“But it’s still called the boys’ field”: Female teachers as extracurricular advisors in rural schools

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Abstract

Female teachers in rural schools perform their extracurricular work under inequitable conditions. This work impacts their career trajectory, personal lives, and even their health. Using the Bronstein & Farnsworth (1998) study of female faculty members in higher education as a framework, current experiences of K-12 rural female teachers were coded according to the framework categories (demeaning/disparaging/demoralizing comments, aggressive behaviors, oppressive circumstances, inappropriate advances, and exclusion). Three sets of data created a tableau from which to probe how issues of gender are uniquely manifested in rural extracurricular events. To be successful in these contexts, rural female teachers must ensure alignment with community traditions and gender expectations while, in the process, professionally and personally censoring themselves in thought, word, and deed.

Author

• Holly Marcolina, SUNY Potsdam