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Offers surprising insights into the complex worlds of women principals.
Balancing Acts uses life history and ethnography to examine the lives and work of three female elementary school principals and highlights their daily use of personal and professional skills. Smulyan examines the principals' personal backgrounds and their effect on their work within the community they serve, their school, and the historical and social structures that frame their actions and interactions. What emerges is a fascinating personal view of the dilemmas, decisions, and consequences faced by the female principalship.
"Balancing Acts provides strong, significantly different case studies that illustrate the complexity of principal leadership." — Khaula Murtadha-Watts, Indiana University
"Smulyan is an excellent writer. She engages the reader, integrating a wealth of detailed accounts and theoretical interpretations." — Rita Irwin, author of A Circle of Empowerment: Women, Education, and Leadership
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Studying the Principalship
Chapter 2
Methodological Dilemmas
Chapter 3
Dancing on Water
Chapter 4
Handling It Graciously
Chapter 5
Playing the Referee
Chapter 6
Conclusions: Redefining the Principalship
Notes
Bibliography
Index