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With the fact you have received no response, you may want to
talk to the principal. He/she may have felt no obligation to
follow up for you if you did not go through them to start
with. Could it be perceived you have no authority? Can you
verify/share the importance of your request and have you done
so? What is the purpose of your request? How will that added
work/burden help the teachers? I am not being critical of
your efforts but teachers seem to be requested to do a lot of
extra work this time of year. This is a difficult time to ask
for extra work if they don't see the need! Good luck and let
us know how it works out!

On 6/01/14, 6-12 administrator wrote:
> 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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