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The following presentation gives the objective information pertinent to the career and credentials of Lisa Sayles-Adams, along with a few remarks giving my view of the Sayles-Adams candidacy.

 

Lisa Sayles-Adams              

 

Superintendent

Eastern Carver County Schools

9,379 students

 

Lisa Sayles-Adams began her career in education at the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS)  from 1996 to 2004 as a teacher and eventually served as principal at an MPS contract alternative school in the organization The City, Inc. 

 

Sayles-Adams then worked from 2004 until 2012 in the 52,000-student district of Clayton County Schools in Georgia, serving as high school principal and principal for two elementary schools.

 

Next, Sayles-Adams moved to the St. Paul Public Schools in 2012, holding positions as middle school and elementary school principal before serving for five years as an assistant superintendent.  Then, in 2020, she moved into the same position in the Eastern Carver County Schools;  she was selected as superintendent for the 2020-2021 academic year. 

 

Sayle-Adams's academic credentials are as follows  >>>>>

 

Ed, D., Educational Leadership (2022)

Minnesota State University/Mankato

 

M.A., Curriculum and Instruction (2002)

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities 

 

B.A. Political Science        (1992)

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

U.S. News and World Report data on public school districts indicates the following for Eastern Carver County Schools         >>>>>

 

 

Eastern Carver County Schools

21 schools;  6 high schools

Student enrollment 9,379

 

White                                74.6%

Hispanic                            10.4%

African American              5.4%

Two or                                 5.2%

more ethnicities

Asian/                                 3.9%

Pacific Islander

American Indian/            0.3%

Alaska Native

Native Hawaiian/            0.1%

Other Pacific Islander

 

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Free/                                 9.2%

Reduced Price Lunch     

English                              5.6%

Language Learners

 

Academic Proficiency

 

                     Math             Reading

 

Elementary                64%                 63%

Middle School           42%                 59%

High School                56%                 67%

 

Graduation Rate                69.5%

 

College Readiness             45.2   (Rated on scale of 0-100)

 

 

Information Pertinent to the Dissertation---

Written as Requirement for the ED. D., Minnesota State University/Mankato--- 

Embargoed by Lisa Sayles-Adams

 

 

                                                                                                                                       


DISCIPLINE

·       Education (1)

·       Educational Leadership (1)

PUBLICATION YEAR

·       2022 (1)

PUBLICATION

·       All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects (1)

PUBLICATION TYPE

·       Theses/Dissertations (1)

FILE TYPE

·       None (1)

African American Women Principals: A Phenomenological Study to Explore their Experiences in K-12 Leadership
Author: Lisa Sayles-Adams
Publication: 
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

 

African American Women Principals: A Phenomenological Study to Explore their Experiences in K-12 Leadership

Advisor

Natalie Rasmussen

Committee Member

Candace F. Raskin

Committee Member

Efe Agbamu

Date of Degree

2022

Language

English

 

Requirement for the Ed. D. In Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University/Mankato

 

Educational Leadership (EDD)

The doctorate in educational leadership is dedicated to developing racially conscious leaders for P-21 schools, higher education, and non-profit organizations. 

Admission Requirements

·       PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

·       DEGREE PLAN

 

 

 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Common Core

EDLD 734 Professional Development Colloquium I 3 credits

 

EDLD 735 Professional Development Colloquium II 3 credits

 

EDLD 747 Organizational and Critical Race Theory & Analysis 3 credits

 

EDLD 751 Seminar: Advanced Leadership Ethics 3 credits

 

EDLD 752 Seminar: Leadership Exemplars 3 credits

 

EDLD 759 Influences and Assessment of Public Policy 3 credits

 

Doctoral Internship (Specialization): Higher Education, P-12, or Non-Profit Leadership - Choose 8 Credit(s). Select 4 credits each, in consultation with advisor, during Semester 3 and Semester 5.

EDLD 798 Doctoral Internship in Educational Leadership 1-12 credits

 

Research/Methods Course(s)

EDLD 782 Design and Method in Qualitative Inquiry 3 credits

 

EDLD 792 Quantitative Research Methods for Educational Leadership 3 credits

 

EDLD 793 Focused Research Investigations I 3 credits

 

Doctoral Internship - Research Internship (in consultation with advisor). - Choose 4 Credit(s).

EDLD 798 Doctoral Internship in Educational Leadership 1-12 credits

 

This course is designed for doctoral candidates in educational leadership to experience implementation of theory where they are given the opportunity to create, demonstrate, and maintain effective strategies and methodologies from leadership practices in a school or higher education setting.

Prerequisites: none

Unrestricted Electives

Unrestricted Elective Credit and/or Advanced Standing Recognition - Choose 9 - 10 Credit(s). Advanced Standing will allow up to 10 post-Masters degree credits to satisfy this category.

EDLD 600 - 799  credits

 

Capstone Course

EDLD 799 Dissertation 1-12 credits

 

Other Graduation Requirements

Program will recognize a maximum of 30 credits from an earned Masters degree program and will apply toward the required 90 credits of EdD program

Creator

Sayles-Adams, Lisa L author. 

Title

African American Women Principals: A Phenomenological Study to Explore their Experiences in K-12 Leadership

Responsibility

by Lisa L Sayles-Adams.

Publisher

Mankato, Minnesota : Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2022

Format

1 online resource (134 pages)

text file PDF

Dissertation

Ed.D. Minnesota State University, Mankato 2022 Educational Leadership: Ed.D.

 

Description

 

African American women have played a pivotal role as leaders in public education. Their contributions have spanned three centuries, impacting their communities, families, and workplaces. Despite their contributions and demanding work, African American women principals continue to experience the double jeopardy of race and gender. This phenomenological study explored and described the impacts of race and gender on the leadership experiences of five African American women principals in the upper Midwest region of the United States. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the intersectional experiences of African American women principals and the challenges they faced to improve academic outcomes for students. Special attention was given to the barriers and coping strategies the leaders used to navigate their marginalized and oppressive experiences. The major themes that emerged were categorized as barriers that confirmed; different expectations, double standards, questioning authority, acts of resistance, aggression, and being treated as clean-up women. An additional theme emerged that described coping strategies utilized to navigate racism and sexism in the workplace that included self-advocacy and being authentic, spirituality, support networks, and concealment of their emotions.

 

Contents

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

English

Genre

Academic theses.

Contributor

Rasmussen, Natalie degree supervisor 

Raskin, Candace F degree committee member 

Agbamu, Efe degree committee member 

Minnesota State University, Mankato, degree granting institution. 

Identifier

OCLC : (OCoLC)1371330595

OCLC : (OCoLC)on1371330595

Source

Library Catalog

Links

Cornerstone Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects 

Display Source Record

 

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Note that Lisa Sayles-Adams’s dissertation ran only 134 pages and that she took the highly unusual step of embargoing this slim and in all likelihood shabby work, the only such doctoral thesis among all of the dissertations on record at the University of Minnesota/Mankato during the two-year period that encompassed the completion and defense of this thesis, until autumn 2024.

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