Elapsed Time Between Application and Appointment

State of the Superintendency

About a third of sitting superintendents indicate it took one to six months between the time they formally began applying for their first superintendency and their appointment to the position. About 10 percent said the process took 1-2 years.

AASA’s mid-decade update on the state of the profession revealed little difference between male and female applicants in the elapsed time of a search. Nearly a third of females in the survey appeared to have been recruited as candidates without actively seeking the position, while only about a quarter  of the males experienced the same situation. This finding suggests yet another indicator that the career path to the superintendency appears to differ by gender.