As an administrator, one of my responsibilities is dealing with discipline issues. Students who make poor decisions are sent to me, and I have to hand out consequences so that they can learn a lesson and think twice before making another poor decision. One of the first students who came to my office for disciplinary […]
In my current administrative position, I am still not authorized to evaluate teachers. Recently, however, I attended a meeting with other administrators where we learned about how to conduct an evaluation meeting with a teacher. I took good notes, seeing that eventually I will have to conduct such meetings. Here’s what I learned in a […]
I was the only administrator two of the last three days this week. And guess when all the craziness happened? Yup – On those two days when I was the lone administrative representative. Here’s a short summary of the highlights of this last week: 1. I dealt with a bullying issue where I had to […]
Today was a busy day. 1. Cohort Meeting at the district – All the other administrators at my level met to discuss items relating to our position. 2. My Son – Made it back to school about 9:15 to hear the news about the student who I’ve taken under my wing. I call him my […]
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