Managing up
As assistant principal is frustrated with the feeling that the principal isn’t doing the job well.
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Kappan Contributor: Phyllis L. Fagell
Losing your job
Transfer season is creating stress for a teacher whose job has been cut and who doesn’t know where her transfer will send her.
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Discussing controversial topics with middle schoolers
A social studies teacher wonders how to discuss emotionally charged current events with students.
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When the reading specialist is a mean gossip
Teachers don’t trust the reading specialist not to gossip about them to the principal, but they need her expertise.
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When a counselor hears consistent complaints about one teacher
A school counselor feels she is spending way too much time fielding complaints from students and parents about one teacher.
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Should a principal treat all staff members the same?
A principal wonders if it’s a appropriate to give fewer privileges to a teacher who has proven to be unreliable.
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