Have you ever disagreed with your principal about how to handle an issue involving a student? What did you do?
Have you ever disagreed with your principal about how to handle an issue involving a student? What did you do?
I did not have a situation during my field experience where I disagreed with the principal on a situation with a student. At the end of the day, myself and the principall are a team and I would want to be comfortable running ideas back and forth, receiving feedback from them, and being able to work together to help students resolve issues. If I really did not agree with the principal, I would try to have a conversation where we each talk about our side and see if I could see where he or she was coming from. We could work towards a compromise, but if the principal is adament about something, I would respect their wishes. If for some reason, I really felt the way it was handled was not in the students best interest, I would try to have a conversation about it with my principal in a very cautious way not to make them think I did not respect their decision.