Essay on "Education Plan of Action Allegations of Sexual"

Quoted Instructions for "Education Plan of Action Allegations of Sexual" Assignment:

Scenario

You are a newly appointed principal of a suburban middle school in a poor neighborhood. You are responsible for the education of approximately 1,200 students on campus, split evenly between sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. There are 80 certified teachers, 35 paraprofessionals and instructional aides, 12 administrative clerks, 9 cafeteria workers and 6 custodians (2 daytime and 4 on the night shift) working on campus each day. In addition, you have two assistant principals, Tom and Ann, working for you.

Tom Brown

Tom Brown has been at this school as an assistant principal for the past 6 years, and was one of the primary candidates for the principal*****s position this past summer. He has worked as the Athletic Director during most of his tenure, primarily responsible for the extra-curricular sports and activities programs. Prior to becoming an administrator, Tom taught PE. He had taken a group of honor students to Europe this past summer and had just arrived back on campus the week prior to opening day, so you have not had much opportunity to get to know him.

Ann Good

Ann Good was just hired this past summer, coming straight out of the classroom where she taught math for the past 6 years. You had the opportunity to sit in on her interview panel and were very impressed with her answers to the interview questions when they came to talking about teaching and learning. However, her responses to questions related to teacher evaluation left you less than impressed. While her main efforts so far this school year had been focused on student discipline and attendance issues ��" and she seemed competent enough dealing with low-level student behavior issues ��" she has not yet demonstrated her abilities with HR or legal issues.

Mr. Smithson

Mr. Smithson, a seventh grade Social Studies teacher, is a 27-year veteran teacher who has been at this school for the past 15 years. He is very much involved with the after school sports program, coaching girls***** volleyball, girls***** basketball and girls***** softball each season for the past 6 years. He is a very good friend of Tom, the Assistant Principal/Athletic Director.

Mr. Joe Black

Mr. Joe Black is the Lead Custodian and has been at this school for 6 years (4 as the Night Custodian and 2 as Lead Custodian). He has a good reputation on campus and seems competent in his duties, but you have been so busy getting settled in your new role as principal that you have not had much opportunity to speak with him since the opening week of school. Your secretary had mentioned that he had cross words with Mr. Smithson in the teacher*****s lounge early last week, but you have not yet had a chance to follow up on that report.

Mr.Joe Black left a well written letter with your secretary here it is:

Letter from the Janitor

TO: Principal

From: Joe Black, Lead Custodian

Last weekend, some of my daughter*****s friends had a pajama party at my house. My wife overheard the students talking about Mr. Smithson and his funny way of touching the girls when he is moving around the class and helping them with their work.

While I have never personally observed any of this type of behavior, I have heard others in the teacher*****s lounge talking about Mr. Smithson and I felt responsible to notify you about this situation. I asked my daughter about him and she knew very little since she has never been in his class.

Actual assignment: Develop a Plan of Action

(1) Assume the principal*****s role and develop a plan of action for an investigation into the allegations of possible misconduct on the part of Mr. Smithson. Consider which Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards (ISLLC) are to be addressed in your response.

(2) Consider the following in the plan*****s development:

(a) Identify what actions, if any, you would take immediately.

(b) Identify which principles and issues relating to school safety and security are potentially involved in the allegation.

(c) Identify which board policies and state laws apply to the issues underlying the allegations in regards to *****on Public School District in New Jersey.

(d) Determine whether a formal investigation is warranted or not. Explain your rationale.

(e) Identify the steps and a proposed timeline that you would use to investigate the allegations.

(f) Identify who you would have participating in the investigation. Explain why.

(g) Identify who you would not involve in the investigation. Explain why.

(h) Describe the investigative plan:

(i) Choose the students to interview. Explain why.

(ii) Choose the staff to interview. Explain why.

(i) Describe how you will conduct these interviews.

(j) Describe how you will maintain confidentiality of the interviews and the allegations.

(k) Describe how you will communicate the issue and the details of the investigation to the media and the community.