Superintendent Essays

OVERALL REFLECTION AND SELF APPRAISAL At first I really don’t want to teach. I don’t really know why I took up this course. I told to myself that I need to finish what I’ve started. I need to finish my study so that I can help my parents. I don’t have any confidence in standing in front of many people. But this Practice teaching faced me in reality. “Teaching doesn’t measure how smart the mentor is; instead it is about how she will touch her students’ lives through her profession”. During the

by American Association of School Administrators (Kowalski et al., 2010) report that superintendent career paths remain similar over the past three decades and identify three primary career paths to the office. Forty-nine percent of superintendents matriculated from being a classroom teacher to assistant principal or principal and then to a central office administrative position before becoming a Superintendent. The second pathway indicated that 31 percent of

Janet: You asked me to conduct some legal research on the questions posed by Brian Malechuk from Katy ISD regarding IEE cost and protocols. My findings and recommendations are below. Can Katy ISD mandate that their IEE providers provide Katy ISD with the protocols utilized during the IEE process? Short Answer: For the most part, yes. Findings: In order to properly address Katy ISD’s question we must first establish what is a test protocol. OSEP has found that protocols of a test can include items

Case II: Superintendent Briggs is too busy creating visions The case in question focuses on Mary Briggs, a school superintendent who does not function as an effective strategic leader in her work position. Briggs oversees and supervises a school district comprised of more than sixty schools. In recent years the schools have had a significant low performance. Parents often complain and blame this problem on teachers. However, others decided to "blame the problems of the school district on Superintendent

the superintendent undermined the authority of the assistant superintendent for business? When Dr. Davis wrote a formal recommendation to the former superintendent requesting centralized control of the principal’s activity funds, it was dismissed because there were many unanswered questions. Being a former principal in the district, Dr. Davis was fully aware of the mismanagement of these funds and continued to pursue the issue with the school board, despite the decision of the superintendent. “Even

Chapter 3: Case Study Discussion #5. If you were the superintendent, what factors would you consider before responding to Mr. Inglis? As superintendent, there are several factors I would consider before responding to Mr. Inglis. First, I would want to thoroughly examine all of the elements related to this matter. I would consult with my team to see if any of them were familiar with the climate audit process. Secondly, I would collaborate with outside agencies to see if they could assist in conducting

training for existing employees and future employees. Expectations must always be lofty. However, our primary mission of supporting students cannot fluctuate, and our loyalty to our students must never sway nor flounder. A student centered Superintendent must set directions by charting a clear course that everyone understand, establishing high expectations and using data to

Are there commonalities in the works of fiction identified by superintendents as impactful for their own leadership experiences? 4. Is there support among superintendents for the inclusion of fiction as a resource in the leadership instruction of teachers and school administrators and why? Several hypotheses are being tested in connection with this research. The

Superintendent Beverly Edison will need to formulate a plan of action to present to the union in order to continue the Teachers Council she created. She will have to make decisions on what information is important, and come up with a satisfactory solution. There are at least four different decision-making model types that she can choose from: classical model, administrative model, incremental model, and the mixed scanning model. “Regardless of which decision-making strategy is employed, the pressures

As the Superintendent of the Program, Marcia is facing difficult circumstances revolving around two main issues. The first issue is developing a method to engage the leadership team in a manner that is still in line with the organization’s mission, values, and goals. While understanding that the board is jam-packed and a vast number of issues take place in a school system, part of being a leader is having the confidence to urge the team on important issues. The team needs to be on the same page with

Superintendent is a key person in a school district, and has a broad set of administrative and supervisory responsibilities such as hiring and firing of senior staff, handling teacher and staff disciplinary matters, and managing the budget. These are the primary administrative responsibilities of most superintendents. In most districts, superintendents are also responsible for overseeing the implementation and enforcement of all state and federal statutes and programs relating to schools. On the

examines the role of a Superintendent pertaining to personnel, the best practices for discipling personnel, and ways to effectively recruit and retain high-quality employees. In your opinion, what should the role of a Superintendent be pertaining to personnel? The role of a school district superintendent is multifaceted and complex, requiring a broad range of management, leadership, and interpersonal skills. When it comes to personnel, the superintendent must play a critical role

Charles Joseph La Trobe The Superintendent Behind The Law By Madeleine Lewis Charles La Trobe was a man that believed in Indigenous people and that they should get the same respect that a European received. He was a very controversial man in so many ways and it was his mission to improve the way of his people’s life. He changed the way we think of indigenous people and cultures today. Charles was born on the 20th of March 1801 London U.K. His parents raised him with a Moravian religion.

summarizes the average years an Indiana superintendent stayed in the same public school district overall and based on personal characteristics and district characteristics. Additionally, this chapter reports the average number and percentage of superintendents based on how they stayed in the same school district, moved to another Indiana district, or left the Indiana public school system based on personal and district characteristics. Superintendent Retention Rate  Research Question 1: What

Superintendent Elliott made some errors in this situation. A couple of the errors were responding to the parent complaint without referring him to the proper level and failing to listen to the principal. The complaint that was made by the parent is something that should have been handled by the building principal. Instead of trying to take care of the situation himself the superintendent he should have led the parent to the correct building level channel first to come to allow them the chance to

A new superintendent has been hired to run a school district. Her predecessor retired after serving for eighteen years. During his time, he hired much of the current administration and staff. As a result of working with him for so many years, the administration and staff grew to understand and follow his commanding leadership style where his way of thinking was the only one acceptable. In return, the superintendent of nearly two decades defended his employees against all criticism. When the new

study, Beth Stuart is a veteran teacher that believed she had been hired for a teaching job as a last minute replacement for a departing teacher. Stuart went so far as to begin decorating a classroom that she believed to be hers. Ultimately, the superintendent continued to interview candidates and selected a teacher for the job that was thirty years younger. This case study brings forth many questions related to the rights of Stuart and of the school system.

In the highly politicized education climate of modern public schooling, a superintendent is charged with moving a school system forward in terms of academic achievement, community building, and operational functions. Managing to accomplish this multifaceted task requires leadership that transcends oneself and moves the stakeholders of a system to embrace change with the leaders of an organization. Moving a school district toward its goals can be accomplished through uniting the components of the

In the book Nothing but the Truth by Avi, Miss Narwin, (a language arts teacher and frankly the best teacher at the school) applies to be the recipient of a grant that would allow her to take a teacher course taught by master teachers on teaching a new generation of students but is denied by the principal because she already gave the grant to Kimberly Howard the band teacher for the course that she applied to which was a course on marching band etiquette. It was unfair to deny Miss Narwin the grant

(Pellegrin, 1976, p.7). As Stephen Jambor, President of The Westchester Putnam School Boards Association states, the responsibilities of the President of a school board is to, “Conduct board meetings, sets agenda items with the superintendent, bridge between board & superintendent, team builder & mediator, voting member of the board” (2015, p. 10). If the President is absent, the Vice President has the same responsibilities and power as the President (Fanniff & Abram, 2009, p. 2). Overall, the President