The women paradigm in the administration in Turkish educational system

Administrators‟ share in the success of educational organizations is quite high in the Turkish Educational System. Even though there is no legal obstacle in the process of taking up management positions, when the statistics are analyzed given by the central or provincial offices of the Ministry of Education it can be observed that small numbers of women are represented in management positions. In this study, the underlying reasons of the small numbers of women administrators of education are considered where almost half of the teachers whe work in public or private schools under the Ministry of Education are women. The experiences and the thoughts of the participant women administrators are analyzed qualitatively in depth and gender discrimination, organizational cultural obstacles, assuming multi-roles, glass-ceiling and social gender barriers are identified. The focus of the study is the strategiesto over come obstacles based on the ideas of the women administrators. Key words: Female Administrators, Glass Ceiling. Paradigm, Turkish Educational System.