Paper for Class
New Principal
Carl Bishop was fed up. He was concerned about the negative environment
at Blainey Elementary School. The Superintendent appointed him because
there were problems in the building. Teachers in the building seemed to
always to be in the teachers’ lounge complaining about him, about the
district, about the students, and about anything and everything. Rumors
were rampant: that he was planning to retire, that he was to be
reassigned, that there would be a new assistant principal, and that the
district would begin an all-day kindergarten program. Every week, it
seemed a new set of speculations surfaced.
Mr. Bishop felt
that he needed to do something to break the negative spiral and get the
building back on a positive track. He sought advice from a district
mentor who was familiar with the situation. The mentor advised Bishop to
inform teachers that their lounge was to be reassigned as an
instructional resource room. Teachers would thereafter take lunch in the
cafeteria or in their rooms.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you discuss the following:
- Do you agree with the advice from the principal’s mentor? Why or why not?
- What is the key issue? What advice would you give to this principal?
- Analyze the situation from the following perspectives:
- Principal
- Veteran teachers in the building
- Teachers’ association