ERIC ED473403: Women as School Executives: Research and Reflections on Educational Leadership.

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Korcheck, Stephanie A., Ed.; Reese, Marianne, Ed.
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Women as School Executives: Research and Reflections on
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Educational Leadership.
Texas Association of School Administrators, Austin. Texas
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Council of Women School Executives.
2002-00-00
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Elementary Secondary Education; Employed Women; *Gender
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Issues; *Instructional Leadership; Leadership Styles;
Leadership Training; Principals; Sex Bias; Sex
Discrimination; Superintendents; *Women Administrators;
*Women Faculty; Womens Education
*Educational Leadership
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
This monograph is a collection of articles on research and
reflection by faculty and practitioners on educational leadership. Part I,
"Leading a Learning Organization," contains the following articles:
"Emotional Intelligence and Leading a Learning Organization" (C. Sue
McCullough); "Women's Leadership Through Agency" (Jennie Billot); "Mary
Parker Follett and the Constructive Use of Conflict" (Mike Boone);
"Characteristics of Effective Women School Leaders" (Jean M. Haar); "Teacher
Empowerment in Texas Schools: Exploding Gender Differences in the Leadership
of Texas Principals" (Gordon S. Gates and Dorothy Siskin); "The University of
Wyoming Leadership Belief Matrix: Putting a Frame on Leadership" (William
Berube, Suzanne Morrison, Kristi VonKrosigk, and David Stader); "The Role of
the Campus Leader in Shaping the Culture of a New School" (Deborah E. Stine);
"Texas Women Principals; Why Were We Hired?" (Karen Sue Bradley and Jack A.
Bradley); "Selecting a Superintendent by More than Just the Cover" (Jody C.
Isernhagen); "Defining and Developing Leadership: A Study of Twelve
Successful Texas Superintendents" (Anita Pankake, Gwen Schroth, and Carole
Funk); "In Focus" (Tommye P. Boyd); "Transforming Learning Organizations:
Taproot Leadership" (Karen A. Hays); "Knotting the Score" (Virginia Wuebker);
"Observations from a Pioneer" (Lu Stephens); "Success" (Carole Funk); "The
Five H's of Educational Leadership: Hope, Help, Heart, and Health or...0h,
Hell!" (Jerry Austin). Part II, "The Socialization Phenomenon," contains the
following articles: "Dissembling Among the Good 01' Boys: Female Senior
Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia" (Anna Hicks McFadden and Penny
Smith); "Women in Elementary School Leadership: Challenge and Change" (Linda
J. Gutsch); "Administrator Preparation Programs: Do Universities Advance or
Inhibit Females?" (Gay Goodman); "Women in Academia: A Review of Women's
Status, Barriers, and Leadership Issues" (Christine Herber); "The Politics of
Being Married in Academe: Strange Brew" (Jo and Joseph Blase); "Sexism,
Safety, and Sports" (Linda Medaris); "Few Female Superintendents...A Self-
Fulfilling Prophesy?" (Vickie Kivell Phelps). Part III, "Recruiting and
Mentoring Prospective Women Leaders," contains the following articles: "A
Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made
from the original document.
Perspective on Mentoring Female Professors in Educational Administration
Programs" (Trudy A. Salsberry); "Using Current and Former School
Administrators to Enrich Administrator Preparation Programs" (Travis W.
Twiford); "Gendered Perspectives of Superintendent Preparation
Programs" (Genevieve Brown, Beverly J. Irby, and Claudia C. Islet); "Landing
the Right Superintendency:,Making a Good Match" (Sandra Lowery, Russell
Marshall, and Sandra Harris); "Barriers to Seeking Administrative Positions:
We're Closing the Wrong Gap" (Christi Buell, Gwen Schroth, and Melinda
DeFelice); "Facilitating the Paradigm Shift: A Win-Win Mentoring Strategy for
Increasing the Numbers of Women and Minorities in Educational
Leadership" (Sandra Lee Gupton); "Hispanic Women in Educational Leadership:
Barriers to and Strategies for Career Advancement" (Carolyn McCreight); "The
Changing Face of School Leadership" (Cazilda Campos Steele); "Women School
Leaders: Lessons of Experience" (Lynn K. Bradshaw and Joy C. Phillips);
"Southeast Missouri Principal's Academy: A Model for School Districts and
Universities to Develop Educational Leaders for the Future" (Robert
Buchanan); "Women Educational Administrators in Australia: Some Issues, Some
Directions" (Lisa Catherine Ehrich); "Weaver of a Leader" (Jamie Smith);
"Keeping Our Plates Aloft: A Reflection on Women and Work" (Marla McGhee);
"Diana Lam: A Cinderella Story" (Carole Funk); "Eleven or
Matryoshkas" (Marilyn L. Grady); "Passing the Torch" (Carole Funk). Part IV,
"Renewing Women in Leadership Positions," contains the following articles:
"Growth of Critical Analysis Through Practical Inquiry: Impact on
Leadership" (Betty J. Alford); "Successful Job Hunting Strategies of Women
Superintendents" (Sandra Lowery, Janice Buck, and Garth Petrie); "What
Factors Motivate and Inhibit Women When Deciding to Become a
Principal?" (Sandra Harris, Mick Arnold, Sandra Lowery, and Charlene
Crocker); "Women Elementary Principals Describe Their Challenges" (Marilyn L.
Grady and Barbara Y. LaCost); "Stages of Change" (Gwen Schroth); "Back Doors
Are Front Doors to Other Places" (Anita Pankake); and "A Typical Day in the
Life of a Woman Principal/Wife/Mother" (Melinda DeFelice).
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Edited by
STEPHANIE A. KORCHECK & MARIANNE REESE
TEXAS COUNCIL OF WOMEN SCHOOL EXECUTIVES,-
Women as School Executives:
Research and Reflections
on
Educational Leadership
Edited by
Stephanie A. Korcheck
Baylor University
and
Marianne Reese
Southwest Texas State University
TCNSE
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Texas Council of Women School Executives
Past Presidents
Margret A. Montgomery
1984-85
Genevieve Brown
1993-94
Sarah Hembree-Petersen
1985-86
Jackie Jenkins
1994-95
Yvonne Katz
1986-87
Juneria P. Berges
1995-96
Janiece T. Buck
1987-88
Beverly J. Irby
1996-97
Nancy L. McNeal
1988-89
Barbara A. Sultis
1997-98
Susan K. Sclafani
1989-90
Dianne Hess
1998-99
Virginia L. Collier
1990-91
Judi Jones Benestante
1999-2000
Sherry Nash
1991-92
Anita Pankake
2000-01
Dawn W. Youdan
1992-93
2001-02 Executive Board
Officers
President - Elizabeth A. Clark, Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction,
Katy ISD
President-Elect
Shirley Marie Coleman, Superintendent, San Vicente ISD
Vice-President - Molly J. Helm linger, Superintendent, Midlothian ISD
Secretary
Vicki L. Thomas-Miller, Coordinator, Student Services, Terrell ISD
Past President - Anita M. Pankake, Professor, Educational Administration,
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Executive Secretary/Treasurer - Ann M. Halstead, Assistant Executive Director,
Communications & Information Systems, Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA)
Legal Counsel - Laura S. Fowler, Attorney, Henslee, Fowler, Hepworth & Schwartz,
P.L.L.C.
Review Committee of Past Presidents
Margret A. Montgomery, Consultant, TASA/Texas Curriculum Management Audit
Center
Sarah Hembree-Petersen, Consultant
Janiece T. Buck, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership,
Lamar University
Nancy L. McNeal
Susan K. Sclafani, Counselor to the Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of
Education
Virginia L. Collier, Senior Lecturer, Texas A&M University
Dawn W. Youdan, Consultant, Sunrise Consulting
Genevieve Brown, Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling,
Sam Houston State University
Jackie Jenkins, Principal, Fort Worth ISD
Juneria P. Berges, Principal, Coppell ISD
Beverly J. Irby, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and
Counseling, Sam Houston State University
Barbara A. Sultis, Superintendent, Goose Creek CISD
Dianne Hess, Consultant
Judi Jones Benestante, Assistant Superintendent, Windham School District
Regional Advisory Committee
Region 1
Gloria Crum, Director, Principals' Assessment and Development Center,
ESC Region I
Region 2
Jamie Mattison, Superintendent, Pawnee ISD
Region 4
Jennifer S. Marcoux, Principal, Spring Branch ISD
Region 7
Billie Ogden, Director, Curriculum/Training, ESC Region VII
Region 8
Ann Trull, Director, Elementary Education/Gifted Education,
Paris ISD
Region 10 Janis E. Buxton, Director, Human Resources,
Midlothian ISD
Region 11
Janet Hood-Hanchey, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resource
Development Services, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Region 13 Victoria Pursch, Elementary Curriculum Director,
Comal ISD
Region 17 Anne Darnell, Dean of Instruction,
Level land ISD
Region 18 Elizabeth C. Saenz, Superintendent, Balmorhea
ISD
Region 19 Lu Anna Stephens, Superintendent, Fabens ISD
Region 20 Viviana Lopez, Coordinator, ESC Region XX
Women as-School Executives:
Research and Reflections on Educational Leadership
Acknowledgements
ix
Foreword
xi
Elizabeth A. Clark, TCWSE President
Introduction
xiii
Stephanie A. Korcheck and Marianne Reese, Editors
Part I. Leading a Learning Organization
Research
Emotional Intelligence and Leading a Learning Organization
1.
2
C. Sue McCullough
Women's Leadership Through Agency
2.
10
Jennie Billot
Mary Parker Follett and the Constructive Use of Conflict
3.
16
Mike Boone
4.
Characteristics of Effective Women School Leaders
22
Jean M. Haar
5.
Teacher Empowerment in Texas Schools: Exploring Gender Differences
in the Leadership of Texas Principals
28
Gordon S. Gates and Dorothy Siskin
The University of Wyoming Leadership Belief Matrix:
6.
Putting a Frame on Leadership
41
William Berube, Suzanne Morrison, Kristi VonKrosigk, and David Stader
The Role of the Campus Leader in Shaping the Culture of
7.
a New School
45
Deborah E. Stine
Texas Women Principals: Why Were We Hired?
8.
60
Karen Sue Bradley and Jack A. Bradley
9.
Selecting a Superintendent by More than Just the Cover
64
Jody C. Iserrzhagen
10.
Defining and Developing Leadership: A Study of
Twelve Successful Texas Superintendents
70
Anita Pankake, Gwen Schroth, and Carole Funk
Reflections
In Focus
11.
79
Tommye P Boyd
12.
Transforming Learning Organizations: Taproot Leadership
81
Karen A. Hays
Knotting the Score
13.
83
Virginia Wuebker
Observations from a Pioneer
14.
89
Lu Stephens
Success
15.
92
Carole Funk
0
Women as School Executives: Research and Reflections on Educational Leadership
The Five H's of Educational leadership: Hope, Help, Heart,
16.
and Health or... Oh, Hell!
93
Jerry Austin
Part II. The Socialization Phenomenon
Research
Dissembling Among the Good 01' Boys:
17.
Female Senior Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia
98
Anna Hicks McFadden and Penny Smith
Women in Elementary School Leadership: Challenge and Change
18. 115
Linda J. Gutsch
Administrator Preparation Programs: Do Universities Advance
19.
or Inhibit Females?
126
Gay Goodman
Women in Academia: A Review of Women's Status, Barriers,
20.
and Leadership Issues
135
Christiane Herber
Reflections
The Politics of Being Married in Academe: Strange Brew
21.
143
Jo and Joseph Blase
Sexism, Safety, and Sports
22.
149
Linda Medearis
Few Female Superintendents... A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
23.
151
Vickie Kivell Phelps
Part III. Recruiting and Mentoring Prospective Women Leaders
Research
24. A Perspective on Mentoring Female Professors in
Educational Administration Programs
154
Trudy A. Salsberry
Using Current and Former School Administrators to Enrich
25.
Administrator Preparation Programs
159
Travis W. Twiford
Gendered Perspectives of Superintendent Preparation Programs
26.
163
Genevieve Brown, Beverly J. Irby, and Claudia C. Islet
Landing the Right Superintendency: Making a Good Match
168
27.
Sandra Lowery, Russell Marshall, and Sandra Harris
Barriers to Seeking Administrative Positions: We're Closing the Wrong Gap
28.
.171
.
Christi Buell, Gwen Schroth, and Melinda De Felice
Facilitating the Paradigm Shift: A Win-Win Mentoring Strategy for Increasing
29.
the Numbers of Women and Minorities in Educational Leadership
177
Sandra Lee Gupton
Hispanic Women in Educational Leadership:
30.
Barriers to and Strategies for Career Advancement
184
Carolyn McCreight
vi