Pioneering: The Experiences of First Year Female Superintendents in Texas

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dc.contributor.advisorThompson, David P.
dc.contributor.authorFox-Norton, Vanessa Grace
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRodríguez, Mariela
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith, Page
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTruelock, A'Lann
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0009-0007-3123-5485
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-29T15:44:02Z
dc.date.available2024-01-29T15:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionThe author has granted permission for their work to be available to the general public.
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to describe the experiences of females in Texas who have attained and are in the first year of their first superintendency. In Texas, females accounted for 18% of Texas superintendents in 2010 (Sampson & Davenport, 2010), and 19% according to the Texas Association of School Boards (Webb, 2016, n. p.). The topic of this research was rooted in the superintendents' personal and professional experiences and highlighted using the framework of Women's Ways of Knowing (Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, & Tarule, 1997). This research will add to the body of literature in the conceptual shift that is key to reforming opportunities for females. The research questions identified the influencing aspects of how females attain the position and what mentor experiences helped to contribute to attaining the position. The theoretical framework, Women's Ways of Knowing (WWK), includes the five epistemological perspectives, silence, received knowledge, subjective knowledge, procedural knowledge, and constructed knowledge. The WWK framework was used to integrate female superintendent voices on how they know and construct knowledge. The research methodology includes the selection criteria for participants, survey questions, resources, and timeline that supported the design of the research. Data analysis was conducted and addresses the trustworthiness of the research. Each of the female superintendent's attainment of the superintendency and their mentoring were different. However, there were similarities in their aspiration to attain the superintendency. The barriers that they overcame were shaped by reinventing themselves. The themes that arose from the study included a four-stage model of her knowing, (1) Developing Her Voice, (2) Her Growing Resilience, (3) Making Her Meaning and Connection, and (4) Her Aspiration and Attainment.
dc.description.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studies
dc.format.extent172 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9798379578558
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/2780
dc.languageen
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectfeminism
dc.subjectfirst year
dc.subjectsuperintendent
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectwomen's ways of knowing
dc.subject.classificationEducation
dc.subject.classificationEducational leadership
dc.subject.classificationWomen's studies
dc.titlePioneering: The Experiences of First Year Female Superintendents in Texas
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thesis.degree.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education

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