The purpose of the study was to determine if administrators with elementary school experience have less opportunity to advance to the position of superintendent than do administrators with secondary school experience. Data were collected from 270 public school superintendents and 174 public school board presidents.The superintendent data collection instrument was designed to collect data to determine the educational background and work experience of superintendents in the state of Indiana. The school board president data collection instrument was designed to collect the perceived ideal career pattern for a superintendent and a ranking of perspective superintendent candidates with a request to list perceived strengths and weaknesses for each candidate. Five null hypotheses were tested for statistical significance using an analysis of variance and chi-square.Data collected supported the following conclusions:1. A significant statistical difference does exist in the number of first time superintendents hired in the past three years as well as in the total number of superintendents employed in the state of Indiana with secondary school experience as compared to the number of superintendents with elementary school experience. Superintendents with secondary school experience are significantly more in number.2. There is no significant statistical difference in the number of years of administrative experience, other than as a superintendent, that a superintendent possesses with secondaryschool experience as compared to experience reported by superintendents with elementary school experience.3. A significant statistical difference does exist in the number of years of teaching experience a superintendent with secondary school experience possesses as compared to amounts of teaching experience reported by superintendents with previous elementary school experience.4. A significant statistical difference does exist in the ranking of prospective superintendent candidates by school presidents based on whether the candidate's experience was secondary school level or the elementary school level.5. Superintendent candidates in the state of Indiana with board at the elementary school experience have had to take extra steps to be considered equal to superintendent candidates with secondary school experience. These steps have included more advanced degrees and experience as an assistant superintendent.6. School board presidents view secondary school experience as more beneficial in the preparation of a candidate for the position of superintendent. / Department of Educational Leadership
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/176816 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Hodges, Russell E. |
| Contributors | Riegle, Jack D. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | viii, 112 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us--- |
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