"Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators." Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249).
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Social justice: 100-plus years of effort -- Voter equity -- Workplace equity -- The glass ceiling -- Social justice -- Case study: delayed gratification -- Chapter questions -- Challenges faced by women superintendents -- Gender -- Sexism -- Discrimination -- Gender structuring -- Quality preparation -- Access to leadership positions -- Case study: she may be smart, but can she balance a budget? -- Chapter questions -- Sociocultural, political, and religions idiologies -- Sociocultural ideology -- Observed behavioral regularities -- Recognizing group norms -- Identifying espoused values -- Formal philosophy -- Identifying the "rules of the game" -- Climate -- Embedded skills -- Mental models and shared meanings -- Root metaphors -- Political ideology -- Religious ideology -- Case study: religion and the superintendent -- Chapter questions -- Power and control -- Psychological needs and power -- Personal challenges undermine access to power -- Discarded leadership -- Case study: winning is everything -- Chapter questions -- Teaching and leadership -- 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 -- Chapter questions -- Emerging leadership challenges -- 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? -- A matter of style -- Altruism and the female superintendent -- Case study: the superintendent and the search consultant -- Chapter questions -- The power of negotiation -- 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! -- Chapter questions -- Dilemmas and discarded leadership -- Place bound -- Women's nonsupport of women -- Subordinates and "the woman" -- "The woman" and school board members -- Women's nonsupport: 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: women v. women or the tale of we all lose -- Needed support -- 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 -- Chapter questions -- So-- are there solutions? lessons learned? -- Go get it, girl: leadership acquisition -- Self-development -- Personal development -- Preparatory programs -- Professional experience -- How to not take things personally -- Sociocultural 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.
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