Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He...
    Posted by: Concerned on 1/26/15
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    Unfortunately, this incident took place in a school district
    which is known to discipline teachers over minor infractions,
    whether actual or perceived, and to turn a blind eye to
    supervisory infractions even when there is compelling evidence
    that such occurred.

    In this particular district, teachers who file complaints or
    "tattle" on supervisors are perceived as whistle-blowers who
    face harassment, investigation, and retaliation.

    Teacher eyewitnesses would be extremely reluctant to file a
    complaint with the principal based on how other teachers in the
    district were treated when they complained to principals about
    assistant principals or complained to district superintendents
    about principals.

    More than one staff member witnessed or overheard the hallway
    conversation between the student and the AP.

    More than one dean was in the hall and the doors were open in
    neighboring classrooms.

    This is a true event which occurred last week, and not an
    exercise in a course for administrators.

    But the event does provide good material for a case study.

    The sex of the individuals bears somewhat on the situation.

    One would not expect a female student to state, "Suck my
    d**k!", although there have been teachers' lounge stories
    claiming that certain female students did, in fact, say exactly
    that to both male and female teachers.

    And, had the AP been female, then she never would have replied
    to the male student in the same manner that the male AP did.

    At least, the student didn't expose himself in the hallway.

    But tales of students exposing themselves in a classroom have
    come to the attention of the Public Employment Relations Board
    (PERB).

    In one such account from more than thirty years ago:

    "Thereafter, in the spring 1983, [the principal] summoned [the
    teacher] to his office for a series of meetings. At one, [the
    principal] attempted to get [the teacher] to change the grade of
    a student she had failed for cutting. At another, [the
    principal] asked her what she did to incite a student to whom
    she had issued a disciplinary referral for exposing himself in
    front of her class, declaring 'eat my meat.' Apparently, the
    student was not disciplined." (22 PERB 4537)

    If I find out additional details about the event from last week,
    and the aftermath, I will post whatever I'm able to.

    On 1/24/15, regardless... wrote:
    >
    > Regardless of whether the people involved are male or female,
    > admin, teacher, or other staff, the scenario described is
    > highly inappropriate. Gender and job position aren't
    > relevant... inappropriate behavior is inappropriate behavior.
    > The questions asked in this post sound quite a bit like the
    > type of scenario often presented in admin courses as
    > assignments; is this true? If it's a real event, how do you
    > know about it, and what happened as a result?


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  • Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 1/20/15, by Concerned.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 1/22/15, by Whistler.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 1/23/15, by formeradmin.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 1/24/15, by regardless....
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 1/26/15, by Concerned.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 1/26/15, by regardless.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 1/28/15, by Concerned.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 2/06/15, by POV.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 2/08/15, by Concerned.
  • Re: Why Do You Think the AP Acted Inappropriately When He..., 2/10/15, by POV.