06-01-2014, 08:42 PM
Ammo wrote:
[quote=josntme]
You don't get to be in administration by being a good teacher, and therein lies the problem with our school system.
Especially true in districts who are trying to fast track people into administrative positions.
This has bothered me since I started teaching almost 20 years ago. Being a traveling teacher, I've had the pleasure of working with countless administrators. I really don't think I could count them if I tried. There are a few good ones out there, but more often than not, they moved into administration because they were ineffective teachers. The pay bump doesn't hurt either. Scary.
A good administrator was an effective teacher and had the desire to have a positive impact on the entire school, and usually have clear-cut ideas of exactly what they'd like to do. The word "principal" actually originally meant "principal teacher". Every administrator should have at least some classroom contact on at least a weekly basis. Teach a single class, or just sub occasionally.