Motivation for the Position
November 01, 2018
Appears in November 2018: School Administrator.
State of the Superintendency
What factor is the leading motivator for an educator to become a superintendent? A nationwide survey of superintendents by AASA identified this atop the list by a considerable margin: The opportunity to help students succeed.
A distant second
among the 851 respondents: Dedication to the school system.
Source
“Study of the American Superintendent: 2015 Mid-Decade Update,” a collaboration of AASA and research partners Charol Shakeshaft (Virginia Commonwealth University), Margaret Grogan (Chapman University), Whitney Sherman (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Kerry Robinson (University of Tennessee, Knoxville).
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