Essays on School Principal

Andrew is a 5th grader who is constantly being summoned to the school Principal’s Office because of being frequently involved in a lot of troubles between his classmates and other students in the school. Andrew is 10 years old, but his physicality appears to be older than his age making him the biggest in his class. His appearance intimidates most of his classmates, which is one of the reasons that none of Andrew’s classmate dares to stand against him because they are afraid to be hurt by Andrew. Andrew’s parents have separated when he was just six years ...

The principal is the most important person at school. His duties are numerous and difficult. High level of professionalism should be combined with deep understanding of psychology as well as profound analytical skills. The following interview helps us to get an understanding of this job. - Describe your educational background and job experiences. What did you do to prepare for this position? How long have you been in a leadership position? The principal answered that her previous job was related to administration and supervision. She studied in the University of Houston and defended her dissertation just last week. ...

As I was completing my last year in high school, I was called to the school principal's office. This meeting was to change my life forever. As I was leaving, the principal looked me in the eyes and said to me, "You will be a successful leader in the profession that you decide to choose." At the time, I was a confused teenager and didn't know what these words would truly mean to me. However, those words did make me think about the future and what I wanted to do with my life after my high school graduation. After weeks of ...

Education

In the case of American School in Honduras, the changes in the appointment of the General Director’s position or Headmaster for the past three years will significantly affect the school’s operations. The removal of Mrs. Kitten who taught for 15 years and later on resigned the directorship after several years due to unannounced problems with the School Board is alarming. The fact that the General Director position was vacant for one year and occupied by Mrs. Just as an interim General Director while maintaining her teaching duties, and was transferred to Dr. Tomorrow for 2 and a half ...

Organizational Chart

For the purpose of this discussion, the organizational set-up for a typical school shall be examined. The organizational chart for a school is shown below. Figure 1 Organizational Chart for a School

Job Description

Four (4) critical positions from this organization are considered, the school principal, the assistant school principal, the classroom teacher, and the school nurse. Job descriptions and job guides are based on the US State Board of Education descriptions. Job descriptions for similar positions in a different educational institution may vary. Job guides for each position are listed below.

Position: School Principal

Job Description: - Direct reports to the School Superintendent - ...

Q. 1 Communication between Mr. Porter and Mr. Weigand is to some extent effective. The email is brief and concise, driving the intended message clearly by the sender to the recipient. The email message clearly shows there is a chain of command being followed from the way the message is written, giving directions on orders that need to be implemented. Mr. Porter ranks higher as he is the school district superintendent, while Mr. Weigand is a principal of an elementary school. However, the communication is also lacking as it is just one way. The superintendent is not interested in the feedback ...

This is a quantitative study using descriptive statistics on principals’ perceptions of the role of speech pathologists in elementary schools. The project will involve interviews with principals from traditional public schools. The researcher will transcribe the interviews and use descriptive statistics to look for common strands in the principals’ perceptions. The study will be organized around a description of the speech pathologist’s role, personal attributes needed for the job of the principal and the speech language pathologist, and support given to principals by the special education department.

Background

A study by Sanger, Hux, and Griess in 1995 examined educators’ opinions of ...

Results for the Relationship between the Principals Demographic Factors (Age, Gender and Years of Working Experience) and the Students Academic Experience Again, there is very little in the way of significant results between a principal's age, gender, or years of working experience, and the overall academic experience that students have on campus. There are several reasons why this is probably true. Again, an additional metric that would be worth exploring with further research would be a principal's tenure on the specific campus in question, as a principal who has been on seven campuses in fourteen years, including just a year and a half ...

Snow/Unaccustomed Earth/Girls of Riyadh

1. Introduction

Tradition can be thought of as an annual family ritual like a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Traditions can also apply to communities such as when the nation watches the lighting of the White House Christmas tree on television. Not everyone in one community or even one family always celebrates in exactly the same way and exactly the same time.

Another way to define tradition according to Oxford American Dictionary (728) is as “a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting.” That definition applies more to what this essay will be discussing. Even better is the fourth definition ...

Introduction

Lean on Me is a movie which was produced in 1989 and written by Michael Schiffer. It is about a high school principal whose school was at a risk of being taken over by the government since the students were not performing well in their tests.

Task role

In the movie, Joe Louis Clark was a high school principal. His school faced numerous problems especially those ones which were dealing with drugs and gang violence. His student’s were also receiving low test scores. He therefore had the obligation of devising mechanisms in order to improve the performance of his school or else it be ...