, J. L., Washington, K. (2021, Spring). During times of crisis: Meeting the social-emotional needs of teachers. TEPSA Leader, 34(2), 8-11.

• Washington, K., Brown, K., & O’Connor, J. (2020, Fall). ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ virtual community town hall: The world is marching...Now what? Impact Magazine. /education/impact/edld-articles-7.html

• Washington, K., Brown, K., & Ross, S. (2020, Fall). Leading through crisis: Relationship and trust factors. TEPSA Leader, 33(4), 6-11. https://www.tepsa.org/resource/leading-through-crisis- relationship-and-trust-factors/

• Washington, K. (2020, March 4). So, you want to be a principal? TEPSA Blog. https://www.tepsa.org/2020/03/03/so-you-want-to- be-a-principal/

• Washington, K. (2020). 20/20 A clear vision: Keeping the vision alive. Journal of Texas Women School Executives, 5(1), 65-67.

• Washington, K. (2018, September/October). What happens in the office, stays in the office, but impacts the whole school. TEPSA News, Guest Columnist

Peer Reviewer

Division A - Administration/Division A - Section 1: Leadership for the 2024 AERA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 11 to Sunday, April 14, 2024 and virtually from Thursday, April 25 to Friday, April 26.

Division A - Administration/Division A - Section 5: Leadership Preparation Development for the 2024 AERA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 11 to Sunday, April 14, 2024 and virtually from Thursday, April 25 to Friday, April 26.
SIG-Research on Women and Education for the 2024 AERA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 11 to Sunday, April 14, 2024 and virtually from Thursday, April 25 to Friday, April 26.

The Ancestral Legacy and Daughters of Anna Julia Cooper: An Historical Ethnography of Black Women Teachers in the South. Selma Greenberg Outstanding Dissertation Award. (January, 2023)

Making it Through the Maze. Selma Greenberg Outstanding Dissertation Award. (December, 2022)

An Inquiry into the Embodied Experiences of Lactating Teachers. Selma Greenberg Outstanding Dissertation Award. (December, 2022)

Consciously moving from surviving to thriving. Journal of Texas Women School Executives (December, 2021)

Felix, E. Empowering U: How to design your college experience. [Manuscript in preparation] Alinea Learning, Boston, MA (October, 2021)

University-based principal preparation programs in Texas in 2019: Where is special education? School Leadership Review (September, 2021)

Leadership through chaos and the demand for resiliency, School Leadership Review (September, 2021)

Professional Presentations

Instructional Leadership Training, White Oak Middle School, Keynote: S is for your superpower: Show up and sparkle! (June, 2023)

100 Black Men of America, Inc. 37th Annual Conference: Role of the Collegiate 100 Advisor to the Success of a Collegiate 100 Chapter, (June, 2023)

TEPSA Summer Conference: S is for your superpower: Show up and sparkle! (June, 2023)

AERA Annual Meeting: Paper Session, SIG-Research on Women and Education: During Critical Times: The Perceptions of Women in Educational Leadership and Work Satisfaction (April, 2023)

AERA Annual Meeting: Poster Session, Division C - Learning and Instruction/Division C - Section 3b: Technology-Based Environments: Parent Perspectives of Digital Learning: A Phenomenological Study (April, 2023)

7 Mindsets Leading for Well-Being and Hope: Strategies for K-12 Districts, Future Focused Schools Texas Summit. Keynote: S is for your superpower: Show up and sparkle! (March, 2023)

TASA Midwinter, TASA Higher Education Committee, Panelist, (January, 2023)

TCWSE 2023 Conference, Austin, Texas, Presiding as president. (January, 2023)

TCWSE 2023 Conference, Austin, Texas, During critical times: The perceptions of women in educational leadership and work satisfaction. (January, 2023)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
The 47th Research on Women and Education (RWE) SIG, Annual Fall Conference, The Perceptions of Women in Educational Leadership and Work Satisfaction (December, 2022)

TEPSA Grow Conference: S is for your superpower: Show up and sparkle! (November, 2022)

Provost Kickoff: Diversity and Inclusion - Impacting ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Panel (August, 2022)

Greens Prairie Elementary Professional Development: Balancing the tightrope of self-care and burn out (August, 2022)

TCWSE Leadership YOU: Presiding as President, Flying like eagles and building up women leaders (June, 2022)

TEPSA Summer Conference: Balancing the tightrope of self-care and burn out (June, 2022)

TEPSA Summer Conference: Meeting the social-emotional needs of teachers during critical times (June, 2022)

AERA Annual Meeting: Roundtable Session, Research on the Superintendency SIG: Equity Concerns During the Pandemic: Rural Women Superintendents' Perspectives (April, 2022)

100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont Annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet, Keynote Speaker. Mentoring: The Butterfly Effect. (April, 2022)

TEPSA Region 6 Spring Meeting, Presiding as President (March, 2022)

TCWSE 2022 Conference, Austin, Texas The High Within the Eagles of Higher Education (January, 2022)

TCWSE 2022 Conference, Austin, Texas Higher Ed Take it Away (January, 2022)

Education Day Program sponsored by the Baptist Minister’s Union of Beaumont and Vicinity and the Ministerial Brotherhood Alliance. Collegiate 100 of ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ (January, 2022)

Education Public Policy Leadership Certificate (EPPLC) Twitter Chat, Innovative Prospects: Policy, Advocacy and Change in Education during the COVID-19 Era (November 10, 2021)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
The 46th Research on Women and Education (RWE) SIG, Annual Virtual Fall Conference, Equity During the Pandemic: Rural Women Superintendent's Perspectives (October 22-23, 2021)

Education Service Center, Region 6 Principal Network, TEPSA Updates and Give Yourself Permission: Self-Care for Principals (October, 2021)

TEPSA Region 6 Fall Meeting, Networking and Legislative Updates, Presiding as President (October, 2021)

TCWSE Conference, Round Rock, Texas Balancing the Tightrope Between Self-Care and Burn Out (June, 2021)

TCWSE Conference, Round Rock, Research Study: Women Superintendent's Perspectives Leading During Challenging Times (June, 2021)

TEPSA Summer Conference, Virtual, Give Yourself Permission: Taken Care of Yourself and Your Team (June 22, 2021)

TEPSA Summer Conference, Virtual, Which Comes First Relationships or Trust (June 12-July 2, 2021)

TEPSA Summer Conference, Virtual, Balancing the Tightrope of Self-Care (June 12-July 2, 2021)

TEPSA Region 17 Spring Meeting – Spring Will Come: Self Care, Culture and Climate (March, 2021)

TEPSA Region 6 Spring Meeting Presiding as President (March, 2021)

TEPSA Region 6 Fall Meeting Presiding as President (October, 2020)

Todd Nesloney Podcast Honestly, #LetsTalk: Racism (from a Black perspective) (2020, September 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKeyBW3nTw

TEPSA Moments of Inspiration from Dr. Kathryn Washington (April, 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKeyBW3nTw

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Community Virtual Town Hall: The World is Marching Now What – Crucial Conversation Breakout Session (June, 2020) /changemakers/index.html

TEPSA Summer Conference – Communication Regional Leadership (June, 2019)

TCWSE Conference, Austin Hilton, Austin, Texas Newcomers Session (January, 2015 - 2020)

NWEA Southeast Conference MAP Suite, Measure of Academic Progress Growth to the Rescue...Small Schools Can Rule with Specificity (2018)

Educational Leadership Conference, ESC Region VI, Huntsville, Texas (2008)

Professional Membership/Service:

National

American Educational Research Association, Research on Women in Education SIG Board, Membership Chair, Conference Committee (2022- 2026)

Proposal Reviewer for AERA Research on Women and Education SIG Conference (2022)

International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership

National Alliance of Black School Educators

State

Texas Council of Women School Executives, Executive Board, Immediate Past President, Conference Committee Chair & Presenter, 2021 - 2023

TEPSA Summer Conference Session Selection Committee

Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association, Regional Board, Past President, Governance Task Force, Conference Committee Proposal Reviewer, Reader for TEPSA Assistant Principal of the Year

Texas Association of School Administrators, Racism, Equity and Diversity Steering Committee (September, 2020)

Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration

Texas Alliance of Black School Educators

University

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ 2020 December Undergraduate Candidates, Rites of Passage Program: Your Future in Focus. Presenter of Kente Stole (December, 2020)

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Ad hoc Centennial Planning Committee (Planning for 2023 Celebration)

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Community Virtual Town Hall: The World is Marching Now What, Organizer/Facilitator (June, 2020)

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Graduation Marshal (May and August, 2022)

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Graduation Reader (May, 2023)

College

College of Education and Human Development, Curriculum Committee

• Educational Leadership Department, Executive Curriculum Committee

College of Education and Human Development, Principal Program Policy Advisory Committee

College of Education and Human Development, Student Success Task Force, Co-Chair, Collegiate 100® of ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Chapter, Co-Organizer/Advisor

Activities:

• 100 Black Men of America, Inc. 37th Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. Students competed with presentation of case study from Collegiate 100 Leadership and Career Institute and won again. (June, 2023)
• Collegiate 100 Coca-Cola Leadership Academy (May, 2023)
• 100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont Scholarship Golf Tournament (April, 2023)
• 100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont Scholarship Banquet (April, 2023)
• Collegiate 100 Sleep in Heavenly Peace (March and April, 2023)
• Collegiate 100 Leadership and Career Institute (February – May 2023
• Collegiate Week: Scholarship and Internship Writing Workshop 202
• Collegiate 100 Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (October, 2022)
• 100 Black Men of America, Inc. 36th Conference, Hollywood, Florida Students competed with presentation of case study from Collegiate 100 Leadership and Career Institute and won. (June, 2022)
• Collegiate 100 Leadership and Career Institute (January – May 2022)
• Collegiate Week 2022
• Collegiate Hacks 2022
• Community Service: Girl’s Haven 2022
• Collegiate 100 Social Media Workshop, (October, 2021)
• ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ’s Collegiate 100 Vaccination Clinic (August, 2021)
• Collegiate 100 of ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Induction (April, 2021), Organizer/Advisor/Intake Committee
• Formation of Collegiate 100® of ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ, Co-Organizer/Advisor (February, 2021)
• ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Voter Registration Drive (September, 2020)

College of Education and Human Development, Search Committees

Positions:
Associate Dean, Educational Prep Program
Assistant Professor, Doctoral Program
Assistant Professor, Master Program
Director of Assessment
Administrative Associate Sr.

College of Education and Human Development, IMPACT Magazine Committee

College of Education and Human Development, Dissertation Committees
Candidates:

• Babin, A. (2020). Perceptions of paraprofessional-student relationships and practices: A phenomenological study. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Johnson, D. (2021). The impact of teacher leader's voice in a suburban school district: A phenomenological study. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Walker, R. (2021). Teachers’ capacity to implement social- emotional learning in the classroom: A phenomenological study. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Segura, J. (2022). Female students and exclusionary disciplinary practices in Texas. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Sharp-Rekeita, C. (2021). The impact of instructors’ interpersonal skills on student engagement: A phenomenological study. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Mitchell, O. (2021). A correlational study on teacher perceptions of preparedness for online instruction. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Rankin, L. (2022). An explanatory correlation study of grit in a small sample of northeast Texas administrators. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Jacobs, L. (2021). How culturally responsive classroom practices can disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Williams, A. (2022). Perspectives of alternatively certified teachers on their support and preparation: A phenomenological study. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• *Wilson, K. (2022). Parent perspectives of digital learning: A phenomenological study. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Hickman, S. (2022). Factors influencing new teachers’ intent to remain in a midsize Texas school district. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Tillson, A. (2022). Success through succession: A qualitative case study exploring succession planning within k-12 education. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ
• Martin-Davis, L. (2022). Cultivating the employability skills of secondary CTE students: A phenomenological study. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Young, T. (2023). The perceptions of principals implementing practices to impact the Texas education agency A-F accountability rating system. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.
• Neighbors, M. (2023). Secondary Traumatic Stress: Coping Strategies of Campus Administrators in K12 Public Schools. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ.

 *Chair

Center for Distance Education, Instructional Design, Search Committee
Positions:
Instructional Designer