Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to discover how ethnicity, gender, and mentoring influenced the career experiences of Jamaican administrators in Sunshine County Public Schools (SCPS), a pseudonym that was used for a large public school district in Florida. This qualitative, phenomenological study focused on the career experiences of eight Jamaican administrators in SCPS. Seven of the participants were all native-born Jamaicans and one was a first generation Jamaican, born in England to Jamaican parents and raised in Jamaica until the age of 14. The researcher gained this understanding by interviewing participants in-depth about how their Jamaican ethnicity, gender, and personal mentoring experiences impacted their personal and professional journey as administrators in SCPS. Findings and conclusions will inform mentoring and educational leadership literature on strategies for success geared toward this understudied population.
Extent
xiii, 151 p. : ill. (some col.)
Recommended Citation
Barrett-Johnson, Denise P., "How Jamaican administrators in a large school district in Florida perceive ethnicity, gender, and mentoring have impacted their career experiences" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 543.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/543
Identifier
FADT3356889
Comments
by Denise P. Barrett-Johnson.|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012.|Includes bibliography.|Mode of access: World Wide Web.|System requirements: Adobe Reader.|by Denise P. Barrett-Johnson.