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You are the principal at 70th Street School. You are the only administrator at the site. It is a Monday morning and you have arrived at your office approximately one hour before the start of the students' school day. This is what your calendar for the day looks at 6:30 am, Monday morning.
As you start your day, you are met with the following situations:
1. You receive a telephone call indicating that the two of the four buses that bring children to your school will be late. Bus A will arrive about 10 minutes late and Bus B will be up to an hour and half late. Late Bus
2. Ms. Bright, the school secretary, informs you that four of your teachers have contacted the substitute assignment system to request a sub but only 2 of the positions have been filled up to this point. Substitute
3. In your e-mail, is a message from the PTA president stating that she needs to meet with you immediately over the PTA's promise to co-fund the purchase of electronic tablets for all fifth graders. PTA
4. Another e-mail comes from Natalie Jones a community member who states that the agenda for this afternoon's site council meeting has not been posted publicly and that you are again in violation of the Brown Act. Brown Act
5. The district's maintenance office sends an e-mail indicating that they will be on campus this Wednesday to fix the various plumbing problems about which you have notified them. Water shut off may be required. Plumbing
6. There is a phone message from the district. The superintendent is asking that you be part of the hiring panel for the principal of Kennedy School. The secretary who left the voice message says she need your response ASAP. Superintendent
7.Terry Barnes, the chair of the school's SSC , has asked you to return his call to discuss today's meeting and possible conflicts and contentious issues that may arise in the meeting. SSC
8. A message from the district's HR department tells you that they are expecting your response to the grievance filed by a teacher about the conditions of her classroom affecting her health and well being. The grievance is attached to the e-mail. This is the first you have heard of this grievance.
Grievance
9. Your nurse, who is on your campus only one day each week, called to say she would be two hours late because the central office has stated that all nurses are to attend a mandatory emergency meeting this morning at 8:00. She believes the meeting will be about dealing with the flu that too many kids have caught. Nurse
10. It has started to rain and your custodian asks if you have re-located the tarps that cover the playground equipment cage. He can not find the tarps. He also reports that the five classrooms in Building B have had the door locks damaged by someone putting a substance in the keyhole. He's not sure if he can fix or clean the locks before school starts. Custodial
A. Decide on a priority listing as to the order in which you address the issues.
B. State why you gave top priority to the issue you chose as being the most pressing.
You are the principal at 70th Street School. You are the only administrator at the site. It is a Monday morning and you have arrived at your office approximately one hour before the start of the students' school day. This is what your calendar for the day looks at 6:30 am, Monday morning.
7:30 - Courtyard supervision
7:45 - Pledge of allegiance in courtyard and message to students
8:00 - IEP for Tommy Tenney (need to get background from Ms. Bing, RSP. Advocate involved.)
9:00 - Formal classroom observation - Ms. Barkley room 10
9:45 - Meeting with cafeteria staff about serving healthy foods
10:00 - Recess duty
11:30 - Lunch duty
1:00 - Evaluation Conference with Robert Sykes
1:30 - Request from Mr. Cheney for you to see fifth grade play rehearsal in room 15.
2:00 - Meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Charcusk. They want their child moved from Mr. Plano's class to Ms. McCormick's room.
3:00 - Courtyard/bus supervision
3:15 - SSC meeting -
As you start your day, you are met with the following situations:
1. You receive a telephone call indicating that the two of the four buses that bring children to your school will be late. Bus A will arrive about 10 minutes late and Bus B will be up to an hour and half late. Late Bus
2. Ms. Bright, the school secretary, informs you that four of your teachers have contacted the substitute assignment system to request a sub but only 2 of the positions have been filled up to this point. Substitute
3. In your e-mail, is a message from the PTA president stating that she needs to meet with you immediately over the PTA's promise to co-fund the purchase of electronic tablets for all fifth graders. PTA
4. Another e-mail comes from Natalie Jones a community member who states that the agenda for this afternoon's site council meeting has not been posted publicly and that you are again in violation of the Brown Act. Brown Act
5. The district's maintenance office sends an e-mail indicating that they will be on campus this Wednesday to fix the various plumbing problems about which you have notified them. Water shut off may be required. Plumbing
6. There is a phone message from the district. The superintendent is asking that you be part of the hiring panel for the principal of Kennedy School. The secretary who left the voice message says she need your response ASAP. Superintendent
7.Terry Barnes, the chair of the school's SSC , has asked you to return his call to discuss today's meeting and possible conflicts and contentious issues that may arise in the meeting. SSC
8. A message from the district's HR department tells you that they are expecting your response to the grievance filed by a teacher about the conditions of her classroom affecting her health and well being. The grievance is attached to the e-mail. This is the first you have heard of this grievance.
Grievance
9. Your nurse, who is on your campus only one day each week, called to say she would be two hours late because the central office has stated that all nurses are to attend a mandatory emergency meeting this morning at 8:00. She believes the meeting will be about dealing with the flu that too many kids have caught. Nurse
10. It has started to rain and your custodian asks if you have re-located the tarps that cover the playground equipment cage. He can not find the tarps. He also reports that the five classrooms in Building B have had the door locks damaged by someone putting a substance in the keyhole. He's not sure if he can fix or clean the locks before school starts. Custodial
A. Decide on a priority listing as to the order in which you address the issues.
B. State why you gave top priority to the issue you chose as being the most pressing.
B. What do you do to address each issue?
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