Career Paths to the Texas Public School Superintendency Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Career Paths to the Texas Public School Superintendency

Creator

  • Author: Farmer, Tod Allen
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Camp, William E.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Simms, Richard
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor
  • Committee Member: Brooks, John
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2005-12
  • Digitized: 2008-02-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This study focused on the identification of career paths that led to the Texas public school superintendency, including an examination of career path differences associated with gender, ethnicity, and district type, and on the identification of the career path positions superintendents perceived as being the most beneficial in preparing them for the superintendency. Additionally, the study examined place-bound versus career-bound superintendents. The most common career path to the Texas public school superintendency was secondary teacher, secondary principal, and superintendent. Female administrators and administrators who worked in large districts were more likely to take the director route to the superintendency. Additionally, most major urban superintendents took the director route to the superintendency. Ethnicity was not a significant factor in determining the career path to the superintendency. A significant correlation did exist between educational attainment and the secondary teacher, secondary assistant principal, secondary principal, assistant superintendent, superintendent career path. A higher representation of superintendent respondents who held earned doctorates existed in that career path than in any of the other career path groups. While educational attainment was important in higher paying districts, most Texas superintendents did not hold doctorates. Few held doctorates from the most prestigious, nationally recognized universities.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: School superintendents -- Texas.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Career development -- Texas.
  • Keyword: superintendency
  • Keyword: public schools

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Farmer, Tod Allen
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 69665766
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc4970

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Education
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Educational Administration
  • Academic Department: Department of Teacher Education and Administration
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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