Dr. Mary E. Streshly's (2015) critical study highlights the underrepresentation of women and women of color in the K-12 superintendency and explores barriers and facilitators for female educational leaders during their career trajectories. It investigates female leadership behaviors that have been linked to transformational leadership and change leadership attitudes that have had positive impacts on student achievement and school culture in order to facilitate women’s career advancement and promote gender equity. Semistructured interviews and document reviews were employed to gain a more in-depth understanding of how and why these successful female educators lead the way they do. Streshly's (2015) reveals key themes, including Relational Leadership, Social Justice Leadership, Leadership for Learning, Spiritual Leadership, Balanced Leadership, and Systems-Thinking Leadership framing a new understanding of how women are redefining the role of the superintendent in order to realize system-wide, sustainable improvement in student achievement.
Streshly, M. E. (2015). Change leadership and female superintendents (Doctoral dissertation, San Francisco State University).
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/td96k4315
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