Week 5 Discussion - Conference with Staff
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University_Course695_Sample5_Week5_Discussion_Tc11202019.docxWeek 5 Discussion- Conference with Staff
by Crystal Goodman - Monday, November 18, 2019, 7:40 PM
Consider this scenario: The principal has scheduled a conference with one of the cafeteria staff and wants you to plan to sit in on the conference. He knows you take copious notes and wants you to be there for the purpose of taking notes about the conference. As all three of you sit down, the staff member looks at the principal and then over at you and says, "I don't want her in here." You and the principal are both taken aback for a moment.
Can the staff member actually demand that you leave?
Yes the cafeteria staff member can ask that I not be present during the meeting.
Why would she not want you in there, since you have known her for a very long time?
The mere fact that maybe she has something that she needs to discuss in private or it could be information about someone else that she needs to be confidential. In such meetings, the principal should always ask if it would be okay for another individual to sit in on a meeting.
What will you do at this point?
I would respect her wishes and I would be professional about the situation as well.
What should the principal do?
I think that the principal should make sure to address the staff member's demeanor and her tone of how she responded to myself being there. The principal should speak to her about how to be professional in all meetings and how she should respond in a more professional way because some people would not take how she spoke very well.
What are your suggestions?
I would respect the staff member's wishes. I also would make sure that for future meetings to be sure and ask whether a staff member could sit in on the meeting whether they were taking notes or whatever. Another suggestion is to make sure that as principal that you set your expectations of how meetings should be addressed and what to expect from and give to the staff.(Communication).
