14 Michelle Barrow, Ed.D. About the Author Dr. Michelle Barrow serves as the superintendent of Newton ISD, a rural district located in Southeast Texas on the Louisiana state line. Dr. Barrow has been the superintendent of Newton ISD for the past 13 years, and she has served in NISD for a total of 25 years. In 2020, Dr. Barrow was Region 5’s Superintendent of the Year. Later that same year, she went on to be a TASA Superintendent of the Year Top 5 Finalist. In 2022, Dr. Barrow was named the Texas Rural Education Association Superintendent of the Year. In 2023, she was named Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas Superintendent of the Year. Other previous positions held include elementary and middle school teacher, assistant principal, elementary principal, high school principal, curriculum director, and district coordinator of school improvement. Dr. Barrow earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Stephen F. Austin State University and her doctorate in Educational Leadership K-12 from Dallas Baptist University. She can be reached at mbarrow409@gmail.com for research inquiries. dissertation, George Fox University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Steele, J. S., Brown, N., Kinder, R. T., Amos, C., Luu, A., O’Brien, N., Ranchez, M. L., Tengan, J., Walker, A. C., & Young, J. (2019). Teacher! Teacher! An artistic exploration of the true-story troubles of first year teachers. Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, 20(5), 471–484. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708619885404 Templeton, T., Horn, C., Sands, S., Mairaj, F., Burnett, C., & Lowery, S. (2022). 2022 Texas teacher workforce report [Prepared for the Charles Butt Foundation]. College of Education, University of Houston. https:/ charlesbuttfdn.org/whatwere-learning/research-reports/ Texas Education Agency. (2021). 2020–2021 Texas academic performance report (TAPR). https:// rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/perfreport/tapr/2021/index.html Texas Education Agency. (2024). Teacher employment, attrition, and hiring. https://tea texas.gov/texas-educators/superintendents/teacher employmentattrition-and-hiring-march-2024.pdf Tieken, M. C., & Williams, S. (2024). Commentary: Times article on rural school misses half the story—educational success. The Rural Educator, 42(5), 72–73. https://doi.org/10.35608/ruraled.v42i3.1289 U.S. Department of Education. (2022). Characteristics of public school teachers who completed alternative route to certification programs. Conditions of Education. https://nces.ed.gov/ programs/coe/indicator/tlc alternative-route-certification Valente, R., Tejwani, J., Pedroza, V., & Cartznes, S. (2022). Increasing rural teacher preparedness through a teacher residency. The Rural Educator, 43(4), 58–61. https://doi.org/10.55533/2643–9662.1333 Weisling, N. F., & Gardiner, W. (2018). Making mentoring work. Kappan, 99(6), 64–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721718762426 Williams, H., Shoup, K., Durham, L., Johnson, B., & Dunstan, S. (2019). Perceptions of rural superintendents on factors influencing employment decisions. School Leadership Review, 14(2), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3102/1570607
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