Self-Imposed Barriers

Autor/inn/en	Derrington, Mary Lynne; Sharratt, Gene C.
Titel	Self-Imposed Barriers
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 66 (2009) 8, S.18-21 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Social Attitudes; Housework; Family Relationship; Barriers; Females; Women Administrators; Teacher Leadership; Principals; Superintendents; Leadership Qualities; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Family Work Relationship; Employment Qualifications + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Hausarbeit; Weibliches Geschlecht; Weibliche Führungskraft; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Principal; Schulleiter; Schulrat; Führungseigenschaft; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation
Abstract	Anne is a natural-born leader. Told as a child she could do anything she set her mind to, she fulfilled that prophesy growing up, including being elected student body president of her high school. As an adult, she enjoyed a happy home life and professional success in education, assuming several leadership positions in her 2,600-student school district in the Pacific Northwest. She saw her career trajectory arcing from teacher leader to principal to superintendent. But when it came to making that step to the superintendency, she faced a choice she hadn't anticipated--a choice between her career and her family. Only after her children headed off to college did Anne pursue her professional dream of becoming a superintendent. But by that time, middle-aged and lacking central-office administrative experience, her possibilities were diminished. In both the authors' research and their work in a superintendent program at the university level, they have found Anne's story to be an all-too-familiar one for women, who get caught in the tug of war between personal and professional choices. Their own experience and work with women superintendents, both on the job and in their superintendent preparation programs, has taught them that although there are indeed home and work barriers thwarting many, some women superintendents have achieved harmony. In this article, they offer two examples of female superintendents and the breakthrough thinking that allows them to have it all. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Administrators. 801 North Quincy Street Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203-1730. Tel: 703-528-0700; Fax: 703-841-1543; e-mail: info@aasa.org; Web site: http://www.aasa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10