Leadership and the U.S. Superintendency: Issues of Race, Preparation and Impact

Autor/inn/en	Miles Nash, Angel; Grogan, Margaret
Titel	Leadership and the U.S. Superintendency: Issues of Race, Preparation and Impact
Quelle	In: School Leadership & Management, 42 (2022) 1, S.24-43 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2434
DOI	10.1080/13632434.2021.1922375
Schlagwörter	Superintendents; Minority Groups; Racial Bias; Ethnicity; Racial Discrimination; Disproportionate Representation; COVID-19; Pandemics; Women Administrators; Social Justice; Public Schools; School Districts; Administrator Role; Gender Bias; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Diversity; Geographic Location; School District Size; Student Characteristics; Equal Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulrat; Ethnische Minderheit; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Ethnizität; Racial bias; Weibliche Führungskraft; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Geschlechterstereotyp; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich
Abstract	This article analyses the disaggregated data from the 2020 American Superintendent Decennial Study. The focus on superintendents of colour provides important insight into the ways individuals holding the highest rank in school districts govern the instructional, facilities, fiscal, personnel, and community relations matters as they comprehensively prioritise students' academic success and social wellbeing. Given the historicity of marginalisation of people of colour, the current heightened visibility of racial discrimination waged against the Black community, and the disproportionate health risks highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, our focus on the US superintendency is poignantly timely and necessary. Purposely grounding this article in an asset-based approach of exploring the work and lives of superintendents who are not part of the hegemonic norm -- by centreing superintendents of colour and women superintendents -- we employ a lesser-used tactic of emphasising underexplored leadership experiences to highlight what we can learn from and appreciate about them. In doing so, we mirror the current state of the profession and the ways society influences it. Considering recent increases in efforts to support the humane treatment of Black lives on a global scale, this article corroborates existing evidence detailing the ways educators play a pivotal role in shaping children's lives. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01