Mr Dukane Case Study

A teacher, Mr. Dukane, from a large suburban high school in Wisconsin, was dismissed with cause after an event that created a dangerous situation for students. He gave an assignment where students were to create, perform, and videotape a storyboard as part of his media course. While he did give prior approval of the storyboard content to students, he unfortunately did not supervise the students in this off-of-school-grounds activity, nor did he inform the administration, attendance office, or the students’ parents of this project. Mr. Dukane was a 17-year teaching veteran who also served as the union’s vice-president; however, he has had an undocumented history of ignoring school operational procedures.
Several potentially alarming videos were revealed during the school’s …show more content…
According to the case study, there does not seem to be a human resource manager involved at any point. The superintendent could potentially be acting as this person; however, the case study mentioned it was a large suburban district. There were no procedures in place for the building administrator to follow when an employment concern arose. The district needed to have a clear outline on the procedures and policies in place before a crisis took place. This would have eased the conscious of the building administrator and would have helped streamline the entire process. Instead of guessing throughout the process, the entire investigation, media release, and dismissal procedures could have been nearly surgical in nature.
Potential Ways to Address the Issue*
• Develop several strands of procedures for employment issues (incompetence vs. insubordination vs. immoral conduct vs. negligence, gross misconduct, etc.) that include both investigation protocols and disciplinary v. dismissal procedures.
• Align procedures to state and federal standards and laws, as well as district