The Underrepresentation of Women Pursuing the High School Principalship

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deena Wasson Cellini
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
High School Principalship ◽  
School Principalship

Teachers and Principals: Gender-Related Perceptions of Leadership and Power in Secondary Schools

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie E. Lee ◽  
Julia B. Smith ◽  
Madalyn Cioci
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teacher Gender ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Female Principals ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
High School Principalship ◽  
Perceptions Of Leadership ◽  
School Principalship

This study explores teachers’ perceptions of their own power at the personal, interpersonal, and organizational levels of their schools. It investigates how the interaction between principal and teacher gender affects high school teachers’ evaluations of the principal’s leadership, as well as how it influences subsequent evaluations of their own power. The study employs a sample of almost 9,000 teachers in over 300 public, Catholic, and private secondary schools from the Administrator and Teachers Survey of the High School and Beyond study. A strong pattern of results shows that while female teachers feel empowered when working in schools headed by female principals, male teachers consider themselves less powerful in those circumstances. The interaction between teachers’ and principals’ gender contributes to understanding the persistent underrepresentation of women in the high school principalship.

Evolution of the High-School Principalship

1923 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Forest C. Ensign
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Principalship ◽  
School Principalship
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