NSBA and BoardDocs Women in Leadership Webinar.

1. Women in Leadership: Leaning into
Boardroom Culture and Challenges
BoardDocs and NSBA Webinar

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Webinar Housekeeping Announcements
01 60 minute session – including Q&A from the audience
02 Send your questions to the Q&A box on the GoToWebinar control panel
03 Session is being recorded, phone lines will remain muted
04 Slides and recording will be made available after the session

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Today’s Presenters
Dottie
Schindlinger
VP of Thought Leadership
BoardDocs
Moderator
Diana Freeman
Implementation Specialist,
BoardDocs
Panelist
Amber Elenz
District 5 Trustee and Board
Secretary, Austin ISD
Panelist
Faye Beaulieu, PhD
Board Governance
Professional
Panelist

4. Agenda:
Overview of current realities
Challenges & opportunities for K-12 leadership
Reflections on women in K-12 leadership roles

5. NSBA 2020 Women in Leadership Initiative
NSBA committee launched in 2020
New initiative to support women entering
leadership roles in K-12 public education
Continue networking opportunities, education
sessions, webinars, articles and more

6. Superintendents in K-12 Public Schools
Of the nearly 14,000 public school districts in the US, fewer than 25% are led by
female superintendents
 Meanwhile, women make up…
– 76% of teachers
– 52% of principals
– 78% of central-office administrators
» Source: AASA: https://aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=14492 and EdWeek:
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/16/few-women-run-the-nations-school-districts.html;
research is from 2016

7. By the Numbers: Female Principals in Public Schools
 11% female principals have doctoral
degrees as their first professional
degrees, about 2% higher than male
peers (Figure 1).
 29% female principals have education
specialist degrees, 5% higher than their
male peers (Figure 1).

8. By the Numbers: Female Principals in Public Schools
 On average, female principals have
12.6 years of teaching experience vs.
10.3 years for male principals
(Figure 2).
 On average, female principals had 5.6
years of experience as a principal in
1993, but in 2016, 6.2 years. For
males, the average years of experience
as a principal decreased from 10.3
years to 7 years (Figure 2).

9. By the Numbers: Female Principals in Public Schools
 The average annual salary of female principals has been lower than that of their
male peers. In 2015-16, the difference was about $2,000 (Figure 3).
Data source: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d18/tables/dt18_212.10.asp

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Additional Resources
Articles:
1. Education Week – “Few Women
Run the Nation’s School Districts.
Why?”
2. Education Week – “Women’s
Voices Lacking on School Boards”

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