Principal

lesson to my students, my classroom door flung open with a crash as though the Reckoning had come to collect my soul. In fact, in a non biblical sense, it had, but it wasn’t my soul on the line, it was my position as a teacher in the district. My principal, squatty and stout, with salt and pepper hair, and dark ink colored bags under his eyes stood in the doorway and raised his index and thumb at me in the same fashion small children make guns out of their hands and said, “We need to…

have to be in schools. Sometimes other children see the situation occurring and they don’t do anything, instead they just simply watch. School’s principal or teacher will teach the children that they need to speak up because they might the next person that will encounter similar situations. “In short, whenever you most need for reason” (1046). The principal or teacher would make children understand that they need to be responsible for their actions and try to treat anyone the same way they want…

In 2002, the critically acclaimed documentary “Bowling for columbine” was released by left-wing activist, Michael Moore, which displays his bias and negative opinion towards America’s second amendment and much of what it represents. Moore uses a vast variety of documentary techniques to illustrate the uncontrollable and hazardous nature of gun and general weapon accessibility in America and how changes are needed as it promotes violence. As seen in the film, Moore uses many documentary devices…

ugly and said she looked like a boy just because she has short hair. When Mrs. Fosberg told the principal about how her daughter has been being ridiculed because the length of her hair, he simply didn’t care. The principal told her that, “I don’t know of any child that had ever died of words, you need to toughen up and deal with it.” If someone is being bullied at your school and you’re the principal, you could at least make an effort to talk to that person and help them through what their…

gameplan(Finger Plan) for the desegregation of the student body, This decision was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court and became a landmark case. This historical case will always be a cornerstone in the racial desegregation of the American school systems. As a principal, this case represents racial equality when it comes to education for all, regardless of our skin color. Court Cases Covered: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 347 U.S. 483 (1954) Argued Dec 9-11, 1952 Re-Argued Dec 7-9,…

The work of Principle Elizabeth Dozier at Christian Fenger High School known as Fenger Academy in Chicago is admirable. The similarities between the article How America’s toughest Principal Fights For Her Students and Paul Toug’s book, How Children Succeed, are many because they both focus on the outside stressors students face. Focusing on academics will not help students at Fanger High since, their poor behavior at school is due to the problems they have at home. Most students are living in…

fidgeting or humming. Kids didn’t understand me and the teachers were annoyed by me. I was put on medication but with no resolve. In the middle of second grade my parents were called in to speak with the school counselor and Psych doctor. They principal told my parents that my eye cue was very high and I didn’t fit in with the other students. They felt as though their school didn’t have the right programs to further my education properly. This infuriated my parents and they felt like they were…

students will refuse to show the paper-work to their parents. Employees are to print-out a copy of a work order form found on the district’s website. Employees should fill out the necessary topics and submit the form to a principal for his or her approval and signature. The principal then will fax the work order form to the central office. Custodians are required to fill out a time schedule sheet about their task and assignments. On the schedule they have to explain on what they are doing…

Kevin Stursberg Rough Draft New Jersey v T.L.O. In 1980, in New Jersey, two young girls were found smoking in the girl’s bathroom which was a violation of school rules. Following this, the assistant principal searched one of the girl’s ( T.L.O.’s) bag to find other evidence suggesting her involvement with illegal drugs. This later went to Juvenile Court where T.L.O. believed that the search had violated her rights; on appeal the case went to the Supreme Court.(New Jersey v TLO Legal…

talk about in the lunch room, to the type of instruction that is valued, to the way professional development is viewed, to the importance of learning for all students” (p. 7). In other words, culture helps to establish what teachers believe and do. Principals can do little to affect student achievement directly, but a meta-analysis of educational research by Marzano, Waters and McNulty (2005) concluded that an educational “leader who fosters shared beliefs and a sense of community and…