A Study of Female Public High School Directors ;Analysis by Prefecture

本研究的目的是调查影响公立高中校长中女性比例的教师的区域特征和个人因素。本研究以女性校长与地方政府负责校长任命的官员为对象，以访谈法为主要研究方法，厘清个体情境（受雇年数、受雇学校、转学历史、通过对女校长家庭状况的调查，并与男校长进行比较，揭示了一种“委托--在这种情况下，学校校长职位的职业发展“委托”给每一次工作调动所涉及的人。分析还表明，这类制度可能会阻碍女教师在职业生涯中走向主要职位，因为各种生活事件的“调整”由每个教师个人自行决定。

The aim of this study is to investigate both regional characteristics and individual factors among teachers that influence the percentage of public high school directors that are women. The main research method was interview surveys targeting female principals and local government officials in charge of appointing school principals.This study clarified the individual context (number of years employed, schools where employed, transfer history, family conditions) for female school directors and made comparative investigations of male school principals.The analysis uncovered a type of "ichinin - entrusting system" in which career formation toward a school principal position is "entrusted" to those involved with each job transfer. The analysis also indicated that this type of system could hinder female teachers in forming a career toward a principal position as "adjustments" for various life events are left to the discretion of each individual teacher.