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Hi everyone,

I am a 6-12 district administrator for my content area. In this role, I am the
primary supervisor/evaluator for all of the teachers in my department in the
middle and high schools. Last week, we had our last professional development
day of the year. The main purpose of this day was for teachers to revise
curriculum for their grade levels. I requested that all teachers submit their
finalized documents for the first quarter, as well as copies of the summative
assessments that they would be using in the fall.

Because I work in two buildings, I split my time between both of them. (I worked
with teachers in one building in the morning, and the other building in the
afternoon.) The building administrators were there the entire day to oversee the
process. Well, it appears that the teachers in the "morning" building did not
accomplish too much after I left. In fact, what they shared with me looked no
different than what I saw when I left around 11:30. The documents weren't even
complete.

How should I handle this? What I requested was not unreasonable. I feel like they
took advantage of a situation when they knew I was not in the building. (I am
guessing that the principal or assistant principal was not checking in with them.)
I already emailed each of the teachers and requested that they share with me any
other work that they completed during the day. I have not received any
responses yet, though. There has been a lack of accountability through the years
in this building--teachers have been allowed to do whatever they wanted
without any consequences. I am new in this role, and felt like I was making a
difference, but now feel like I faced a huge setback.

Any advice would definitely be appreciated! I want people to know that they are
responsible for what I request they complete. I do not want to be in this situation
again!

Thanks.

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