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Informationen zum Autor Joyce A. Dana completed 34 years of public school service 18 as an administrator, with 13 of those as a school superintendent and served on a school board. She currently is an assistant professor at Saint Louis University in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education. Diana M. Bourisaw has spent 28 years in education serving as teacher, principal, superintendent, and school board member in both suburban and urban districts. Currently, she is president of Education Options, a consulting group working primarily with high poverty districts, coaching both school boards and their superintendents. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Social Justice: 100-Plus Years of Effort Chapter 2 Challenges Faced by Women Superintendents Chapter 3 Sociocultural, Political, and Religious Ideologies Chapter 4 Power and Control Chapter 5 Teaching and Leadership Chapter 6 Emerging Leadership Challenges Chapter 7 The Power of Negotiation Chapter 8 Dilemmas and Discarded Leadership Chapter 9 Needed Support Chapter 10 So...Are There Solutions? Lessons Learned?
