Department of Educational Administration
Date of this Version
10-2009
Document Type
Article
Citation
2009 Pro>Active Publications
Abstract
This biographical study features the leadership of Joan Miller Wint, now re- tired, who for 23 years was principal of Denbigh High School, located in a high-poverty rural area in Jamaica. In the article I examine biography as a qualitative research strategy used in "telling" the stories of women leaders; explore the influence of Wint's early life and education on her leadership; highlight the challenges Wint encountered as a principal, as well as how she transformed the school from low-performing to high-performing; and dis- cuss Wint's story in terms of the themes in the scholarship on women's leadership.
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Comments
Journal of Women in Educational Leadership. Vol. 7, NO.4-October 2009 TSSN: 1541-6224