Principals Essay

population with a wide variety of academic and social emotional needs. The faculty at RHS has been there for quite some time—thus have tenure. The staff has strong union representation or at least that is what appears to be the case. My principal, assistant principals, and myself were new to RHS. While there, we observed many questionable behaviors and activities

Five Stages of Standard Diffusion Model The diffusion process is the communication theory for adopting or rejecting ideas, products, or innovation. Sociologists of the 1950s developed a standard diffusion model that had five different stages. The stages are awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. In the awareness stage, an individual is introduced to a new idea, procedure, or product with known knowledge about it. Following the awareness stage is the interest stage which is also referred

make a break for it, but I guess he was smarter than that because he stayed. The office lady told me that I could go right in, which was a surprise because principals are almost always busy, but I did. When I opened the big heavy door, I was shocked. Rachel had a huge red make on her face! I guess I was a better fighter than I thought! The principal told me to sit down, and then he said, “You’re editor told me about the pen name, and I hope I didn’t overstep my boundries when I told Rachel, Bethany.

the administration and the construction of a functioning staff. It is the goal of the principal to hire effective personnel to his team, and that these individuals bring forth experiences that might make the team stronger. The principal must think of his weaknesses and try to fulfill people who will pick up the slack in these areas. He also wants individuals who know how to multitask and organize. The principal also need individuals who will tell him if he is wrong, or if there is an easier way

have had the opportunity to work with many administrators which all have had very different leadership styles and personalities. I have been lucky to be able to work with a few principals that were, in my opinion, effective and transformational leaders. Unfortunately, I have also had the occasion of working with principals that made it almost unbearable to continue working in an uninviting and toxic atmosphere, which resulted in many seasoned educators leaving the campus or the education field all

Framework for Analysis School closure is a sensitive and complicated situation. Therefore, it should be worked tactfully and strategically. The students’ academic learning, safety, and smooth transition during times of changes should be the focal point for any administrator, during a school closure. As human beings, the leaders will experience a broad spectrum of feelings, that will most likely push him or her into a ‘rollercoaster of sentiments’, while dealing with this type of crisis. However

different types of information on principals’ perception of school counselors. The reason for the study is to see how principals’ views of school counselors change as they are exposed to the ASCA national model. The research focuses on counselor roles such as guidance curriculum, individual student planning, responsive survives and system support. This investigation examines three specific hypotheses: a) Principals have little exposure to the ASCA national model; b) Principals who have some knowledge of

Principals are faced with challenging situations on a daily basis. Principal Tom gets a phone call from a school board member concerning a friend’s daughter. The daughter received an F on a test from an absence that was not school related. The school board policy states that any unexcused absence will result in an F on the test. Mrs. Racheal is following school board policy. Principal Tom first step should be to sit with the student and the parents to discuss the school board policy together

of great principals. The first characteristic is that “Great principals take responsibility for school success”. Whether its problems with students, teachers or budget, a great principal will treat these problems as his/her own. They take responsibility of these problems and find effective means of solving them. They don’t blame others for the lack that their school is not successfully. The second characteristic is that “Great principals lead teaching and learning” The great principal should model

Advertising Principals 1 MAN230 Felecia Steed S. Kenneth Hansen May 28, 2013 Advertising Principals 2 1. Some viewers don’t like the AFLAC ads. Can an ad still accomplish its intended purposes if people find it annoying? I think there are a lot of annoying ads out there. I think it depends on the person, as to whether they will buy the product or not. I personally would not buy AFLAC because I have read the reviews on the company and they are not good. I do not like their ads, I think