tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post114230667207679950..comments2023-05-21T07:33:30.569-07:00Comments on Cal Educator Blog: How to deal with your principal?Kevin Bibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13654579856917129113noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-77352893697035220062009-02-26T18:51:00.000-08:002009-02-26T18:51:00.000-08:00This gives me hope that our current administrator ...This gives me hope that our current administrator will leave and we can hopefully find someone better to fill his shoes. I feel particularly responsible because I was on the hiring commmittee that recommended his hiring, and yet this principal has failed to do many of his jobs - including our important IAT process in elementary school! It is extremely frustrating... especially when he says he has an open door policy, yet doesn't listen to what you have to say if you do happen to talk to him. His statements have a tendency to be false, so you have to follow up on them, and then he changes what he has said. I need to not let it get to me... and just wait it out. This is my third principal in seven years, so it is quite likely that he'll end up somewhere else. Unfortunately, he's young and lives in the same town, and really wanted this position. So I can also hope that he learns from his mistakes this year and makes some changes next year. However, I have gone from being an active teacher leader, happily serving on multiple committees, to someone who wants nothing to do with purposeless committees (since the principal just makes all the decisions and statement himself without consulting any committees or checking with any staff members). Thanks for reading - just frustrated with my administration for the first time in 7 years of teaching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-42763986241365790892008-05-20T20:03:00.000-07:002008-05-20T20:03:00.000-07:00For international Christian schools, though, this ...For international Christian schools, though, this is hardly the case. Teachers come and go and administrators come and go. Teachers may choose to sign a 2-year contract and then go. Transitioning is difficult at times, and an administrator has the responsibility to direct the teachers and also to deal with all of the parents' demands. Above all, both teachers and administrators are criticized on a spiritual level when someone thinks they don't meet par. This is perhaps the most hurtful part of Christian teaching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-1145978447862704472006-04-25T08:20:00.000-07:002006-04-25T08:20:00.000-07:00In Christian Education, it isn't quite the same. ...In Christian Education, it isn't quite the same. The administrators tend to be in it for the long-haul.Matt Harmlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594593303605939187noreply@blogger.com