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Pursuing An Ethic Of Care: A Case Study Of One Female Superintendent, Rachelle Grace Rico
Pursuing An Ethic Of Care: A Case Study Of One Female Superintendent, Rachelle Grace Rico
Dissertations
This instrumental case study explores how the Ethic of Care is experienced within one Midwestern school system as an alternative approach to traditional school system hierarchical infrastructures. Through the qualitative tradition of portraiture (Lawrence-Lightfoot & Davis, 1997), this study documents the caring leadership actions, behaviors and styles of a superintendent who has transformed the identity of a Midwest school district. Analysis of triangulated data from multiple in-depth interviews, teacher surveys, field observations, district archival data, superintendent publications, and shadowing days, provide a narrative account using thick description (Rossman & Rallis, 2003) to illuminate how care translates into practice and how …
Perceived Leadership Practices Of Female Superintendents In North Carolina, Deardre J. Gibson
Perceived Leadership Practices Of Female Superintendents In North Carolina, Deardre J. Gibson
Education Dissertations and Projects
This dissertation was designed to add to the general existing body of literature which examines women's work lives as North Carolina school superintendents. This study investigated the perceived leadership practices of North Carolina female superintendents during the 2008-2009 school year. According to the literature on female superintendents, women comprise the majority of teaching positions, but are underrepresented in the top leadership position in U.S. public schools. Gender inequality and barriers to the superintendency for women may account for disparities among women in the position. The provision of this study may serve to enlighten women who may aspire to the superintendency, …