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Case: Administrator Playing Favorites
An assistant principal has a group of students that she plays favorites with. These students are constantly in her office when they should be in class and when any of them are written up they receive barely a slap on the wrist if anything. This same principal sends out emails to the school telling teachers to not send students to her office without her permission, but when students wander in after getting permission to go to the bathroom she lets them stay. How do you handle this?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
This is a particularly sticky situation because it is your boss. I would have a talk with the principal first and let them know that you have not given these students permission to wander into her office and that next time it happens it would be very helpful if she directed them back to the classroom promptly as to not miss important instruction. I would then have a talk with the group of students and let them know that this is unacceptable behavior and try an alternative consequence technique rather than sending them to the principals office such as sending a note home to their parents. However, be mindful of the principal no matter the action you take. |
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| Comments: I am not sure that this is the best course of action, this is a very sensitive situation the students are being given permission by the principal to miss instructional time. |
| Rated On: October 1, 2015 10:24 pm |
| Rated By: zemyRy |
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Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| Comments: The suggested solution with the students should be tried first. Then if it did not work then speak with the assistant principal and discus the situation with him or her. I would not go directly to the principal first because you are skipping the assistant principal and not discussing the problem with AP first to try and resolve it. The suggestions listed for the students are good ideas. |
| Rated On: October 3, 2015 3:19 am |
| Rated By: Tamupy |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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Yes
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| Comments: The only problem that I see with this solution is that, refusing to send a child to see the principal, when this will be more effective than sending a note home, may cause a negative result. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2015 4:55 am |
| Rated By: Miranda Kuhn |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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No
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No
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| Comments: This is not a good solution, i would not do this. |
| Rated On: March 5, 2017 8:34 pm |
| Rated By: Gytusa |
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