Week 3 Discussion - New Kid at School

New Kid at School

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 5:12 PM

What should you say when teachers remind you of Ms. A. and her wonderful love

for them.

I would kill my teachers with positivity about the school rather than about myself or Ms

.

A. The success of the school would be at the front of my mindset and conversation. I

would do my best to avoid passive

-

aggression because it will take away from the

positive spirit I am trying to instill in a school that is transitioning. I would redirec

t the

conversation to what the new expectations for teachers and staff members are and how

I am here to support them through the changes. If they need help, I am more than

willing to take the time to show them or provide examples of the new policy or proce

ss.

You know that the school is about to be placed on the district's list of low

-

performing schools. Should you remind them of that as you defend your own

leadership? Do you even need to defend your leadership?

To initiate my culture and goals, I would not

remind the staff of the low

-

performance of

the school if I met resistance to my leadership. I am a firm believer that school success

cannot be done on it’s own. I believe it is important to share your goals and vision with

those within the school. Even if

you use teacher leaders to help spread your mindset,

you are reaching shareholders within the school. The principal needs to be someone

that demonstrates they care before gaining a large portion of support. Baby steps need

to be made to reach the entire s

chool and finding a group of teacher leaders with similar

goals as you will help reach all shareholders within the school

Lastly, how will you respond to the fact that for many years the staff left thirty

minutes early on Fridays while the principal handle

d student dismissal from the

gym? (Maybe you are all for it)!

At the beginning of the year I would remind teachers of the importance of following their

contract hours. At my school contract hours are 7:40 to 3:40. We are required to remain

obligated to our contracts. I would be upfront about the expectation at the be

ginning of

the year or when I first heard of the 30 minute early dismissal to staying until the

students leave on Friday afternoons. I have never heard of this actually happening in a

school before and I would tell the staff this. Not only are we letting o

ur students get out

of instruction time, we are wasting taxpayer dollars as well.

New Kid at School

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 5:12 PM

What should you say when teachers remind you of Ms. A. and her wonderful love

for them.

I would kill my teachers with positivity about the school rather than about myself or Ms.

A. The success of the school would be at the front of my mindset and conversation. I

would do my best to avoid passive-aggression because it will take away from the

positive spirit I am trying to instill in a school that is transitioning. I would redirect the

conversation to what the new expectations for teachers and staff members are and how

I am here to support them through the changes. If they need help, I am more than

willing to take the time to show them or provide examples of the new policy or process.

You know that the school is about to be placed on the district's list of low-

performing schools. Should you remind them of that as you defend your own

leadership? Do you even need to defend your leadership?

To initiate my culture and goals, I would not remind the staff of the low-performance of

the school if I met resistance to my leadership. I am a firm believer that school success

cannot be done on it’s own. I believe it is important to share your goals and vision with

those within the school. Even if you use teacher leaders to help spread your mindset,

you are reaching shareholders within the school. The principal needs to be someone

that demonstrates they care before gaining a large portion of support. Baby steps need

to be made to reach the entire school and finding a group of teacher leaders with similar

goals as you will help reach all shareholders within the school

Lastly, how will you respond to the fact that for many years the staff left thirty

minutes early on Fridays while the principal handled student dismissal from the

gym? (Maybe you are all for it)!

At the beginning of the year I would remind teachers of the importance of following their

contract hours. At my school contract hours are 7:40 to 3:40. We are required to remain

obligated to our contracts. I would be upfront about the expectation at the beginning of

the year or when I first heard of the 30 minute early dismissal to staying until the

students leave on Friday afternoons. I have never heard of this actually happening in a

school before and I would tell the staff this. Not only are we letting our students get out

of instruction time, we are wasting taxpayer dollars as well.