This research aims to explain the performativities that a leader goes through in teaching, having as the objective and interest of the study to analyze them, in the access, exercise and permanence in positions of power and academic decision of Ecuadorian teachers. The area of knowledge is Social Sciences, whose research area is gender equity. The methodology is based on a mixed research design, applying a questionnaire, conducting semi-structured interviews with key informants and reviewing documents on institutional policies, plans or programs, management reports or results related to performativities. Quantitative analysis was performed using the SPSS program to identify statistically significant relationships with Chi-square tests. Among the main findings that have been identified is that the links between the institution and the families are generated by the participation that each of them generates in the face of a new role and leadership assumed; what demands the development of performativities such as the social skills required before a new leadership role. Keywords: Performativity, gender, Education, leader. RESUMEN: La presente investigación pretende explicar las performatividades que atraviesa una lideresa en la docencia, teniendo como objetivo e interés del estudio analizarlas, en el acceso, ejercicio y permanencia en los puestos de poder y decisión académica de las docentes ecuatorianas. El área de conocimiento son las Ciencias Sociales, cuya área de investigación es equidad de género. La metodología se sustenta en un diseño de investigación mixta, aplicando un cuestionario, realizando entrevistas semiestructuradas a informantes clave y revisión documental sobre las políticas, planes o programas institucionales, los informes de gestión o resultados relativos a las performatividades. El análisis cuantitativo se realizó mediante el programa SPSS para identificar relaciones estadísticamente significativas con pruebas Chi-cuadrado. Dentro de los principales hallazgos que se ha podido identificar es que los vínculos entre la institución y las familias son generados por la participación que cada uno de ellos genera ante un nuevo rol y liderazgo asumido; lo que demanda el desarrollar de performatividades como son las habilidades sociales requeridas ante un nuevo rol de liderazgo. Palabras Clave: Performatividad, género, Educación, lideresa. Recibido: 05 de octubre de 2021; Aceptado: 27 de diciembre de 2021; Publicado: 07 de enero de 2022.This research aims to explain the performativities that a leader goes through in teaching, having as the objective and interest of the study to analyze them, in the access, exercise and permanence in positions of power and academic decision of Ecuadorian teachers. The area of knowledge is Social Sciences, whose research area is gender equity. The methodology is based on a mixed research design, applying a questionnaire, conducting semi-structured interviews with key informants and reviewing documents on institutional policies, plans or programs, management reports or results related to performativities. Quantitative analysis was performed using the SPSS program to identify statistically significant relationships with Chi-square tests. Among the main findings that have been identified is that the links between the institution and the families are generated by the participation that each of them generates in the face of a new role and leadership assumed; what demands the development of performativities such as the social skills required before a new leadership role. Keywords: Performativity, gender, Education, leader.