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Destiny and Purpose Driving School Turnaround: The Portraits of Three African American Women Principals

Hutchinson, Debra S
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1581333329211659

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2020, EdD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Urban Educational Leadership.
There is little knowledge on how to best prepare urban school principals to succeed in challenging schools. There is even less knowledge of the experiences of African American school leaders, primarily principals and assistant principals in urban school contexts (Tillman, 2007). Most of the literature focuses on African American principals in general, not attending to the unique experiences of African American women principals in low achieving schools. There are many African American women principals who have been placed over these low achieving schools in a Midwestern City School District and who have had significant success in turning them around. This dissertation is a narrative portraiture study of three African American women principals who are leading or have led turnaround schools in a Midwestern City School District. Several themes emerged from the interviews of these women, such as changing culture, relationship building, accountability and ownership, not mention also passions, purpose, and destiny that they all said were crucial to the success that they have had in their school buildings. Their leadership was driven by their commitment to the well-being and education of all children. The theoretical framework of intersectionality was used in painting a portrait of each participant to showcase how each of their identifying personalities played a role in their development as a successful leader in their school. The results of this study have implications for educational policy and school turnaround practices in districts.
Anna Dejarnette, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Vanessa Allen-Brown, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Linda Plevyak, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
157 p.
Educational Leadership
African American women principals; Turnaround Schools; Portraiture; Black Feminist Thought; Intersectionality; Successful leadership

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  • Hutchinson, D. S. (2020). Destiny and Purpose Driving School Turnaround: The Portraits of Three African American Women Principals [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1581333329211659

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hutchinson, Debra. Destiny and Purpose Driving School Turnaround: The Portraits of Three African American Women Principals. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1581333329211659.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hutchinson, Debra. "Destiny and Purpose Driving School Turnaround: The Portraits of Three African American Women Principals." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1581333329211659

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