I m no longer Dr. Hensley. I m the husband of the superintendent. She felt angst over what the move had done to her marriage and realized it had torn apart her own support network as well. And she wondered why no one had pointed out such relatively predictable pitfalls along the way. To be successful as a superintendent, you have to have a balanced life and a healthy relationship with your family and spouse.
Women have higher self-expectations.
They don t give up their concerns over being a wife and mother. They just add to them, and now they have to jump a little higher. Men don t agonize over it as much, and they aren t expected to. Many female superintendents say they were considerably affected by the impact their career step had on their spouses and families. Charlotte Sawyer s career climb meant considerable changes for her husband.