Abstract
This paper examines the career aspirations of female and male central office administrators and their reasons for or against pursuing a superintendency, in the Texas, K-12 public school arena. Information unique to seeking and attaining superintendencies by these central office administrators will be presented, to assist with illuminating gender specific commonalities and differences, between all of the superintendent aspirants, involved in the study. This study provides insight, as to why gender disparity persists in the office of the superintendency, despite the availability of similarly, talented female and male central office administrators who aspire to gain the position of superintendent.
Highlights
T he job of superintendent has become crucial in determining the fate of a school district (Brunner & Björk, 2001; Kowalski, McCord, Peterson, Young & Ellerson, 2011)
Individuals representing each of the job titles used to define central office administrator for this study responded to the online survey
The purpose of the survey was to determine whether central office administrators aspire or have aspired to the superintendency
Summary
T he job of superintendent has become crucial in determining the fate of a school district (Brunner & Björk, 2001; Kowalski, McCord, Peterson, Young & Ellerson, 2011). Brunner (2000) wrote that since its inception in the late 19th century, the position of the superintendency was made up predominantly of white males. This continued on into the 20th century – “men occupied from 85% to 96% of all superintendencies during this time period” Women hold 24.1% of the superintendencies, nationwide (Kowalski, et al, 2011)
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