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Choose the right hammer to smash the glass ceiling.
Far fewer women than men rise to the top of educational leadership. Is that because women don't want to or the system's stacked against them? Choosing the right tool to smash the glass ceiling depends on the kind of glass.
Bertha Roberts and Dr. Rodney Davis embodied some of the gender differences they spoke of at the October 2003 Women in Educational Leadership Conference, in their workshop "Get Your Hammer, It's Time to Break the Glass Barrier."
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Both are first year faculty at Troy State University AL, she as instructor of elementary education and he as assistant professor of educational leadership. Relegated to a dead-end track, she said she has to filter information. "Is it me? Is it because I'm black? Is it because I'm a women? I have to step out of the box and confront my fears."
Through different lenses
Women and men see the glass ceiling differently, they found. In K-12 research, women are 86% of the teachers but only 14% of K-12 administrators. More women are becoming principals, but the superintendents and college deans are still much more likely to be men.
Women see the glass ceiling as a real, external barriers. Most K-12 administrators are former athletics coaches, and most coaches are men.
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