An edition of Women in the superintendency
(2006)
Women in the superintendency
discarded leadership
by Joyce A. Dana
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Publish Date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Education,
R&L Education
Language
English
Pages
249
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Kept women
Social justice
Introduction
Voter equity
Workplace equity
Glass ceiling
Social justice
Case study: delayed gratification
Challenges faced by women superintendents
Introduction
Gender
Sexism
Discrimination
Gender structuring
Quality preparation
Access to leadership positions
Case study: she may be smart, but can she balance a budget?
Ideological structures
Introduction
Socio-cultural ideology
Observed behavioral regularities
Recognizing group norms
Identifying espoused values
Formal philosophy
Rules of the game
Climate
Embedded skills.
Mental models and shared meanings
Root metaphors
Political ideology
Religious ideology
Case study: religion and the superintendent
Power and control
Introduction
Psychological needs and power
Personal challenges undermine access to power
Discarded leadership
Case study: winning is everything
Teaching and leadership
Introduction
Who teaches and why
Teacher leadership defined
Teacher leadership roles
Women teacher leaders and equity
Prepared for success
Experienced in failure
Pink versus blue
A woman's place
Classroom confines
Patriarchy
Teachers' view of principals
Creating our own crisis
Succession planning and the absence of women
Case study: a moral imperative
Emerging leadership challenges
Introduction
Aspiration is not the issue; opportunity is
Aspiration is challenged by lack of opportunity
The road most traveled
Men school board members and superintendent selection
Conflict on the job
Men, women and power
collaboration meets conflict
Who goes there?
Altruism and the female superintendent
Case study: the superintendent and the search consultant
The power of negotiation
Introduction
Doing what doesn't come naturally
Second class citizens
The art of negotiation
Men, women and negotiating
Just ask!
Destinies of men and women following dismissal
School boards and politics
School boards and religion
Negotiating during dismissal
Job security no more
Job stressors
Your job is your new best friend
Superintendent longevity
Public cost of discarded leadership
Case study: they gotcha!
Dilemmas and discarded leadership
Introduction
Place bound
Women's non-support of women
Subordinates and "the woman"
"The woman" and school board members
Women's non-support: the principalship
Sexism and sabotage
Leading organizational change
Power "with" or power "over": another dilemma
The reason you're hired is the reason you're fired
Case study
Needed support
Introduction
Gaining support for your goals
Sponsorship
Mentors
Developing and participating in networks
Networking during the superintendency
Case study: sex and the superintendent: a woman's challenge
So...are there solutions? lessons learned?
Introduction
Go get it, girl: leadership acquisition
Self development
Personal development
Preparatory programs
Professional experience
How to not take things personally
Socio-cultural checks
Building and maintaining support systems
Communication savvy
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Reading
Conflict resolution
A few more important details
School board-superintendent relations
Strategic and political leadership
Facing dismissal
Maintaining a leadership position.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
"Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators."
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