Women In The Superintendency
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Voices Of Women Aspiring To The Superintendency
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Author : Margaret Grogan
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1996-04-04
Voices Of Women Aspiring To The Superintendency written by Margaret Grogan and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-04 with Education categories.
The superintendency offers the most powerful and prestigious positions in K–12 public school systems. Few superintendents of these systems in the United States are women, although the majority of teachers are women and many women have leadership positions in schools. There are also increasing numbers of women in administrative preparation programs at institutions of higher education. This study of 27 highly qualified women in top-level administrative positions in public education was designed to find out what it is like to be a woman aspiring to the executive leadership position. Research questions included: Why are there so few women superintendents when so many are qualified? What are the routes to the superintendency? What is the context of educational administration in the public school? What kinds of leaders are women who aspire to the superintendency? The research was also informed by a femininst advocacy of social change to discover how and under what conditions a more equitable distribution of superintendencies is likely to occur. A feminist poststructural framework provided the theoretical basis for the analysis of the data.
Overcoming Barriers
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Author : Claire Michael Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Overcoming Barriers written by Claire Michael Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Minority women categories.
Women currently represent the largest number of teachers in the United States but remain underrepresented in the superintendent position. This suggests that the superintendency has been influenced by patriarchy. If women are to break through the barriers that prevent them from attaining a superintendency, we will need to understand the social construction of the position and women superintendents' experiences with barriers. What do women in the superintendency think about what it means to be one of a few women in a male-dominated occupation? How does gender consciousness play a role in the ability to examine and understand barriers? How do characteristics of the position interacting with gender? Literature is reviewed surrounding these questions and includes barriers with feminine expectations, career mobility, good old boy network, mentors, family obligations, and the selection process. A qualitative approach was used to examine the experiences of five female superintendents. Additionally, race was masked to protect the identities of the women. Patriarchy was identified as the central structure for understanding the women's experiences with barriers. This study also sought to draw on the theoretical model of sociocultural explanations for the underrepresentation of women in the superintendency. This model analyzes gender differences and focuses on sex role stereotyping, career socialization, and women's culture to describe women's experiences. The findings indicate that women are beginning to overcome some of the barriers; however, many of them are still present. This inquiry is important because it allows us to examine the barriers within the superintendency in order to provide a new perspective to the body of literature that has historically been grounded in almost exclusively white, male, and heterosexist epistemologies. This new perspective includes methods to overcome the barriers rather than navigate them.
School Board Members And Women In The Superintendency A Case Study
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Author : Cherri Barker
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-17
School Board Members And Women In The Superintendency A Case Study written by Cherri Barker and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-17 with categories.
Women continue to be underepresented in the superintendency across the United States and in rural West Texas.School board members are responsible for hiring the superintendent and they continue to hire more women than men even though women in Texas are gaining certification for the superintendency at record rates. Although the literature is abundant concerning women and the superintendency, there are few studies on the hiring agents themselves.More studies are needed on why school board members hire more men than women as superitendents. This study looks at former school board members and their e perceptions of leadership, the theories of social roles and patriarchy, and regional views. Interviews with 15 school board members, revealed that superintendents are hired based primarily upon gut feeling and personal chemistry.School board members believe that women have the skills, the abilities, and the qualities to serve as superintendents.With the increase of women with superintendent certifications, the increase of women in doctoral programs, and the increase of women as campus administrators, 21st century can be The Century of the Woman
Women Leading School Systems
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Author : C. Cryss Brunner
language : en
Publisher: R & L Education
Release Date : 2007
Women Leading School Systems written by C. Cryss Brunner and has been published by R & L Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Education categories.
This study, commissioned by the American Association of School Administrators, examines women in superintendent positions, including assistant, associate, and deputy superintendents. Using a survey of about 1,200 women, Bruneer (educational policy and administration, U. of Minnesota) and Grogan (educational leadership and policy analysis, U. of Mis
Succeeding As A Female Superintendent
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Author : Suzanne L. Gilmour
language : en
Publisher: R&L Education
Release Date : 2008-10-23
Succeeding As A Female Superintendent written by Suzanne L. Gilmour and has been published by R&L Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-23 with Social Science categories.
Succeeding as a Female Superintendent provides a comprehensive look at the journey that several women superintendents of schools took in their pursuit of the top school leadership position. Real life stories relate what these women encountered and how they dealt with a wide variety of issues. Gilmour and Kinsella share insights from interviews with a number of female superintendents. Furthermore, readers will encounter a section of the book that asks them pertinent questions, urging them to reflect and write, regarding their readiness for the superintendency themselves.
Women In The Superintendency
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Women In The Superintendency written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
Women In The Superintendency
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Author : Joyce A. Dana
language : en
Publisher: R & L Education
Release Date : 2006
Women In The Superintendency written by Joyce A. Dana and has been published by R & L Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Education categories.
This book identifies the challenges that women in leadership positions face in public schools. It provides examples to illustrate these challenges as well as strategies to increase their success.
Destined To Rule The Schools
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Author : Jackie M. Blount
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1998-03-19
Destined To Rule The Schools written by Jackie M. Blount and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-19 with Education categories.
Winner of the 1998 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Titles In 1909, when she became the superintendent of the Chicago schools, Ella Flagg Young proclaimed that women were "destined to rule the schools of every city." After all, women accounted for nearly eighty percent of all teachers by 1910 and their ascendance into formal school leadership positions could not be far behind. After World War II, however, a backlash against single women educators and a rigid realignment of gender roles in schools contributed to a rapid decline of women school administrators across the country, a decline from which there has been little recovery to the present. Destined to Rule the Schools tells the story of women and school leadership in America from the common school era to the present. In a broad sense, it offers an historical account of how teaching became women's work and the school superintendency men's. Blount explores how power in school employment has been structured unequally by gender. It focuses on the superintendency because an important component of the effort to establish control of schools has occurred in contesting the definition of this position. Unique and important contributions of this volume include: the only published comprehensive statistical study describing the number of women superintendents throughout the twentieth century, an analysis suggesting that the superintendency may have become an appointive position in part to remove it from the influence of newly enfranchised women voters, a discussion of the role of homophobia in creating and perpetuating rigid gender divisions in school employment, and a broad analysis that integrates the histories of teaching and school administration.
Women And The Superintendency
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Author : Hillary M. Weissman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Women And The Superintendency written by Hillary M. Weissman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Discrimination in employment categories.
Abstract: The most male-dominated executive position of any profession in the United States. The typical superintendent is a married, white male, between 51-55 years old. Women spend an average of 10.2 years in the classroom before seeking an administrative position; men spend an average of 5 years. The slowest of all K-12 administrative positions to integrate women and people of color. With the majority of educators being women, they are a logical source of candidates that has only marginally been activated. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to reveal the narrative of women superintendents as well as to describe their perceptions of success ascending to the superintendency. If women are to seek the superintendency they will need to view the position as one that will offer them success. But what is success for women in the superintendency? How do women in this position experience it? This study probes the lived experiences of women superintendents, including significant moments in their childhood, in search of better understanding their perceptions and experiences with success. A narrative approach was used in this study to capture the essence of participants' lives along with documents and artifacts. Feminist Theory was used as the theoretical lens from which to frame the research. The data was recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. The findings surrounding female superintendents perceptions of themselves revealed four themes: identity, education, roles, and support. The findings surrounding women superintendents experiences with success is focused on relationship building and effective communication. The main conclusions drawn included aspiring superintendents need to obtain higher education degrees for advancement, site level administration and district office experience, and personal and professional support systems.
Sacred Dreams
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Author : C. Cryss Brunner
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1999-04-23
Sacred Dreams written by C. Cryss Brunner and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-23 with Education categories.
Although women have dominated the teaching ranks at all levels of education since the turn of the century, men occupy 93 percent of superintendency jobs. Considering the nationwide concern that superintendency positions will be vacated faster than they can be filled during the next decade, it's quite possible that women are the greatest untapped pool of capable candidates. As women think about, seek, and accept superintendency assignments, they need a resource like Sacred Dreams that offers both practical advice from those who have attained this rank and research results from those who have studied the situation. Such an understanding has the potential not only to increase the number of women in the position, but also to increase their likelihood of success. [Contributors include Judy A. Alston, Cynthia Beekley, Jackie M. Blount, C. Cryss Brunner, Susan Chase, Margaret Grogan, Barbara L. Jackson, Debra Jackson, Estelle Kamler, Sylvia E. Méndez-Morse, Flora Ida Ortiz, Barbara Nelson Pavan, Charol Shakeshaft, and Marilyn Tallerico. Also included is a foreword by Patricia A. Schmuck.]
